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    vswhere now searches older versions of Visual Studio
    vswhere now searches older versions of Visual Studio
    March 11, 2017 Mar 11, 2017 03/11/17
    Heath Stewart
    One of the top requests I kept hearing for vswhere was to also search older versions of Visual Studio. You can now do that starting with the latest release. Even if you don't have Visual Studio 2017 or newer installed - which means the query API is not even registered - you can use vswhere to find the installation root directory for Visual ...
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    Visual Studio 2010 uninstall utility back online
    Visual Studio 2010 uninstall utility back online
    August 20, 2014 Aug 20, 2014 08/20/14
    Heath Stewart
    Four years ago I published a utility to help perform a clean uninstall of Visual Studio 2010. Before we added package reference counting and related bundles to Visual Studio setup, we couldn’t always be sure which products were still required so not everything was removed. This utility will remove everything provided one of a few command...
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    Installing across network may slow Visual Studio 2010 and Service Pack 1 setup
    Installing across network may slow Visual Studio 2010 and Service Pack 1 setup
    May 31, 2011 May 31, 2011 05/31/11
    Heath Stewart
    If you are installing Visual Studio 2010 or Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 from across the network and are experiencing slow install times, this could be caused by low network bandwidth and long verification times.How to work around this issueFor Visual Studio 2010 RTM, copy the entire contents of the network directory locally. This ...
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    Installing Visual Studio 2010 RTM and Service Pack 1 together
    Installing Visual Studio 2010 RTM and Service Pack 1 together
    March 15, 2011 Mar 15, 2011 03/15/11
    Heath Stewart
    Now that Visual Studio 2010 SP1 has been released, administrators and developers may wish to install both RTM and SP1 together for a seamless experience. With the release of VS2010 RTM we already published the Visual Studio Administrator Guide that documents a lot of the instructions I’ll utilize below. I encourage you to review that ...
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    Visual Studio 2010 Uninstall Utility
    Visual Studio 2010 Uninstall Utility
    August 23, 2010 Aug 23, 2010 08/23/10
    Heath Stewart
    While we hope you’ll love Visual Studio 2010 for all the application development it enables with powerful features and a robust extension model that enables great extensions like the Productivity Power Tools, if you ever need to uninstall Visual Studio it can be difficult. If you’ve ever tried to remove Visual Studio you already ...
    1UninstallVisual StudioVS2010
    Detection keys for .NET Framework 4.0 and Visual Studio 2010
    Detection keys for .NET Framework 4.0 and Visual Studio 2010
    May 4, 2010 May 4, 2010 05/4/10
    Heath Stewart
    Now that Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 and Visual Studio 2010 have been released, developers may wonder how to detect them on the system. As with previous releases, we support registry detection of either product family and Windows Installer component detection for Visual Studio. Detecting either product uses a separate set of supported keys. ....
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    How to install local help content after installing Visual Studio 2010 RC
    How to install local help content after installing Visual Studio 2010 RC
    February 10, 2010 Feb 10, 2010 02/10/10
    Heath Stewart
    After the Visual Studio 2010 Release Candidate (RC) is installed, there is a button to install the documentation locally. If you have overlooked this option or chose not to install documentation locally and wish to do so later, you can follow these instructions. You can now browse selected documentation ...
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    Verify ISO before burning or mounting Visual Studio 2010 RC
    Verify ISO before burning or mounting Visual Studio 2010 RC
    February 10, 2010 Feb 10, 2010 02/10/10
    Heath Stewart
    If you have downloaded the Visual Studio 2010 Release Candidate (RC) from MSDN or the Download Center as an ISO and are having problems installing it, it could be that either the ISO wasn’t downloaded correctly or that it wasn’t burnt to DVD correctly.On the installation error dialog, you will find a link to the installation log. ...
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    Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 RC and Visual Studio 2010 RC Available Now
    Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 RC and Visual Studio 2010 RC Available Now
    February 10, 2010 Feb 10, 2010 02/10/10
    Heath Stewart
    Announced yesterday for MSDN subscribers, the Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 and Visual Studio 2010 Release Candidates are available today for everyone to download.Feedback on VS2010 RC has been great, and we hope you agree. Feel free to provide feedback about your installation and development experience. Performance was a major focus for the RC...
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    Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Beta 2 Released
    Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Beta 2 Released
    October 19, 2009 Oct 19, 2009 10/19/09
    Heath Stewart
    As announced on Soma’s blog this morning, Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 and the .NET Framework 4 Beta 2 have been released to MSDN Subscribers and will be available for everyone on Wednesday.Visual Studio 2010 boasts a great new user interface with better contrast and lots of UI elements that tend to add confusion to the ...
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