i. I've seen notes, in various places to say that the Express version is not acceptable for compiling Python packages. Is it, in fact usable for this purpose?
ii. The Service Pack 1 has the original studio as a prerequisite. That is no longer available from Microsoft. Any advice would be welcomed. Colin W. On 28 July 2014 16:04, TP <wing...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hmmm. Now that I think about it the full Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 > Service Pack 1 download I mentioned in my last email probably needs to have > Visual Studio 2008 already installed (it's been a number of years since I > had to install VS2008)? You could try it and see if it works. > > If not download the free Express version I mentioned instead. Trying to > find the download link for the free VS2008 Express version is much harder > so I guess that's why people keep asking for it :) >
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