Visual Studio 2010 Install and Setup

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• Installing Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 if you’ve already installed Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 and you don’t want to flatten your box

  Aaronru - MSFTMSFTTuesday, October 20, 2009 3:45 AM
  For helpful instructions on how to install Visual Studio, we've published some detailed instructions for installing and maintaining Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2.
  
  If you evaluated Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1, you will be happy to hear that no reformatting is required. Additionally, simple path exists to appraise Beta2 on the same machine. It involves uninstalling your Visual Studio 2010 Beta1 product and then installing one of the Visual Studio 2010 Beta2 offerings.  Please refer to the following blog post for more details.

• Help us help you. Suggestions for making forum posts easier if you have setup and deployment issues

  Aaronru - MSFTMSFTTuesday, October 20, 2009 3:45 AM
  In order to help facilitate discussions on the forums. It is very helpful for people to include their setup logs as well as info to help us help you. Please follow the instructions below:
  
  
  

  Step 1. It would be super helpful if you could provide the following information at the beginning of your post:

  1. Include the Product name (aka Visual Studio Ultimate 2010 Beta 2)
  2. Where did you get it? (web site path)
  3. What other Visual Studio or expression products do you have installed?
  4. If you are using OS virtualization, please tell us which product? (aka Hyper-V, Virtual PC, etc.)
  5. Which OS and language are you using?

  Step 2: Run the collect tool to collect and gather logs. Then post these logs on the internet. Reference the link in your forum post.

  • I use http://home.services.spaces.live.com/ to post my logs, applications, etc. It is free and easy to use.
  • I've seen others use: http://www.file-upload.net/