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I had visual studio 2013 express edition installed on my windows 8.1 PC. I then installed VS 2013 professional. Now I want to run express edition to verify certain features available between express vs pro but I cannot find how can I launch express version. Whenever I search for it via Windows 8.1 search box, I just get pro version.
Can anyone point me to location where express version executable is installed so that I can launch it? VS is installed at C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0 and I assume that its somewhere here where I should have both express and professional versions installed.
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Other files include the "object" files created by the compiler when you code is compiled, the "executable" file (*.exe) that Visual Studio creates by linking your compiled code with other code, libraries, etc.
Please note that executables can also be located in /opt//bin and in /opt//sbin. Further, there are often in /usr/libexec also. Show activity on this post. Note that you can execute from virtually any location, e.g. Documents, as long as the x bit is set and you have access.
You can just search for 'express' in the Win8.1 search and it'll show up.
Otherwise go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE and open VSWinExpress.exe. Professional can be opened with devenv.exe.
For Visual Studio 2017 the path is slightly changed. You can find it under C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe. Change 'Professional' to 'Community' for the community edition.
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Mine is named WDExpress.exe. I needed to look it up to add a shortcut to run as administrator.
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