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I tried to upgrade from trial VS2008 to full... but, on Windows 7 Beta there is no "Upgrade to Microsoft
Visual Studio 2008" option... anyone knows why?... did anyone else encountered this problem?!
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asked Jan 17 '09 at 12:45
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Here is a more-or-less complete guide to upgrading Visual Studio 2008 trial to pro in Windows 7.
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1. Download and install/unzip AnVir Task Manager Free (portable version here:
http://www.anvir.com/downloads/taskfree.zip)
2. Go to Start -> Control Panel -> Programs and Features.
3. Select Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional ENU, click Uninstall/Change at the top of the list.
4. Wait for the maintenance program to launch. When it does, click "Next >>" from the FIRST screen.
5. On the SECOND screen you will see three options: "Add or Remove Features", "Repair/Reinstall",
"Uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio 2008". DO NOT click ANY of them. The controls you want are
hidden just under these three options.
6. Launch AnVir Task Manager as an Administrator. (If you don't do this, you won't be able to enable
the controls.)
7. In the Applications tab, find Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Setup - Maintenance Page. Right-click this
item and select "Detalied Info". It may be helpful to heighten the bottom panel that appears now, if
your screen is big enough.
8. In the bottom panel, click "Windows".
9. In the bottom panel, expand "Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Setup - Maintenance Page".
10. In the list that appears, several items appear to have no name. The bottom four items, which do
have names, are "Visual Studio Setup Banner". Expand the anonymous item just above these four
named items.
11. In the newly expanded item, you will see a number of lines, the icons for which are grayed out. This
indicates they are hidden. For each disabled line, right-click and select "Visible", then right-click and
select "Enabled". Don't forget to include the item in this list labeled "Upgrade" - that is the button to
submit the license key data.
12. Check your Visual Studio maintenance window (we last looked at this in step 5). You should see the
controls to enter your license key there. Put in the license key and click "Upgrade".
If you get stuck at one of these steps, it's possible that your maintenance window is varied slightly from
mine. Once you get the main window expanded in AnVir, nose around in the hidden controls until you
see the "Upgrade" button, and then make sure all controls that are siblings of that control are enabled.
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edited Jan 31 at 17:42
Czarek Tomczak
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answered Mar 12 '10 at 14:08
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1 Thank you very much for your post. Itzik Apr 2 '10 at 16:25
2 All I can say is: "Holy fuck" Anders Rune Jensen Dec 8 '11 at 13:06
@AndersRuneJensen Yeah... they didn't make it easy. Ben Birney Feb 28 '12 at 1:22
The AnVir Task Manager messes with one's Chrome installation, installing two extensions: something
called "Snap Do" and some kind of Chrome optimizer. Snap Do is also installed as a program. It also
replaces your home page and default pages in Chrome. I hate intrusive software like this. I recommend
the [Product Key] solutions described below. I just spent a good ten minutes cleaning up my Chrome
browser. Pete Magsig Jan 3 at 14:53
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AnVir Task Manager installs unwanted software such as extensions to Chrome Browser, but you can get
around this by running a portable version of AnVir: anvir.com/downloads/taskfree.zip - only 2 MB compared
to 6 MB installer. Your instructions worked great, thank you. Czarek Tomczak Jan 31 at 17:23
Yes, there is no possibility to upgrade from the trial version of Visual Studio 2008 on Windows 7 as the
upgrade button and product key fields are missing. But it is possible to restore back their visibility by
using Anvir Task Manager. For an unknown reason those controls are hidden and disabled on Windows
7 but are ok on Windows Vista. I've successfully upgraded my Visual Studio once restored upgrade
controls.
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answered Jan 26 '10 at 13:18
boo
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ALL PEOPLE READING THIS POST THIS IS THE WAY TO GO TO SAVE YOUR TIME. abmv Feb 4 '10
at 8:02
It works like a charm : D +1 SDReyes Feb 22 '10 at 20:43
I found a solution for this. You need to enter your product key before installing vs2008:
Extract the iso somewhere. Edit the Setup\setup.sdb file and set your product key in the [Product Key]
section. Then you can install it without needing to upgrade.
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answered Jun 15 '09 at 20:56
Sylvain
Yes, this is the best way for solve the problem, but you need to remove the - from the product key before put
it in the setup.sdb file,thanks. Wael Dalloul Apr 3 '11 at 13:42
Here's an other way to update VS2008 in Windows 7
1. Get the ISO file of VS2008 from Microsoft's website
2. Use WinRAR to extract the ISO file (ex. D:\VS2008), or copy the contents using Virtual CloneDrive
to the hard drive.
3. Go to D:\VS2008\Setup. Open file "setup.sdb" using Notepad.exe Find the line [Product Key]
Replace the default key with your key (removing all the dashes) Save the file and close notepad.
4. Install VS2008. That's all!
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edited Oct 18 '12 at 17:06
Philip
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answered Dec 11 '10 at 0:17
aguestfromvn
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If you can reproduce it, it would be worth sending it as feedback (do you have the "send feedback" links
on every window like I do?).
I could give it a try, but I've already installed Team Suite on my physical Windows 7 machine, so I'd need
to sort out a fresh VM to give it a go...
Actually, though - it probably isn't a good idea to activate your upgrade (for real) on the beta Windows 7;
at some point, you are going to have to scratch that OS completely. I agree that if the option is meant to
be there, then it's absense is a problem. But I haven't used "trial" before, so I don't know if it is meant to
exist!
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answered Jan 17 '09 at 12:50
Marc Gravell
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