Top ten tips for upgrading to Visual Studio 2008

Upgrade to Visual Studio 2008 for a leap. Visual Studio 2008 was recently released, and developers often want to be the first person to install the latest version of their most favored development tools. However, if you make the wrong choice during the upgrade process, you will pay a price for it. Because Jon Galloway and others make sure the upgrade process is a smooth process, and only 10 steps away.

1. First, carefully uninstall all previous releases of the corresponding software and modules

This is one of the most important steps. If you have any previous versions of the. NET Framework 3.5 or Visual Studio 2008, then these software must be uninstalled before installing Visual Studio 2008 RTM. It is also a good idea to close some of the relevant software before you install it:

Close all MS Office applications (such as Outlook,word, etc.)

Turn off internet Explorer

To close all Windows Explorer

Close all other programs that do not need to be opened

The following is the appropriate uninstall sequence for the previous release version provided by Scott Guthrie, and some of the software mentioned may have been installed and some are not, as long as the following order is ensured:

Remove the MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2008 Beta

Removing the Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition 3.5

Removing the Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition 3.5 Design Tools

Removing the Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition 3.5 for Devices

Remove "Microsoft Visual Studio performance Collection Tools"

Remove the Windows Mobile 5.0 SDK R2 for Pocket PC

Removing the Windows Mobile 5.0 SDK R2 for Smartphone

Remove "Crystal Reports 2007"

Remove the Visual Studio Asset System

Remove "Microsoft Visual Studio Web Authoring component/microsoft Web Designer Tools"

Remove Microsoft Visual Studio the 2007 Microsoft Office System Runtime

Remove "Microsoft Visual Studio," the 2007 Microsoft Office System Runtime Language Pack (for non-English version only)

Remove "Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Office Runtime 3.0"

Remove "Microsoft Document Explorer"

Remove the Microsoft Document Explorer Language Pack (for non-English version only)

Removing the Microsoft. NET Compact Framework 3.5

Removing the Microsoft. NET Compact Framework 2.0 SP1

Remove the. NET Framework 2.0 SDK

Remove "Microsoft Visual Studio codename Orcas Remote Debugger"

Remove "Microsoft Visual Studio 64bit Prerequisites Beta" (for 64-bit platforms only)

Removing the Microsoft. NET Framework 3.5