Reverting from Visual Studio 2010 to 2008 or 2003

[Terradive]

I've started merging mods that someone was using 2010 on. I have a free 90 day trial of 2010. Is there anyway to revert it back to 2008 or 2003? I have the unlimited free trials in those, and I would like to be able to continue modding this after 90 days.

 

[deanej]

Most of us use the express versions that are free. Prior to 2010 it was possible to do debugging on them.

 

[Asaf]

@Terradive - the source files are the same, and you can use them with any version of VS.

@deanej - Really? VS 2010 express doesn't allow debugging? I find that a bit odd.

EDIT: Not only odd, but wrong according to this.

 

[deanej]

From what I've heard, you can no longer attach to another process in 2010 express. I still have an installer for 2008 (no idea if it still works, since the VS installers download the program from a MS server) for this reason.

 

[Asaf]

From what I've heard, you can no longer attach to another process in 2010 express. I still have an installer for 2008 (no idea if it still works, since the VS installers download the program from a MS server) for this reason.

Oh well. I'll have to try that sometime.
In any case, the VS 2008 express download still works (I have links in my tutorial) and you can debug without attaching (just need to set up the correct paths and command line arguments and run), so VS 2010 express is still usable.