MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2008

RobH · 16 Apr 2008 at 18:21

I'm new to Visual Studio being a Java developer and I've just completed setup, the setup DVD also has an installer for "MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2008" but I have a seperate DVD with the same thing on, do I just install the one on the seperate DVD? I have a feeling that they are the same thing or at least different versions of the same thing so I don't want to install both and find out that I've got two copies. Can anyone help?

Thanks

RobH · 16 Apr 2008 at 18:36

Well they are DVD ISOs from MSDN and they were seperate downloads, one is marked as Visual Studio 2008 and there is a seperate disk labelled "MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2008" with it's own installer but the first disk also has an enrty for "MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2008" I didn't want to have a redundant copy of it if it's the same.

RobH · 16 Apr 2008 at 20:44

I've installed the seperate DVD with it's installer and it seems fine, when I run the installer on the first disk it see's that it is already installed. The two disks I had were:

en_visual_studio_2008_professional_x86_x64wow_dvd_X14-26326

and

en_msdn_library_for_visual_studio_2008_x86_x64wow_dvd_X14-29217

RobH · 17 Apr 2008 at 13:04

voodooflux said:
Now that ISO number looks to be a match for the disk ID of the standalone version of the library (en_msdn_library_for_visual_studio_2008_x86_x64wow_ dvd_X14-29217) so it might just be that the standalone DVD is an update to the original library that ships on the VS2008 DVD?

Yeah, that matches the ISO that I have and it was not part of the VS2008 download so I think it could be an updated or expanded version of the one of the VS2008 disk. After I installed the standalone version the VS2008 disk detected that the library was already installed.