Full download of VS 2008 SP1 Beta

7/1/2008

It is not readily apparent, but there is a way to get a full version download of the Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta rather than the bootstrap install.

This is very useful if you need to install it on several machines or you have a problem with the IE SOCKS bug. It is buried down in the readme file instead of the main download page.

1.    Download the VS90sp1_KB945140.exe SP1 installer to a temp folder of your choice, for example, C:\VS90SP1.

2.    Open a Command Prompt window (on Windows Vista, use administrator mode).

3.    Execute the following command to download all Visual Studio 2008 SP1 packages:
VS90sp1-KB945140-ENU.exe /createlayout <full target folder path> /passive
For example:
VS90sp1-KB945140-ENU.exe /createlayout C:\VS90SP1\Layout /passive
This will download the complete Visual Studio 2008 SP1 payload, including the SP1 setup program (SPInstaller.exe), and to the specified folder (for example, C:\VS90SP1\Layout), but it will not install it.

4.    Download the full .NET Framewor 3.5 SP1 redistributable from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=115068 into previously created C:\VS90SP1\Layout folder, and save it as dotnetfx35setup.exe, overwriting the existing file.

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