Difficulty renewing my Visual C++ compiler
I have had use of the Visual C++ compiler for very many years. Today for the first time after some years I needed to use it, to examine something in one of my Visual C++ programs, and I was told to renew my permission to use it. The password that I had used before, did not work, so I clicked on the option to get a new password. I got through the usual checks, and it sent back that it would email a code to me. But it has not yet emailed a code to me. I also got a remark that seems to say that it was trying to run a Java or Javascript or similar script that does not work on my computer. Does something in my computer need updating? Or what happens?
Has my version of the Visual C++ compiler become obsolete and I need to re-install it?
Has my version of the Visual C++ compiler become obsolete and I need to re-install it?
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what version is it? If its before 2017 you should absolutely update.
They just let out a new version, may as well pick it up and use that updated one.
They just let out a new version, may as well pick it up and use that updated one.
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Thanks. I have been using the Visual C++ compiler since 7 November 2007 or earlier.
What web address should I pick up the new version from?
When I install the new version, should I specifically delete or uninstall the old version first?
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What web address should I pick up the new version from?
When I install the new version, should I specifically delete or uninstall the old version first?
Here in England it is snowing already!
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https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/
You can install it alongside your existing if you want - although as it's ancient and not working I'd just uninstall it. Note that by default c++ is NOT installed. You have to modify the install options to get it.
PS The Community version is the free version!
You can install it alongside your existing if you want - although as it's ancient and not working I'd just uninstall it. Note that by default c++ is NOT installed. You have to modify the install options to get it.
PS The Community version is the free version!
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Thanks. I have installed Visual C++ 2022 and created a new project in it, and it is at file address
C:\Visual_C\2021_nov_28_newproject\
on my PC computer. But, of the many files in that folder and its many subfolders, which should I click on to resume work on that project? Its setup is very different from my previous version.
I prefer to have a subfolder on my desktop, containing shortcuts, one to each of my Visual C++ projects.
If I have a project, called say Qwerty, that ran under my old Visual C, how could I copy its source files to a new Visual C++ 2022 project called Qwerty?
C:\Visual_C\2021_nov_28_newproject\
on my PC computer. But, of the many files in that folder and its many subfolders, which should I click on to resume work on that project? Its setup is very different from my previous version.
I prefer to have a subfolder on my desktop, containing shortcuts, one to each of my Visual C++ projects.
If I have a project, called say Qwerty, that ran under my old Visual C, how could I copy its source files to a new Visual C++ 2022 project called Qwerty?
You still need to "register" the Community (free) edition by supplying an email account. Get a free hotmail account and you are good to go. That is what I did.
If you do get Visual Studio get 2022. It has just been officially released and will be updated as needed with fixes to the C++ standard.
And as seeplus noted the C++ packages are not installed by default. You have to manually select them.
If you do get Visual Studio get 2022. It has just been officially released and will be updated as needed with fixes to the C++ standard.
And as seeplus noted the C++ packages are not installed by default. You have to manually select them.
Thanks. Revising my program for the 22 compiler has proved to be a long job, so I again tried to access my old Visual C++ compiler, and it wanted me to renew something, and it told me to ask for a single-use code -- and this time the single-use code was emailed back to me within a minute. (The project that I accessed :: some of its files have an icon with a 14 in its top right corner.) The project compiled in Debug mode correctly first try. Thanks.
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