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A few Microsoft Visual Studio IDE questions

Abdulqadir Aliyev 136 Reputation points
2022-12-28T17:48:22.193+00:00

Hi. I got a few questions about Microsoft VS (Not VSCode).

1. Install Version
There are 3 versions of Microsoft Visual Studio: Community, Professional and Enterprise. But which one should I really install? I want to do some C++ and C# coding: creating executables, which do actually have a user interface, rather than a regular command-prompt style window.

2. Is it free?
Is Microsoft Visual Studio free, or which version is free?

3. How do I not make Visual Studio create SLN and PDB files, but only an EXE?

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  1. Castorix31 91,746 Reputation points
    2022-12-28T18:03:49.41+00:00

    If you want the free version, install Community
    SLN is the Solution file (solution-dot-sln-file)
    PDB is for debugging (whats-inside-a-pdb-file)
    If you compile in Release, you will get a .EXE which can be run alone (with Runtimes); if you don't use any external libraries
    See vscpp-step-0-installation to install Workload for C++ Desktop apps

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