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Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition - DEU

What is Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition - DEU?  (from Microsoft)

Visual Studio integrates Visual Basic, Visual C#, and Visual C++ to support a wide variety of development styles; Editor features simplify the cycle of designing, developing, and debugging an application. Build applications for Windows, the Web, the Microsoft Office system, the .NET Framework, SQL Server, and Windows M...  Read more

Overview

Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition - DEU is a program developed by Microsoft. The software is designed to connect to the Internet and adds a Windows Firewall exception in order to do so without being interfered with. The software installer includes 58 files and is usually about 614.69 KB (629,443 bytes). In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 7 (SP1) as well as Windows 10. While about 72% of users of Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition - DEU come from Germany, it is also popular in Austria and the United States.

Program detailsProgram details

Help link: go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=96782
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition - DEU\setup.exe
Estimated size: 614.69 KB

Program filesFiles installed by Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition - DEU

  • iisresolver.dll - Microsoft (R) Visual Studio (R) 2008
  • MakeZipExe.exe
  • Microsoft.CompactFramework.Design.Data.dll
  • Microsoft.VisualBasic.UpgradeSnippet.Dll
  • atlprov.dll - Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2008 (ATL Attribute Provider)
  • atlprovui.dll - ATL-Attributanbieter
  • bscmake.exe - Microsoft® Browse Information Maintenance Utility
  • bscmakeui.dll - Fehler/Warnungen/Meldungen im Microsoft® Browse Information Maintenance-Programm
  • c1.dll - Microsoft® Visual C Compiler Front End
  • c1ast.dll
  • c1xx.dll - Microsoft® Visual C++ Compiler Front End
  • c1xxast.dll
  • c2.dll - Microsoft® 386 Compiler Back End
  • cl.exe - Microsoft® C/C++ Compiler Driver
  • clui.dll - Microsoft® C/C++ Compiler Driver Satellite Resource DLL
  • compluslm.dll - Complus Library Manager Package
  • csformatui.dll - Visual C#® Formatting Options
  • cvtres.exe - Microsoft® Resource File To COFF Object Conversion Utility
  • cvtresui.dll - Microsoft® Resource File To COFF Object Conversion Utility Errors/Warnings/Messages
  • dbghelp.dll - Debugging Tools for Windows(R) (Windows Image Helper)
  • DevCfg.dll - Device Configuration Package
  • devenv.exe - Microsoft Visual Studio 2008
  • Dip.dll - VSD Device Integration Package
  • dumpbin.exe - Microsoft® Linker Stub
  • editbin.exe
  • ExtWizrd.dll - Visual Studio Add-in Wizard
  • ExtWizrd7.dll
  • lib.exe
  • link.exe - Microsoft® Incremental Linker
  • linkui.dll - UI-Ressourcen für Microsoft® Incremental Linker
  • Microsoft.Data.ConnectionUI.Dialog.dll - Microsoft Data Connection UI Dialog
  • Microsoft.Data.ConnectionUI.dll - Microsoft Data Connection UI
  • Microsoft.VisualBasic.UpgradeEngineInterface.Dll - Interop Assembly for VB Upgrade
  • Microsoft.VisualC.STLCLR.dll - Microsoft® C++ Runtime Library
  • ml.exe - Microsoft® Macro Assembler
  • msdia90.dll - Microsoft® Debug Information Accessor
  • mspft80.dll - Microsoft® PREfast
  • mspft80ui.dll
  • mssdi98.dll - Microsoft® SQL-Debugschnittstelle
  • msvbprj.dll - Visual Basic Project DLL
  • msvbprjUI.dll
  • nmake.exe - Microsoft® Program Maintenance Utility
  • nmakeui.dll - Fehler/Warnungen/Meldungen im Microsoft® Program Maintenance-Programm
  • pgocvt.exe - Microsoft® Profile Guided Optimization Database to Object Converter
  • pgodb90.dll - Microsoft® Profile Guided Optimization Database Interface
  • pgomgr.exe - Microsoft® Profile Guided Optimization Merge Utility
  • pgort90.dll - Microsoft® Profile Guided Optimization Instrumentation Runtime
  • pgort90ui.dll - Microsoft® Profilgesteuerte Optimierung - Instrumentationslaufzeit-UI
  • pgosweep.exe - Microsoft® Profile Guided Optimization Count Sweep Utility
  • pgoui.dll - Microsoft® Profile Guided Optimization UI
  • undname.exe - Microsoft® C++ Name Undecorator
  • vcomp90ui.dll - Microsoft® C/C++ OpenMP-Laufzeitsatellitenressourcen-DLL
  • VSTAClientPkg.dll - VSTAClient Package
  • VSTAClientPkg2007.dll
  • xdcmake.exe - Microsoft® XML Document Contents Merge Tool
  • XDCMake.resources.dll
  • Microsoft.SqlServerCe.Client.dll - Microsoft SQL Server Compact (Microsoft.SqlServerCe.Client)
  • custsat.dll - custsat

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Windows Firewall Allowed Program
  • devenv.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe'.

How do I remove Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition - DEU?

You can uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition - DEU from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
  1. On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
    • Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
  2. When you find the program Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition - DEU, click it, and then do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
    • Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
  3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition - DEU.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 75%
Win 7 4%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 9%
Keep it 91%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#40,328

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 79.17%
Windows 10 10.42%
Windows XP 6.25%
Windows Vista 4.17%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Professional 27.08%
Windows 7 Home Premium 25.00%
Windows 7 Ultimate 22.92%
Microsoft Windows XP 6.25%
Windows 10 Pro 4.17%
Windows 7 Enterprise 4.17%

Distribution by countryGeography

71.70% of installs come from Germany
Which countries install it?
  Germany 71.70%
  Austria 15.09%
  United States 9.43%
  Switzerland 1.89%
  Norway 1.89%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 27.03%
Dell 16.22%
Acer 13.51%
Medion 13.51%
GIGABYTE 8.11%
Lenovo 8.11%
Intel 5.41%
Samsung 2.70%
Sahara 2.70%
American Megatrends 2.70%
Common models
VMware, Inc. VMware Virtu... 5.00%
Standard L71II3 2.50%
Sony VPCEJ2L1E 2.50%
Sony VGN-NW21ZF_S 2.50%
Samsung R720 2.50%
Samsung R40/R41 2.50%

About Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation develops, manufactures, licenses and supports a variety of products and services related to computing.
Publisher URL: www.microsoft.com

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