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What percent of users and experts removed it?
5% remove it95% keep it
Overall Sentiment
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How common is it?
Global Rank #27,901
United States Rank #21,118
Reach 0.0056%

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Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition - ENU

What is Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition - ENU?  (from Microsoft)

Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition provides a full-featured development environment for Windows and Web developers. It offers productivity enhancements for building data-driven client and Web applications. Individual developers looking to create connected applications with next-generation user experiences will find Vi...  Read more

Overview

Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition - ENU is a software 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 setup package generally installs about 62 files. Relative to the overall usage of users who have this installed on their PCs, most are running Windows 7 (SP1) and Windows 10. While about 64% of users of Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition - ENU come from the United States, it is also popular in Canada and United Kingdom.

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 Standard Edition - ENU\setup.exe

Program filesFiles installed by Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition - ENU

  • iisresolver.dll - Microsoft (R) Visual Studio (R) 2008
  • MakeZipExe.exe
  • Microsoft.Data.Entity.Design.dll
  • Microsoft.Data.Entity.Design.EntityDesigner.dll
  • Microsoft.VisualStudio.CSharp.Services.Language.dll
  • atlprov.dll - Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2008 (ATL Attribute Provider)
  • atlprovui.dll
  • bscmake.exe - Microsoft® Browse Information Maintenance Utility
  • bscmakeui.dll - Microsoft® Browse Information Maintenance Utility Errors/Warnings/Messages
  • 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)
  • devenv.exe - Microsoft Visual Studio 2008
  • 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 - Microsoft® Incremental Linker UI Resources
  • Microsoft.Data.ConnectionUI.Dialog.dll - Microsoft Data Connection UI Dialog
  • Microsoft.Data.ConnectionUI.dll - Microsoft Data Connection UI
  • Microsoft.VisualC.STLCLR.dll - Microsoft® C++ Runtime Library
  • Microsoft.VisualStudio.ConfigurationUI.dll
  • Microsoft.VisualStudio.CSharp.Options.dll - Visual C#® Options
  • Microsoft.VisualStudio.Data.Compatibility.dll - Visual Studio Data Compatibility
  • Microsoft.VisualStudio.Data.dll - Visual Studio Data Framework
  • Microsoft.VisualStudio.Data.Host.dll - Visual Studio Data Host
  • Microsoft.VisualStudio.Data.Interop.dll - Visual Studio Data Framework Interop Assembly
  • Microsoft.VisualStudio.Data.Package.dll - Visual Studio Data Package
  • Microsoft.VisualStudio.Data.Providers.Common.dll - Visual Studio Data Providers Common
  • Microsoft.VisualStudio.Data.Providers.Oracle.dll - Visual Studio Data Oracle Provider
  • Microsoft.VisualStudio.Data.Providers.SqlServer.dll - Visual Studio Data SQL Server Provider
  • ml.exe - Microsoft® Macro Assembler
  • mspft80.dll - Microsoft® PREfast
  • mspft80ui.dll
  • mssdi98.dll - Microsoft® SQL Debug Interface
  • msvbprj.dll - Visual Basic Project DLL
  • msvbprjUI.dll
  • nmake.exe - Microsoft® Program Maintenance Utility
  • nmakeui.dll - Microsoft® Program Maintenance Utility Errors/Warnings/Messages
  • 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® Profile Guided Optimization Instrumentation Runtime UI
  • pgosweep.exe - Microsoft® Profile Guided Optimization Count Sweep Utility
  • pgoui.dll - Microsoft® Profile Guided Optimization UI
  • undname.exe - Microsoft® C++ Name Undecorator
  • VSTAClientPkg2007.dll - VSTAClient Package
  • xdcmake.exe - Microsoft® XML Document Contents Merge Tool
  • Microsoft.SqlServerCe.Client.dll - Microsoft SQL Server Compact (Microsoft.SqlServerCe.Client)

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'.

Program resource utilizationResource utilization averages

devenv.exe
Memory:387.43 MB
21.09 MB average
Total CPU:0.0001787327%
0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:0.00009792%
0.016088% average
User CPU:0.00008082%
0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:49,956,968
8,062,084 average
Switches/sec:146
70 average
I/O reads/min:496.77 KB
435.61 KB average
I/O writes/min:208.38 KB
105.02 KB average

How do I remove Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition - ENU?

You can uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition - ENU 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 Standard Edition - ENU, 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 Standard Edition - ENU.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 69%
Win Vista (SP2) 3%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 5%
Keep it 95%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#27,901

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 74.55%
Windows 10 16.36%
Windows XP 6.36%
Windows Vista 2.73%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Professional 36.70%
Windows 7 Home Premium 20.18%
Windows 7 Ultimate 10.09%
Microsoft Windows XP 6.42%
Windows 7 Enterprise 4.59%
Windows 8.1 Pro 3.67%

Distribution by countryGeography

63.51% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 63.51%
  Canada 5.41%
  United Kingdom 5.41%
  India 3.38%
  Germany 3.38%
  Netherlands 2.03%
  Belgium 1.35%
  France 1.35%
  Sweden 1.35%
  Spain 1.35%
  Israel 1.35%
  Hong Kong 0.68%
  Vietnam 0.68%
  Thailand 0.68%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Dell 38.75%
Hewlett-Packard 27.50%
Acer 7.50%
GIGABYTE 5.00%
Intel 5.00%
ASUS 5.00%
American Megatrends 5.00%
Lenovo 2.50%
Toshiba 2.50%
Alienware 1.25%
Common models
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 3.33%
Dell Latitude E6530 2.22%
ASUSTeK K73SV 2.22%
Dell Dell System XPS L5... 2.22%
Dell OptiPlex 960 2.22%
Dell XPS 8300 2.22%

About Microsoft

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Publisher URL: www.microsoft.com

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