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Installing Visual Studio Extensions for Windows SharePoint Services on Windows XP

Yes, it is possible!

First, download Visual Studio 2005 Extensions 1.1 for WSS 3.0 from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3e1dcccd-1cca-433a-bb4d-97b96bf7ab63&displaylang=en. You can also download version 1.2 for Visual Studio 2008 from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7bf65b28-06e2-4e87-9bad-086e32185e68&displaylang=en. Now, if you try to install this on an OS other than Windows Server 2003 or 2008, it won't install. What you have to do is add a string value to the registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server Extensions\12.0

"Sharepoint" (String value) ="Installed"

And that's it! Both installers will do their job without complaints.

BTW, I learned this from Martin Vollmer's Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/martinv/archive/2008/10/31/how-to-install-visual-studio-extensions-for-windows-sharepoint-services-1-2-on-vista-or-windows-xp-vsewss-exe.aspx. Thanks, Martin!

Posted: Oct 31 2008, 01:31 PM by Ricardo Peres | with 5 comment(s)
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Comments

Paul Metieh said:

Hi,

I've been trying to download the VeSS v 1.2 for Visual Studio 2008, but it the Microsft download page doesn't appear. I keep getting Page Not Found errors(404 errors).

Any Idea as to what's happening. Are there other links to download these extensions?

# November 26, 2008 2:08 PM

MLS said:

Dude, this post is awesome. THANKS MAN!!! Not sure why Microsoft forces you to only install on Windows 2003/2008. More than likely they use this internally or even if they do not, they do not have to pay a license to have server 2003/2008. Thanks again man!

# December 5, 2008 1:58 PM

Yuvaraj said:

You should be able to download it from www.microsoft.com/.../details.aspx

# January 8, 2009 11:16 AM

yugal said:

Its post is very good to use sharepoint extensions  on windows xp

# February 13, 2009 1:48 AM

Wolfpac said:

Thanks, I was just wondering who in the right mind would install VS on their web server and use it as their development tool. That was basically what this extension requires, Server 2003 with MOSS 3.0

# May 26, 2009 7:49 PM
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