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Manually redistribute VC++ 2k5 Express installation files

Good evening...

Admiittedly I'm being somewhat anal, but I'd like to move a few of the directories around that VC++ 2005 Express created when I installed it.

Generally, I'd like to split the IDE & Help files from the library and compiler.

I previously installed the VC2k3 Toolkit in my C:\Cpp\VCToolkit2003 directory. So I wanted to move the bin, lib, and include sub directories of the VC directory that VC++2k5 Express installed in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC into C:\Cpp\VCToolkit2005.

Can I do this and just change the directories under Tools | Options | Projects and Solutions | VC++ Directoreis?

On a related note, where is the $(VCInstallDir) and other $(...) variables defined? I don't see them in my command shell when I type set.

Thanks.

[785 byte] By [EricSchultz] at [2007-12-17]
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Hi Eric -

This isn't a supported scenario, but it may work for you, if you update the paths, as you said. Some tools or environment features could stop working, though, since the paths you are updating are for the compiler and build tools, not the product itself.

There are two sets of directory tokens - one for command environment and one for the IDE (the Integrated Development Environment, the VS windows environment). The command line environment is set using a batch file that setup creates and installs for you, you should find it in you bin dir. You can make updates to that file as you need to. The IDE environment is set through Tools->Options under the Project and Solutions Node, where you'll see "VC++ Directories".

Thanks,
April Reagan
Visual C++ Program Management

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