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====Installing Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional (Beta 1)==== | ====Installing Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional (Beta 1)==== | ||
NOTE: Visual Studio 2010 is not presently a supported build environment for PCSX2. The instructions and configuration information below are provided sheerly for completeness's sake as Visual Studio 2010 will ultimately be a supported build platform, and this information will be updated as it nears completion and release. It is not recommended that you attempt to build PCSX2 with Visual Studio 2010 at this time. | '''NOTE: Visual Studio 2010 is not presently a supported build environment for PCSX2. The instructions and configuration information below are provided sheerly for completeness's sake as Visual Studio 2010 will ultimately be a supported build platform, and this information will be updated as it nears completion and release. It is not recommended that you attempt to build PCSX2 with Visual Studio 2010 at this time.''' | ||
Download the Visual Studio 2010 Professional Web Installer from the link above. Run it, and click next at the Welcome Screen (shown below). Yes, it will have the Visual Studio Team System logo even though you downloaded Visual Studio 2010 Professional and the titlebar and actual text say so. Don't ask me. Ask Microsoft. | #Download the Visual Studio 2010 Professional Web Installer from the link above. Run it, and click next at the Welcome Screen (shown below). Yes, it will have the Visual Studio Team System logo even though you downloaded Visual Studio 2010 Professional and the titlebar and actual text say so. Don't ask me. Ask Microsoft. | ||
Accept the EULA and enter your Product Key, then hit Next. | #Accept the EULA and enter your Product Key, then hit Next. | ||
The .NET Development Environment is NOT required in order to configure PCSX2, but you can choose to install it if you plan on doing .NET Development. I recommend installing Visual Studio in the default location to ensure there are no problems later on. | #The .NET Development Environment is NOT required in order to configure PCSX2, but you can choose to install it if you plan on doing .NET Development. I recommend installing Visual Studio in the default location to ensure there are no problems later on. | ||
Visual Studio's installer will begin downloading the installation components. | #Visual Studio's installer will begin downloading the installation components. | ||
Once it has finished downloading the components, it will begin installing them. | #Once it has finished downloading the components, it will begin installing them. | ||
Soon after beginning the installation, I was prompted to reboot in order to continue. | #Soon after beginning the installation, I was prompted to reboot in order to continue. | ||
After I rebooted and logged on, I got the following at system startup: | #After I rebooted and logged on, I got the following at system startup: | ||
The installer then launched and continued installing where it had left off. | #The installer then launched and continued installing where it had left off. | ||
After that finishes, you should be presented with the following screen: | #After that finishes, you should be presented with the following screen: | ||
Click finish and the installer will close. Now that Visual Studio is installed, your machine needs several more patches in order to be current. Visit Windows Update with Microsoft Update enabled and you'll be presented with the following updates | #Click finish and the installer will close. Now that Visual Studio is installed, your machine needs several more patches in order to be current. Visit Windows Update with Microsoft Update enabled and you'll be presented with the following updates | ||
The SQL Server update isn't required for PCSX2, but is recommended in general to keep your machine as up-to-date as possible. After the updates have installed, Visual Studio 2010 Professional is now installed on your computer. Go ahead on to the next step. | #The SQL Server update isn't required for PCSX2, but is recommended in general to keep your machine as up-to-date as possible. After the updates have installed, Visual Studio 2010 Professional is now installed on your computer. Go ahead on to the next step. | ||
===Installing SDKs=== | ===Installing SDKs=== | ||