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If you had a look at all the available Visual Studio RC options to install, it can seem quite daunting. This is why there are simply too many, in my opinion, and it is quite easy to get confused as to which version you should install. Yes, there is some explanation next to each available version, but you have to dig through the myriad MSDN pages and links just to get a decent overview of which version does what. On a nice and quiet evening, I thought it good to install Visual Studio I was a bit naive and didn't realize that deciding on which option I wanted to install would become a nightmare.
I chose the option to install Visual Studio for Desktop, and thought that I would be able to use it the next day. That was not the case; I had to jump through numerous unnecessary hoops just to get it installed. Granted, I tried to install on my Windows 8. Now, I do not like to spend hours installing software, nor do I like the fact that you find out what else is needed afterwards. I started the installer after 12 AM, because I preferred to use my night to surf the internet for data.
I have only 10GB of hard drive space—which sounds huge, but wasn't. I went to bed. I woke up excited like a little kid on Christmas. Boy, was I disappointed! The installer hadn't finished and notified me that I needed to install two Windows Updates:.
I installed them and restated the installer. It again took forever. I left my computer with the hopes that when I returned, everything should be fine. A couple hours later, I returned to my PC, only to find that the installer still did not finish!
