vbsetup is for visual studio .net, vc is visual c++, and vcs is visual c#. vwd is web developer. If you know c, I recommend c# or c++. Having started out with that first, it seems to be the best route because you can easily learn other languages from it. So all you need is a c++ tutorial, the msdn, google and your IDE and life is great. Thanks, Tyler Littlefield http://tds-solutions.net Twitter: sorressean On Jul 6, 2010, at 9:47 PM, Howard Traxler wrote: > Hi all, > I'm wondering if someone could please give me some idea where to start? Back > in the 80's I got to know BASIC programming under apple dos and MS dos quite > well. Also in the 80's I had some COBOL, some c, and some assembler under ms > dos. I would now like to learn a little about programming under 32 bit > windows (xp). It could be c or basic. > > I have now downloaded these files from ms: > vbsetup.exe > vcsetup.exe > vcssetup.exe > and > vwdsetup.exe > . > > Which of these do I install? What is my next step? > > Thank you very much. > Howard > __________ > View the list's information and change your settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind > __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind