Oh, I never did much with 2005, I just thought I heard that uninstalling it could make my system unbootable. Well, it's gone now, but I haven't restarted yet. I took out the SQL stuff too, got no clue why I ever installed it in the first place. ----- Original Message ----- From: RicksPlace To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 2:19 PM Subject: Installing VS 2008 Modules alongside 2005 Modules. Hi: You can run both the 2005 and the 2008 Express modules. They will not interfere with each other at all and you can leave your 2005 applications in the 2005 version if you want to avoid converting them to 2008. Just download and install 2008 VB or CSharp and you are good to go and you can use either the 2005 or the 2008 versions. You can UnInstall the 2005 version if you want but it is not necessary. Rick USA