On 2023-03-21 06:36:40, andrew clarke (3:633/267) wrote to Vitaliy Aksyonov:

 VA>> Visual Studio 2012 is not available anymore. Oldest one is 2013.
 VA>> Would it produce binaries for Windows XP?

 ac> For the record the freeware Visual C++ 2005 Express is still available
 ac> to download from Microsoft:

 ac> https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=57034

 ac> or

 ac> https://download.microsoft.com/download/A/9/1/A91D6B2B-A798-47DF-9C7E-A9
 ac> 7854B7DD18/VC.iso

 ac> From my limited testing it will install and run under Windows 11
 ac> provided you install the .NET 3.5 Framework first.

Visual Studio 2008 Express is also still available:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/8/E/E8EEB394-7F42-4963-A2D8-29559B738298/VS2008ExpressWithSP1ENUX1504728.iso

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