How can I download an off-line installation of MSDN documentation of Visual Studio 2010 Express for Win32 and COM development, so that I don't have to download it again while installing on other computers?
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The documentation should be on the VS2010 disk. You'll have option to install it during in installation, near the end. Unfortunately, if you're looking for 2008 style MSDN, you won't find it, since M$ moved to a new and improved help system. – AndrejaKo Feb 08 '11 at 12:05
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@AndrejaKo I tried to find MSDN setup in VS2010 express, do you know where is file? – bunty Feb 08 '11 at 12:19
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@bunty I don't think that express has help in it. I'll see where it can be obtained. – AndrejaKo Feb 08 '11 at 12:21
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@bunty Does [this](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd264831.aspx) help? – AndrejaKo Feb 08 '11 at 12:25
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3@AndrejaKo - do you really need to write MS as M$? – Wil Feb 08 '11 at 12:27
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@bunty There's also [this](http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/devdocs/thread/acb9bef9-6e37-4caa-89d6-684aecd0b3ec#408f8733-a0f9-4ded-9dab-baa14cfb9b52) – AndrejaKo Feb 08 '11 at 12:28
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@Wil Usually not, but in **this** particular case yes. – AndrejaKo Feb 08 '11 at 12:29
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Not an answer as I can't find definitive information, however, try downloading the VS Express ISO image as that used to have it included, (I can't see it listed anymore). It looks like, even if you have a MSDN subscription, the stand alone MSDN Library download has not been updated in some time - http://i.imgur.com/4GPwU.png – Wil Feb 08 '11 at 12:29
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1@AndrejaKo what is so special about this case? As far as I am concerned, it just shows ignorance and stupidity. – Wil Feb 08 '11 at 12:30
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@Wil They stopped using MSDN library for VS 2010 and switched to a different help system. The help should be available as off-line install from the disk, but I'm not 100% sure that it's there for express version. Default settings (if I remember correctly) expect user to download help form the Internet, which could be problematic in some cases. – AndrejaKo Feb 08 '11 at 12:31
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@Wil I believe that by switching to new help system, they made a big step back. Therefore in this particular case, I think that the $ is justified. Feel free to disagree. – AndrejaKo Feb 08 '11 at 12:33
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1@AndrejaKo I'll try installing documentation using `Help Library Manager` and let you know if it works on other machines. – Searock Feb 08 '11 at 17:31
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@Searock As far as I've seen (but I could be wrong), you should be able to just install docs on one computer and then copy/paste them to appropriate directory on other computers. Please do let us know if it works or not. – AndrejaKo Feb 08 '11 at 17:39
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http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=20955 – Jul 04 '12 at 22:19
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You might look at [Package This](http://packagethis.codeplex.com/). – Ben Voigt Feb 24 '11 at 03:00
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I'd recommend you get your hands on the [Microsoft Windows SDK ISO](http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8442). It has everything you need for advanced Win32 Api development. Also, you can download an offline version of Microsoft Win32 Programmers's Reference from [phatcode.net](http://www.phatcode.net/articles.php?id=238). – Chibueze Opata Jul 04 '12 at 22:26
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The MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2008 SP1 may help.
For Visual Studio 2010, you can also just click on Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft Visual Studio 2010\Visual Studio Tools\Manage Help Settings and then ask it to make help content available offline.
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Visual Studio 2012/2013 Help Downloader is a tool for downloading the base Visual Studio MSDN package for offline installation.
Overview
Allows you to download the current published MSDN Library books in a new format for offline installation. Already downloaded book parts skipped for downloading on reuse.
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