Running Visual Studio 2012 Express c# from USB

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user1594328 picture user1594328 · Aug 31, 2012 · Viewed 11.8k times · Source

I recently joined a programming club at my highschool, and wanted to be able to use usb to run Visual Studio 2012 c# Express Edition from their laptops. I don't want to change any of the actual computer files because it is against the rules. After searching on google, it seems like this task is rather difficult to accomplish. So, I decided to look at some other IDEs and found SharpDevelop. Does anybody know if SharpDevelop can be run from a usb on a computer that does not have .NET?

Thanks.

Answer

Rohit picture Rohit · Aug 31, 2012

It will not be possible to run any .Net program without installing .Net on the computer. Since both SharpDevelop and Visual Studio are .Net programs that need .Net installed on the machine.

I think you should consider using a virtual machine as suggested by @lc. I like and use Virtual Box

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