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I'm trying to find download link for VS express 2005 but no luck.
I need this version, not 2008.
Visual Studio 2005 has been dropped for public download by Microsoft.
You can still get it from MSDN if you have a current account, but the public downloads have all been dropped. You can only get VS 2008 Express.
For somebody like me who lands onto this page from Google ages after this question had been posted, you can find VS2005 here: http://apdubey.blogspot.com/2009/04/microsoft-visual-studio-2005-express.html
EDIT: In case that blog dies, here are the links from the blog.
All the bellow files are more them 400MB.
Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition
449,848 KB
.IMG File | .ISO FileVisual Basic 2005 Express Edition
445,282 KB
.IMG File | .ISO FileVisual C# 2005 Express Edition
445,282 KB
.IMG File | .ISO FileVisual C++ 2005 Express Edition
474,686 KB
.IMG File | .ISO File
Visual J# 2005 Express Edition
448,702 KB
.IMG File|.ISO File
You can still get it, from microsoft servers, see my answer on this question: Where is Visual Studio 2005 Express?
As of late April 2009, Microsoft has discontinued all previous versions of Visual Studio Express, including 2005. It is no longer possible to obtain these previous versions from the Microsoft website.
From Here
Small tip for you. Microsoft frequently has 'launch parties' or 'launch events' in which they frequently distribute licensed, not for resale copies, of that product. I've gotten the last two versions of VS (2005 and 2008) by attending my local .NET user group chapter during those days.
