Visual Studio 2008 Portable File

: Use Visual Studio Code Portable + MinGW or Clang for modern portable C++ development instead of VS2008. Only follow this guide for legacy project maintenance.

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\bin C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\lib C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\include To E:\VS2008\VC\ visual studio 2008 portable

reg export "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0" vs2008.reg On target PC (non-admin allowed): : Use Visual Studio Code Portable + MinGW

While is outdated and not officially supported as a portable app, you can create a semi-portable version that runs from a USB drive on Windows XP/Vista/7 (and partially on Windows 10/11 with compatibility settings). %PATH% set INCLUDE=%VS2008_ROOT%\VC\include

@echo off set VS2008_ROOT=%~dp0 set PATH=%VS2008_ROOT%\Common7\IDE;%VS2008_ROOT%\VC\bin;%VS2008_ROOT%\Common7\Tools;%PATH% set INCLUDE=%VS2008_ROOT%\VC\include;%VS2008_ROOT%\VC\atlmfc\include set LIB=%VS2008_ROOT%\VC\lib;%VS2008_ROOT%\VC\atlmfc\lib set LIBPATH=%LIB% set DevEnvDir=%VS2008_ROOT%\Common7\IDE\ start "" "%VS2008_ROOT%\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe" From a system with VS2008, copy: