Can several suites of the same version of Visual Studio be installed Side by Side?

Question

I would like to know if I can install say Visual Studio 2008 Pro and Visual Studio 2008 standard on the same machine. I have tried to install the pro (trial edition available on

Answer 1

I know I have installed the express version and the professional version on the same machine.

You could also use Microsoft Virtual PC and install other versions on virtual machines.

Answer 2

You can install Visual Studio and each of the Express Editions side by side, but not a bunch of Visual Studios.

If you need to have them close, I would agree with the Virtual Machine idea.

Answer 3

I wouldn't recommend installing multiple editions of the same version side-by-side. I can imagine it playing havoc with the registry. If you just need to have all the different editions available for testing, I'd use VMs.

You can, however, install multiple editions (e.g. 2003, 2005 and 2008) side-by-side.