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1.1.1. XNA Game Studio Express 1.0 Refresh Requires Visual C# 2005 Express Edition Service Pack 1

XNA Game Studio Express 1.0 Refresh requires that Visual C# 2005 Express Edition Service Pack 1 (SP1) be installed. Click the link below to download and install Visual C# 2005 Express Edition Service Pack 1.

* Visual C# 2005 Express Edition SP1 - download the file named VS80sp1-KB926749-X86-INTL.exe.

In addition, it is recommended that you use Windows Update to ensure that your software and drivers are up-to-date before you install XNA Game Studio Express 1.0 Refresh.

1.1.2. Upgrading from XNA Game Studio Express 1.0

If you have XNA Game Studio Express 1.0 installed, it is not necessary to uninstall it before installing XNA Game Studio Express 1.0 Refresh. However, XNA Game Studio Express 1.0 Refresh is not compatible with Beta versions of XNA Game Studio Express 1.0. Please uninstall any Beta versions of XNA Game Studio Express 1.0 before installing XNA Game Studio Express 1.0 Refresh.

Installing XNA Game Studio Express 1.0 Refresh will uninstall XNA Game Studio Express 1.0 and the 1.0 version of the XNA Framework Redistributable.

1.1.3. Run Visual C# 2005 Express Edition at Least Once Before Installing XNA Game Studio Express

You should run Visual C# 2005 Express Edition at least once before installing XNA Game Studio Express. Otherwise, features of XNA Game Studio Express may be missing from the user interface. For example, the XNA Game Studio Express Xbox 360 item in the Tools | Options dialog box may be missing. If you encounter this issue, we recommend that you do the following:

1. Uninstall XNA Game Studio Express.
2. Run Visual C# 2005 Express Edition.
3. Exit Visual C# 2005 Express Edition.
4. Reinstall XNA Game Studio Express.

1.1.4. Register Microsoft Visual C# 2005 Express Edition Before Installing XNA Game Studio Express

You must register Microsoft Visual C# 2005 Express Edition before installing XNA Game Studio Express. To register Visual C# 2005 Express Edition, click Register Product on the Help menu.

1.1.5. Close Visual C# 2005 Express Edition Before Installing XNA Game Studio Express

Before installing XNA Game Studio Express, close any running instances of Visual C# 2005 Express Edition.

1.1.6. Windows Vista Enterprise 64-bit Edition Requires Visual Studio SP1 Update for Windows Vista

In order to run XNA Game Studio Express 1.0 Refresh with Windows Vista Enterprise 64-bit Edition, you must install the Visual Studio SP1 Update for Windows Vista. Otherwise, Visual C# 2005 Express Edition will crash when you exit the application.

1.1.7. Install XNA Game Studio Express 1.0 Refresh Using Explorer on Windows Vista

Install XNA Game Studio Express 1.0 Refresh using Explorer on Windows Vista. Do not attempt to install XNA Game Studio Express 1.0 Refresh from a command prompt or from an administrator command prompt.

1.1.8. Uninstall XNA Game Studio Express Before Uninstalling Visual C# 2005 Express Edition

If you choose to uninstall Visual C# 2005 Express Edition, you must first uninstall XNA Game Studio Express. XNA Game Studio Express will not uninstall properly if Visual C# 2005 Express Edition is not currently installed.

1.1.9. DirectX Redistributable Files Removed Only on Uninstall

After you install XNA Game Studio Express, a copy of the DirectX redistributable files will exist in C:\Program Files\Microsoft XNA\XNA Game Studio Express\DXRedist. These are temporary files used by Setup and are not supported for direct use by developers. Uninstalling XNA Game Studio Express will uninstall these temporary files.