No. Visual C++ Express is free, but Visual Studio C++ must be bought. The Express edition is a subset of the Studio release.
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Visual Studio Express.
Once you have the Visual Studio program open, go to File->New Project and select the language you want to write your program in. If one or more languages do not appear, you probably didn't choose to have them installed when you installed Visual Studio.
There are several, but the best (in many people's opinion) is Microsoft's Visual Studio 2010 Express. See the Related Link below for the URL.
The simple answer is yes, it works in both.
There are several free implementations of C++. One of them is Microsoft's express versions of Visual Studio. See the Related Link below for more information.
The express edition's C++ implementation is no different to the visual studio implementation. It is the exact same language.
You can download latest version of Visual Studio from microsoft.com
The .ncp file is Visual Studio is an internally maintained file that controls IntelliSense, amongst other things. IntelliSense is the popup window that shows you syntax and arguments for functions and other things. It is safe to delete, so long as you are not running Visual Studio. Sometimes, in older versions of Visual Studio, problems with IntelliSense can be fixed by deleting the .ncp file and the restarting.
Visual Studio is a developement environment that can support many different languages like C++, j#, Basic, etc. "Visual" is added to the names because Microsoft has tweak the langauages a bit in order to integrate the .Net functionality and other features the would like to support. C++ is a stand alone languages that was incorperated into Visual Studio package.
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Sorry, but there is no way do download Pinnacle Studio Plus 11 for free.