Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Express 8.0.50727.867 could be downloaded from the developer's website when we last checked. We cannot confirm if there is a free download of this software available.
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Express was developed to work on Windows XP, Windows XP Professional, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 or Windows 11 and is compatible with 32-bit systems. The Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Express installer is commonly called VCExpress.exe or PEVerify.exe etc.
The most popular versions of the program are 8.0 and 1.0. The program lies within Development Tools, more precisely IDE. Also the program is known as "Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition", "Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Express - FRA", "Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Express - ESN". According to the results of the Google Safe Browsing check, the developer's site is safe. Despite this, we recommend checking the downloaded files with any free antivirus software. The actual developer of the free program is Microsoft.
From the developer:
Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition includes a fully ISO-compliant implementation of the Standard Template Library (STL). STL is a general purpose library of algorithms and data structures that is based on a concept known as generic programming.
The library includes the container classes-such as vector, queue, list, and map-that are implemented using C++ templates.
You may want to check out more software, such as Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 Express - ESN, Microsoft Visual Basic or Microsoft Visual Studio Express Beta for Web, which might be similar to Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Express.
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