Windows – How to locate and install Visual Studio 2010 SP1

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I'm trying to install Visual Studio 2010 SP1 on a Windows 7 x86 machine. Microsoft broke the links in their download area, so I can't use the link at Description of Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1. I found it in Microsoft Catalog, but this shows up when I click Download:

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I found a download called vs10sp1-kb983509_90d66d880ef49c9b9a9a0da5e7fc7b2ff907f00e.exe in the list. The vs10sp1 and kb983509 sounds about right. When I attempt to run it, it exits about half way into the Extracting portion. It does not provide a message.

How do I locate and install the service pack?

Here's the actual problem I am encountering under VS2010. I'm guessing the service pack will resolve it: Error 'LINK : fatal error LNK1123: failure during conversion to COFF: file invalid or corrupt' after installing Visual Studio 2012 Release Preview.

Best Answer

How do I locate and install the service pack?

Recently, I was able to locate older versions of Visual Studio, on the Visual Studio website. It requires a free subscription in order to download.

Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1

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You can download both the web installer and the DVD on this page.

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