   VS Express 2005 vs. VS 2003 -- can both of them co-exist?
  Hi all,A couple of years ago, I got the Student Edition of Visual Studio .NET. I have been putting off upgrading, as well, I am not a full-fledge developer and all that. Is there any point for me to go on to VS.NET Express 2005? Can I still code DirectX applications? Can I have both my VS.NET 2003 and VS.NET Express at the same time?Sorry for so many questions.   
  Yes, I have VS2003 and VC#EE on my computer, it works fine.   ;  yep. the beta versions don't mix well sometimes but it's ok with the full release versions of 2003 and 2005.   ;  Yes, I've had 2003 Pro, 2005 EE and 2005 Pro all co-existing happily.  Just be warned that your projects, once upgraded to 2005, will be useless in 2003 from then on.  So segregate your projects to one IDE or the other.   