I don’t have any experience building software for Windows but I have experience with C++ and with software development in general.
I now need to develop a commercial Internet Explorer BHO and I wanted to do it using freeware – can I use Visual C++ 2010 Express for this or do I need the pay-for edition?
Thanks.
P.S.: I am aware it is not going to be an easy task.
Leaving licensing issues aside, there is no technical reason why you can’t build a BHO using it. Eventually you will need to buy a code signing certificate, but other than that you can do it all free.