I have Visual Studio web developer Addison , Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition, Visual C# 2005 Express Edition and Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition installed on my system.
My operative system is a Windows 7
When I start the installation of “LINQ Preview (May 2006).msi”, I get the next error message: “Cannot find a valid Product to install LINQ with”.
I click in the Accept button and get a second message: “You must have either Visual Studio 2005, Visual Basic 2005, Visual C# 2005 or Visual Web Developer 2005 installed before installing Microsoft .NET LINQ Preview (May 2006) Do you want to download Visual Studio 2005 Express Editions now?”
Why not install the 2008 express editions? They have LINQ built in [and hence dont require previews]. Is there something specific about the preview bits you’re interested in examining?