Legacy Update: Get back online, activate, and install updates on your legacy Windows PC

This download of Visual Studio Express 2013.4 for Windows Desktop contains the latest updates. These cumulative updates to Visual Studio 2013 include a variety of bug fixes and capability improvements. For more information, see Visual Studio Updates and the Visual Studio Update KB Article.

If you already have Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows Desktop and just want Update 4, you can download it here.

You can use Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows Desktop to create powerful desktop apps in C#, Visual Basic, and C++. You can target client technologies such as Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Windows Forms, and Win32.

Note:If you already have Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows Desktop (original release version) and run this download, only Update 4 is installed. If you don't have Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows Desktop and run this download, both Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows Desktop and Update 4 are installed. In either case, Visual Studio 2013 Language Packs (original release versions) can also be installed.

Files

Status: Deleted This download is no longer available on microsoft.com. The downloads below are archives provided by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine from the Microsoft Download Center prior to December 2016.

Files
vs2013.4_dskexp_ENU.iso SHA1: ea9c310b09e6a983b49eb44caab10648ac6a116d Size: 4.32 GB
wdexpress_full.exe SHA1: 3196eda95e736a9a12a83d1bdf5f8233f7ffc816 Size: 836 KB

File sizes and hashes are retrieved from the Wayback Machine’s indexes. They may not match the latest versions of files hosted on Microsoft servers.

For detailed System Requirements see Visual Studio 2013 Compatibility.

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• To install over the Internet:
• On this page, choose the Download button.
• Select the .exe option and then choose the Next button.
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