Download the source code file from Sourceforge.net. The project URL is Space Traders Project Homepage. On the download menu option select "Browse All Files". Look for the file spacetradewinsource2.00.zip and click it. You may be asked for the nearest mirror website to you, so select one from the provided list.
After downloading, unzip the zip file making sure that the paths tick box is checked. It is fine to unzip it into the C: folder as all the files will go into c:\spacetrader and you should see three subdirectories. images, SpaceTraderSetup and STConvert.
Before you run Microsoft Visual C# 2005 Express Edition, right click on the spacetrader folder in Windows Explorer and untick the read-only check box and click the apply button. You will be asked if you want to apply changes to the folder only or this folder, sub-folders and files. Make sure you check the latter so everything is set to writeable.
If you haven't got Microsoft Visual C# 2005 installed, this will show you how to download and install it.
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