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Instructions for Downloading and Installing Visual C# 2008 Express Edition

By David Bolton, About.com

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Run the "Hello World" Program

Hello World Screenshot
Now Press F5 and you should see the console Hello World in all its glory. Your first C# 2008 application and hopefully not your last!

To close this and return to the Visual C# 2008 Express IDE just hit any key. Not the shift or ctrl keys, but the Space key or Enter key will do.

That completes this how to. For more on C# see the C# Tutorials.

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