Visual Studio
Visual Studio 2008 Image Library

Updated: July 2009

The Visual Studio 2008 Image Library is a collection of application images that appear in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Visual Studio, and other Microsoft software. You can use this set of over 1,000 images to create applications that look visually consistent with Microsoft software.

The image library includes three main categories of images: animations, bitmaps, and icons. A readme file, *readme.htm, is included for each major area. These readme files include information about the appropriate use of these images in your applications.

During Visual Studio setup, the image library is copied to your computer as the file VS2008ImageLibrary.zip. The default directory for this file is \...\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9\Common7\VS2008ImageLibrary\.

NoteNote:

Express Editions of Visual Studio do not include the Visual Studio 2008 Image Library.

See Also

Tasks

How to: Install the Visual Studio 2008 Image Library
Change History

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July 2009

Added note about Express Editions.

Customer feedback.

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Thomas Lee
Visual Studio 2008 Image Library
Please note, Visual Studio 2008 setup installs the Visual Studio 2008 Image Library, which includes close to 2,000 images and videos.
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Thomas Lee
License terms?

What are the license terms for the image library images?

[tfl - 06 07 09] Hi - and thanks for your post. You should post questions like this to the MSDN Forums at http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn or the MSDN Newsgroups at

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Thomas Lee
VS2005ImageLibrary.zip IS DEFINITELY MISSING IN VS.NET 2008

Someone at Microsoft please advise ASAP. This is ridiculous. The documentation clearly states it is in \...\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\VS2005ImageLibrary\.

It is definitely not there.

[tfl - 06 07 09] Hi - and thanks for your post. You should post questions like this to the MSDN Forums at http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn or the MSDN Newsgroups at

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Thomas Lee
Missing from Express Editions

The zip file is missing from the 2008 express editions too. No opportunity (check box) in the install to include redistributable.

[tfl - 06 07 09] Hi - and thanks for your post. You should post questions like this to the MSDN Forums at http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn or the MSDN Newsgroups at

http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/ . You are much more likely get a quicker response using the forums than through the Community Content. For specific help about:
Visual Studio : http://groups.google.com/groups/dir?sel=usenet%3Dmicrosoft.public.vstudio%2C &
SQL Server : http://groups.google.com/groups/dir?sel=usenet%3Dmicrosoft.public.sqlserver%2C &
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BobAck
License Terms
The license terms for the Image Library are included in the End-User License Agreement for Visual Studio. It is found at %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\eula.txt.
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Thomas Lee
Not on the VS 2008 Upgrade CD

I just bought and installed VS 2008 Upgrade.
and the images file is just not there !!!

[tfl - 06 07 09] Hi - and thanks for your post. You should post questions like this to the MSDN Forums at http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn or the MSDN Newsgroups at

http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/ . You are much more likely get a quicker response using the forums than through the Community Content. For specific help about:
Visual Studio : http://groups.google.com/groups/dir?sel=usenet%3Dmicrosoft.public.vstudio%2C &
SQL Server : http://groups.google.com/groups/dir?sel=usenet%3Dmicrosoft.public.sqlserver%2C &
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