Running Visual Studio 2012 Express c# from USB

Question

I recently joined a programming club at my highschool, and wanted to be able to use usb to run Visual Studio 2012 c# Express Edition from their laptops. I don't want to change any of the actual computer files because it is against the rules. After searching on google, it seems like this task is rather difficult to accomplish. So, I decided to look at some other IDEs and found SharpDevelop. Does anybody know if SharpDevelop can be run from a usb on a computer that does not have .NET?

Thanks.

Answer 1

It will not be possible to run any .Net program without installing .Net on the computer. Since both SharpDevelop and Visual Studio are .Net programs that need .Net installed on the machine.

I think you should consider using a virtual machine as suggested by @lc. I like and use Virtual Box

Answer 2

If you want to take the advantages of debugging or even executing your application you will require .NET to be installed on the computer. If that isn't possible then you have to resolve to a different approach like use notepad++ or using a virtual machine which needs to be able to run as a portalable software as well.

Alternative, if the computers have .NET installed there is a way to make SharpDevelop portable, take a look at http://laputa.sharpdevelop.net/SharpDevelopOnAMemoryStick.aspx