How to download the full installer with visual studio shell

[Dmitri_C_]

Hello,

I have recently (February 26, 2014) registered for an evaluation version of Parallel Studio XE for Windows. On the download page on my account I now get a webform with the following options:

• Full Offline Installer Package (there is an option to use a Download Manager here)
• Online Installer

When I click for the offline installer package I get a link to download the package

parallel_studio_xe_2013_sp1_update2_novsshell_setup.exe

Judging by the name of the package I guess that it does not contain the partner edition Visual Studio shell.

The checksum page suggests that there is a separate package available that also includes the Visual Studio shell.

parallel_studio_xe_2013_sp1_update2_setup.exe

However I cannot find a way to download this package. Is it possible to download the package that contains Visual Studio shell?

I had been using Intel Software development products for a long time yet returning to downloads and licensing now I find it very confusing.

Thank you.

[TimP · Accepted solution]

As of the time when I heard the story first hand, Visual Studio Shell installers aren't available as evaluations, as Microsoft doesn't permit it without the full purchase fee, which would exhorbitant for a short term trial, when Microsoft will allow you a longer free trial of the full Visual Studio (any currently maintained version). You should be able to find explanations of this on the Windows Fortran forum, but you raise a good point, that the evaluation page should explain why only the version without it is available.  This shell is of no use for C/C++ in any case, where you would need the trial VS from Microsoft if you don't already have it.