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The General Availability date is the estimated date that a product or service is made available in its applicable worldwide markets.
 
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Products ReleasedGeneral Availability DateMainstream Support RetiredExtended Support RetiredService Pack RetiredNotes
eMbedded Visual C++ 4.04/4/20027/10/20077/14/2009
Visual C++ .NET 2002 Standard Edition4/15/20027/10/20077/14/2009
Visual C++ .NET 2003 Standard Edition7/10/200310/14/200810/8/2013
Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition1/14/20064/12/20114/12/2016
Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition2/19/20084/9/20134/10/201810/13/2009
Visual C++ 6.0 Enterprise Edition8/30/19989/30/20049/30/2005
Visual C++ 6.0 Standard Edition8/30/19989/30/20049/30/2005