, cbae wrote

I vaguely remember a discussion about this already. I don't think this is any revelation about the new Express products.

Doesn't sound encouraging:

http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/11/en-us/products/express

"Additional Visual Studio Express Products

To develop for Windows Phone, or to create desktop applications with Visual C++, Visual C#, or Visual Basic, download a Visual Studio 2010 Express product."