vs 2010 express problem in building a project

[Shyckh]

i have a project which is made in vs 2010. i have vs 2010 express. when i tried to open solution file of the project it give me an error that "not a valid project". while in back ground vs start loading project. when i build the project it give me errors that atlconv.h not found no such file or directory. please help me with this. Also when i open solution file in note pad, the following lines are mentioned "Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 11.00 #Visual Studio 2010"

also vs2010 express says that .vcxproject is not a valid file.

[48T7M4Gy]

Try creating a new Blank Project and drag/drop the old source code into the new project in the solution explorer main project folder not the include etc sub folders.

[mutexe]

The Express editions of Visual Studio do not support MFC or ATL.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh967573(v=vs.110).aspx

[Shyckh]

it is a big project have so many files and libraries linked with each other. if i do so i have to start making it again from scratch...... any other suggestion will be appreciated thanks for replying

[Shyckh]

@mutexe can you please tell which version i can use to compile it. as in solution file it is written that vs 2010 must be used to compile it

[mutexe]

Well i guess a paid version of 2010.
I'd double check though. i'm only guessing sorry.

[Shyckh]

thanks i will try to get the torrent of 2010 professional