New VS Shell redistributable packages
The new redistributable packages are significantly smaller. In the case of the Isolated mode, the size was reduced from ~400Mb to ~126Mb.
The main size reduction is because of the .Net Framework redist. The packages now include a small bootstrapper that will download the .Net Framework if necessary.
Links:
Visual Studio 2008 Shell (integrated mode)
Visual Studio 2008 Shell (isolated mode)
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