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Express 2013 for Web

Visual Studio Express for Web has the tools to create standards-based, responsive websites, web APIs, or real-time online experiences using ASP.NET. Publish your web application directly to Windows Azure from the IDE. Create web services consumed by connected devices.

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System Requirements:

Supported operating systems

Windows 7 SP1 (x86 and x64)
Windows 8 (x86 and x64)
Windows 8.1 (x86 and x64)
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (x64)
Windows Server 2012 (x64)
Windows Server 2012 R2 (x64)

Hardware requirements

1.6 GHz or faster processor
1 GB of RAM (1.5 GB if running on a virtual machine)
4 GB of available hard disk space
5400 RPM hard drive
DirectX 9-capable video card running at 1024 x 768 or higher display resolution

Additional requirements

This version of Visual Studio works best with Internet Explorer 10 or higher. If Internet Explorer 10 is not installed on your computer, some features might not work as expected.
On Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2, KB2883200 (available through Windows Update) is required

Just so happens I was trying to find a decent html to exe compiler, do you think VSE will do it?

no id sorry
tell you the truth i play around with it a bit just for pass time, never really dig in deep to do anything big with it.

maybe scott would know better or others
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it like candy! i love candy even better when it free at the store

http://www.htmlexe.com/compiled-websites

Something like that would suit your needs better. This is more for making real websites on servers such as IIS and implement connections for example windows programs to those websites :)

Tried the demo - works ok up to a point but I need to build in type sensitive recall of user input data, like web browsers do.