ArcGIS 10.1 with Visual Studio 2010 Express

[DeAnnaAungst]

I have a custom tool developed using VB.NET in Visual Studio 2008.  With the upgrade to 10.1, I am now faced with having to upgrade the tool to Visual Studio 2010 in order to make it ArcGIS Compatible.  I installed VS2010 EXPRESS and cannot see the Templates in order to develop a Desktop Add-In.  I believe that this is because the express version does not include an option to create a New Project under previous .NET frameworks.  However, ESRI states in the 10.1 information that VS2010 EXPRESS is indeed supported:

"Visual Studio
At ArcGIS 10.1, .NET development using any edition of Visual Studio 2010 including Express is supported. However, development using other versions of Visual Studio is not supported."

Does anybody have any suggestions as to how I can develop a new ArcGIS Add-in, or at least upgrade my existion VS2008 project using the express edition?

Thank You!
DeAnna

[DeAnnaAungst]

I believe I found part of the issue....Can somebody confirm for me, please?!?!  :

I am attempting to develop on a machine that is still using ArcGIS 10, but I have a client that has upgraded to 10.1, creating the need for the updated tool.  I believe I cannot use VS2010 EXPRESS because the version 10 of GIS does not support the Express edition, however if I was developing on a machine with 10.1 installed, I would be able to see the templates and tools required while using VS2010 Express....

[JohnHauck]

The ArcObjects SDK for ArcGIS 10.0 does not support integration with Visual Studio Express 2010. The Express version of Visual Studio targets a single version of the .NET framework (4.0 with VS Express 2010) and .NET 4.0 isn't supported at ArcGIS 10.0. After you install VS 2010 express and the ArcObjects SDK for ArcGIS 10.1 you should be able to see the integration points in Visual Studio Express 2010.