Microsoft officially ended extended support for Visual Studio 2010 years ago. If you are looking to build modern applications, you should be using , which is the modern spiritual successor to the Express editions (and is also free).
To run the full version smoothly, Microsoft specified: Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 Express -Full Version-
Drag a TextBox control onto the form. In its properties, set Multiline = True , Dock = Fill . you should be using