Ribbon for Visual Studio Express 2013

First I want to say that you probably no longer need to use this limited Visual Studio. There is an almost complete free version called Visual Studio Community Edition . More details can be found on this question .

It is important if you want to install extensions on it. Express greatly limits what you can install.

If you're using WPF you already have a Native Ribbon and is recommended for use. You should already be able to use it directly without additional actions.

If you are using Windows Forms you can use an Open Source project available in CodePlex . Installation instructions . If you have any specific problems installing, we are available for a specific question.

There are other free options and paid, including the leading providers of controls for. Net.

You can also use the Windows SDK that has a Ribbon for C ++ / MFC control. and access it. It is not that simple task so you do not know how to interoperate with unmanaged code but it is an alternative.