Lack of MFC really is a misfortune. Is there a way to install it
separately, as with SDK?
Not that I am aware of : MFC are to be payed.
that's not 100 % correct.
MFC 4.2 is installed with the Windows DDK. you can download it for free
these days, so you'd get free MFC.
This version of MFC is not the latest one, but for standard things it will
work.
that still won't give you the wizards in VC express, but you will probably
be able to build existing MFC programs, even if it is against a previous
version.
the DDK team was looking into bringing MFC up to date, according to a post
in the DDK list, but that's only a future possibility.
atl2.1 and atl3.0 are included as well.
kind regards,
Bruno.