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Friday, August 31, 2007 5:44 PM

Updated version of the .NET Framework cleanup tool that can remove the .NET Framework 3.5

I've posted an updated version of the .NET Framework cleanup tool that now contains an option to remove the .NET Framework 3.5 (in addition to 1.0, 1.1, 2.0 and 3.0). I also added some additional information to be removed when uninstalling the .NET Framework
Posted by astebner | 11 Comments
Friday, August 31, 2007 8:38 AM

Updated alpha version of Yougle Vista available for download

Steven Harding recently posted an update about a couple of the projects he's been working on in this post on his Digital Lifestyle Developer Blog , and I wanted to link to it here and encourage folks to check out these applications. Updated alpha version
Posted by astebner | 1 Comments
Thursday, August 30, 2007 7:06 PM

.NET Framework 3.0 hotfix (KB932471) will fail to install if .NET Framework 3.5 beta 2 is installed

Recently, we have been hearing reports from customers who have installed the .NET Framework 3.5 beta 2 and then visited Windows Update and were offered .NET Framework 3.0 hotfix KB932471 , but it continually fails to install. The .NET Framework 3.5 contains
Posted by astebner | 8 Comments
Monday, August 27, 2007 6:39 PM

Report VS 2008 or .NET Framework 3.5 beta installation issues directly to the setup team

I just noticed this post on Bret Grinslade's blog that I wanted to link to here to help raise visibility. In that post, Bret describes how to gather more information about any installation failures that you might encounter while installing a beta version
Posted by astebner | 1 Comments
Sunday, August 26, 2007 7:48 PM

Windows Installer 4.5 beta now available for download on the Microsoft Connect site

As reported this weekend by the Windows Installer team and Heath Stewart , the beta of Windows Installer 4.5 (including binaries, headers, libraries and help files) has been posted to the Connect site for members of the beta program to download and try
Posted by astebner | 2 Comments
Sunday, August 26, 2007 4:04 PM

Links to useful ways to customize the Windows Vista Media Center SDK project template

As described in this blog post , a new version of the Windows Vista Media Center SDK was recently released. That version of the SDK contains a new C# project template. I just noticed a couple of new post on the Media Center Sandbox blog that describe
Posted by astebner | 3 Comments
Friday, August 24, 2007 2:49 PM

Possible causes of Windows Vista hotfix install failures

The .NET Framework 3.5 beta 2 includes updates for the .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0. Since the .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0 are installed as OS components on Windows Vista, the updates are delivered as Windows Vista hotfix packages. We have seen some issues
Posted by astebner | 7 Comments
Wednesday, August 22, 2007 5:04 PM

How to sign up for the Windows Installer 4.5 beta program

I just noticed a set of steps that have been posted on the Windows Installer team blog that can be used to sign up for the Windows Installer 4.5 beta. If you are interested in trying out this beta and haven't signed up yet, I encourage you to check out
Posted by astebner | 2 Comments
Wednesday, August 22, 2007 4:48 PM

Updated version of the .NET Framework cleanup tool that can remove the .NET Framework 3.0

I've posted an updated version of the .NET Framework cleanup tool that now contains an option to remove the .NET Framework 3.0 (in addition to 1.0, 1.1 and 2.0). I also embedded a UAC manifest in this version so it will prompt you for elevation when running
Posted by astebner | 5 Comments
Sunday, August 19, 2007 4:36 PM

TV Toolbox beta 2 now available for download

A new beta version of the TV Toolbox application for Windows Vista Media Center has been released on the MCEDev.com site. You can check out the following links for more information about TV Toolbox: TV Toolbox product announcement (with feature descriptions
Posted by astebner | 2 Comments
Friday, August 17, 2007 8:11 AM

How to workaround issue where launching Outlook triggers a repair of VS 2005

Recently, I helped investigate this Visual Studio 2005 issue reported on the Microsoft Connect site that I wanted to describe here in case anyone reading this blog runs into a similar issue. To summarize that bug report, a couple of customers had installed
Posted by astebner | 1 Comments
Thursday, August 16, 2007 10:02 AM

Where to find a full .NET Framework 3.5 beta 2 layout on a VS 2008 beta 2 DVD

Yesterday, I posted a set of instructions that can be used to download the components that make up the .NET Framework 3.5 beta 2 in order to create a network or CD-based install point that will not require any downloads during setup. As a reader pointed
Posted by astebner | 2 Comments
Wednesday, August 15, 2007 5:21 PM

How to create an installable layout for the .NET Framework 3.5 beta 2

A while back, I wrote a set of instructions that can be used to create a network install point for the Visual Studio 2005 Express Editions (because the only thing available for download is an ISO file that has to be burned to CD, or a web download bootstrapper
Posted by astebner | 14 Comments
Tuesday, August 14, 2007 8:44 PM

.NET Framework 2.0 hotfix installation can cause temporary application performance problems

Some customers who have installed the recent .NET Framework 2.0 security update ( KB928365 and MS07-040 ) on systems that also have the .NET Framework 3.0 installed have noticed performance degradation in their Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF, also
Posted by astebner | 5 Comments
Saturday, August 11, 2007 10:13 AM

Japanese .NET Framework 3.5 beta 2 and VS 2008 beta 2 now available

A couple of weeks ago, Microsoft released the beta 2 versions of the .NET Framework 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008, and I posted all of the download links here . This week, Japanese versions of beta 2 have also been released for web download. Here are the
Posted by astebner | 3 Comments
Thursday, August 09, 2007 9:36 PM

Example WiX-based setup that can be used to build both 32-bit and 64-bit MSIs

I previously posted an example that allows you to build a WiX-based MSI that will install a Windows Vista Media Center application and create a custom start menu strip. However, there is a limitation in this example (that was pointed out in this post
Posted by astebner | 10 Comments
Wednesday, August 08, 2007 8:42 PM

Workarounds for some .NET Framework 3.5 beta 2 install issues we have seen so far

Since the release of the .NET Framework 3.5 beta 2 a couple of weeks ago, we have run into a few installation issues that I wanted to let folks know about. The good news is that all of these issues will be fixed in time for the final release of the .NET
Posted by astebner | 5 Comments
Monday, August 06, 2007 5:30 PM

Windows Vista Media Center SDK version 5.2 now available for download

A refreshed version of the Windows Vista Media Center SDK (version 5.2) has been released for download. The download location is the same as the 5.0 and 5.1 versions - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=A43EA0B7-B85F-4612-AA08-3BF128C5873E&displaylang=en
Posted by astebner | 3 Comments
Monday, August 06, 2007 12:40 PM

Possible issue using ASP.NET controls in VS 2008 beta 2

Description of this issue Since Visual Studio 2008 beta 2 and the .NET Framework 3.5 beta 2 were released, we have heard of a few issues related to using ASP.NET controls in the VS IDE after installing beta 2. The issues we have seen so far include the
Posted by astebner | 9 Comments
Friday, August 03, 2007 4:29 PM

Beta version of TV Toolbox (formerly Media Center Cutter) available for download

A news item was recently posted on the MCEDev.com web site that I wanted to draw your attention to if you haven't seen it already. The post, located at http://www.mcedev.com/News.aspx?id=b88920c9-57a4-44fc-8feb-78c18b596fa8 , announces a publicly downloadable
Posted by astebner | 0 Comments
Friday, August 03, 2007 12:56 PM

Make sure to uninstall VS Orcas beta 1 before installing beta 2

Before installing Visual Studio 2008 beta 2 or the .NET Framework 3.5 beta 2, it is necessary to remove previous beta versions of VS 2008. In most cases, when running beta 2 setup on a system that has an earlier beta still installed, setup will block
Posted by astebner | 0 Comments
Thursday, August 02, 2007 3:21 PM

What to do if VS 2008 or .NET Framework 3.5 beta 2 asks for Windows XP SP2 on Windows Vista

I previously posted a description of a bug in VS 2008 beta 1 and .NET Framework 3.5 beta 1 setup that can cause setup to prompt you to install Windows XP SP2 when running setup on Windows Vista. That post includes a couple of workarounds that can be used
Posted by astebner | 8 Comments
Thursday, August 02, 2007 10:05 AM

Case study - using MCML to create a Media Center application

Charlie recently posted a link on the Media Center Sandbox blog to an interesting case study on the Microsoft Case Studies web site that I wanted to also link to here. There is a new case study posted at http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000000490
Posted by astebner | 0 Comments
Wednesday, August 01, 2007 9:28 AM

Tool to automatically collect and cab VS 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 setup log files

I wrote a post yesterday with a list of the names and locations of all of the log files produced during Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 setup. As you can see in that post, the list of possible log files is very long, and that makes it annoying
Posted by astebner | 17 Comments
 
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