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Thursday, June 26, 2008 8:54 PM

Mailbag: How to perform a silent repair and uninstall of the .NET Framework 3.5

Question: A while back, you posted a set of instructions that can be used to perform silent or unattended repairs and uninstalls for the .NET Framework 2.0 SP1 and the .NET Framework 3.0 SP1 . I would like to automate the repair and uninstall for the
Posted by astebner | 2 Comments
Tuesday, June 24, 2008 5:41 PM

Strange .NET Framework 2.0 SP1, 3.0 SP1 and 3.5 installation error caused by orphaned registry value

Recently, I heard from a customer who could not get the .NET Framework 2.0 SP1 to install correctly on their system, and I wanted to explain the issue and how we were eventually able to resolve it in case anyone else runs into a similar issue in the future.
Posted by astebner | 5 Comments
Sunday, June 22, 2008 12:49 PM

Feature in Wix v3.0 to make it easier to test rollback custom actions

When authoring deferred custom actions (which are custom actions that change the system state) in an MSI, it is necessary to also provide an equivalent set of rollback custom actions to undo the system state change in case the MSI fails and rolls back.
Posted by astebner | 0 Comments
Friday, June 20, 2008 2:10 PM

Mailbag: How to install the Visual Studio 2008 SDK in silent mode

Question: I am attempting to automate the installation of the Visual Studio 2008 SDK , but have not been able to figure out how to do so. Running vssdk_sfx.exe /? just displays the normal setup UI and not a usage dialog, and I haven't been able to find
Posted by astebner | 5 Comments
Tuesday, June 17, 2008 8:43 PM

Notes about a couple of possible issues while using the SubInAcl tool

A while back, I posted some instructions for using a tool from the Windows Resource Kit named SubInAcl that can be used to update file, folder and registry permissions. This tool can help fix some types of access denied errors that can be encountered
Posted by astebner | 2 Comments
Tuesday, June 17, 2008 8:53 AM

Information about the err.exe tool I use to look up error codes when debugging setup issues

When I am attempting to investigate a setup-related failure, I typically end up looking at verbose log files. These log files can contain information about a wide variety of failures, and the failures will typically include some detailed error information
Posted by astebner | 2 Comments
Tuesday, June 10, 2008 4:46 PM

June 2008 Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista available for download

A new cumulative update package for Windows Vista Media Center has been released this week. This update is called the June 2008 Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista and is also known as KB950126. It is available for download in x86 and
Posted by astebner | 3 Comments
Sunday, June 08, 2008 8:34 PM

A couple of notes about the contents of the Windows Installer 4.5 SDK

As noted earlier this week , the final versions of the Windows Installer 4.5 redistributable and Windows Installer 4.5 SDK have been released.  I installed the Windows Installer 4.5 SDK this weekend and noticed a few interesting things about it that
Posted by astebner | 0 Comments
Thursday, June 05, 2008 8:15 PM

More information about the WiX v3.0 DirectX extension

A little while ago, Bob Arnson posted a description of the WixGamingExtension , which was added to WiX v3.0 to allow setup developers to integrate their game with the Windows Vista Game Explorer .  When he created the WixGamingExtension, he also
Posted by astebner | 0 Comments
Thursday, June 05, 2008 9:43 AM

Known installation issues related to the .NET Framework 3.5 client profile

Last week, I started looking at the beta version of the .NET Framework 3.5 client profile in more detail in order to better understand how it works behind the scenes, and I wrote a brief blog post based on my initial experiences. While looking at it,
Posted by astebner | 1 Comments
Tuesday, June 03, 2008 4:44 PM

Final version of Windows Installer 4.5 redistributable and SDK now available for download

As announced earlier today in this post on the Windows Installer team blog , the final version of Windows Installer 4.5 has been released and can now be downloaded by using the following links: Windows Installer 4.5 redistributable Windows Installer 4.5
Posted by astebner | 2 Comments
Monday, June 02, 2008 5:34 PM

Link to online Japanese documentation for XNA Game Studio 2.0

A little while ago, I posted an item about the XNA Game Studio 2.0 Japanese documentation package that was released by the XNA community gaming platform team. This package allows you to install a local collection of Japanese help topics for the XNA Game
Posted by astebner | 0 Comments
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