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Monday, April 21, 2008 9:21 AM

Mailbag: The February 2008 Media Center Cumulative Update fails to install on Windows Vista SP1

Question: I saw your blog post about the February 2008 Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista. I have Windows Vista Ultimate Edition with SP1 installed, and when I try to install this Cumulative Update, it fails. How can I get this update
Posted by astebner | 0 Comments
Wednesday, April 09, 2008 5:12 PM

Mailbag: Where are the download locations for .NET Framework 3.5 language packs?

Question: I am working on creating an installable layout for the .NET Framework 3.5 that includes language packs, and I am using the instructions in this previous blog post that you wrote. However, I have had trouble finding the download locations for
Posted by astebner | 1 Comments
Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:24 PM

How the full install packages for the .NET Framework 3.0 and the .NET Framework 3.5 differ

Question: When the .NET Framework 3.0 shipped, 3 packages were made available for download - a 2.8 megabyte web download bootstrapper , an approximately 50 megabyte full install package for x86 processor architectures and an approximately 90 megabyte
Posted by astebner | 7 Comments
Thursday, October 25, 2007 7:27 PM

Mailbag: Can the .NET Framework verification tool be run in silent mode?

Question: I would like to try to automate the instructions for removing and reinstalling the .NET Framework that are described in this blog post . I saw your previous blog post about running the .NET Framework cleanup tool in silent mode. Are there also
Posted by astebner | 7 Comments
Friday, October 19, 2007 5:29 PM

More details about how to use extensions when authoring and building MSIs in WiX v3.0

I have seen questions pop up fairly frequently both on internal Microsoft mailing lists and on the WiX mailing lists on SourceForge about how to use the built-in custom actions included in extension DLLs in WiX v3.0. This is one of the big changes that
Posted by astebner | 4 Comments
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Friday, September 21, 2007 8:48 PM

Mailbag: Can the .NET Framework cleanup tool be run in silent mode?

Question: I have read about the .NET Framework cleanup tool , and I would like to be able to automate running it on several systems. Does the cleanup tool support any command line switches to run it in silent mode? Answer: Yes, it is possible to run the
Posted by astebner | 9 Comments
Sunday, September 02, 2007 10:59 AM

Mailbag: Why doesn't the green button on my remote work until I launch Media Center manually?

Question: I have a computer that is running Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005. When I press the green button on my Media Center remote control, it will not launch Media Center for me. I can use the mouse to launch Media enter, and after that the remote
Posted by astebner | 4 Comments
Saturday, September 01, 2007 9:11 AM

How to repair a localization pack for Update Rollup 2 for Windows XP Media Center 2005

Recently, I heard from a customer who has a system with Update Rollup 2 for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 and a localization pack that is used to add support for one of the new locales that was added in the Update Rollup 2 product. However, the
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
Thursday, June 21, 2007 5:35 PM

Mailbag: How can I install a file to the GAC and the local file system using WiX syntax?

Question: I am creating an MSI-based setup using WiX . One of the files that I am installing is authored like this: <DirectoryRef Id="MyDirectory"> <Component Id="MyComponent" Guid="PUT-GUID-HERE" DiskId="1"> <File Id="MyAssembly" Name="MyAssembly.dll"
Posted by astebner | 1 Comments
Sunday, May 20, 2007 8:59 PM

Mailbag: Why does my custom action that depends on the VC 8.0 CRT fail on Windows Vista?

Question: I have built an MSI-based setup for my application that includes the merge module for the Visual C++ 8.0 CRT (msvcrt80.dll). In addition, the MSI contains a custom action that has a dependency on the Visual C++ 8.0 CRT. I have been able to successfully
Posted by astebner | 7 Comments
Wednesday, May 16, 2007 8:47 PM

Mailbag: How to resolve errors in the WEBCA_SetTARGETSITE custom action on Windows Vista

Question: I am using the Visual Studio 2005 web setup project wizard to create an MSI-based installer for my web application. The application installs fine on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, but I am running into some issues on Windows Vista. When
Posted by astebner | 0 Comments
Sunday, May 06, 2007 9:43 PM

Mailbag: How to debug 1935 errors with HRESULT 0x80131047 in an MSI-based setup

Question: I am attempting to create an MSI-based setup for my application. This application needs to install some assemblies to the global assembly cache (GAC), and when I build an MSI and try to install it, setup fails with a 1935 error with HRESULT
Posted by astebner | 0 Comments
Tuesday, April 03, 2007 3:24 PM

Mailbag: Clarification about how to build installable layouts for a VS 2005 Express Edition

Question: I have been trying to follow the steps listed in some of your blog posts in order to create a network install point for Visual Web Developer Express Edition . I started by downloading and extracting the Visual Web Developer ISO file to a network
Posted by astebner | 0 Comments
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