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Monday, October 19, 2009 3:29 PM

Important uninstall instructions for migrating from the .NET Framework 4 and VS 2010 beta 1 to beta 2

As noted on Soma’s blog , the .NET Framework 4 beta 2 and Visual Studio 2010 beta 2 have been released today. If you previously had the .NET Framework 4 beta 1 and/or Visual Studio 2010 beta 1 installed, there are some very important uninstall instructions
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Friday, May 29, 2009 8:48 PM

How to unblock installation of the .NET Framework 4 beta 1 on Windows XP Media Center and Tablet PC Editions

Question: I tried to install the .NET Framework 4 beta 1 and Visual Studio 2010 beta 1 on my Windows XP Media Center system.  It fails to install with an error like the following: Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Beta 1 cannot be installed because an incompatible
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Thursday, April 09, 2009 5:17 PM

How to detect whether or not Visual Studio 2008 SP1 is installed on a system

Question: I am trying to install an application that requires Visual Studio 2008 SP1 before it can successfully install. How can I detect the presence of Visual Studio 2008 SP1? Answer: There is not an officially documented way of detecting VS 2008 SP1.
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Friday, December 12, 2008 4:55 PM

Installing .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 can succeed in cases where the .NET Framework 3.0 or 3.5 fail

I previously posted a couple of items about how to troubleshoot and work around issues in .NET Framework 3.0 and .NET Framework 3.5 setup that can be caused by failures in the ServiceModelReg.exe custom action: How to use setup log files to diagnose .NET
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Friday, May 30, 2008 6:26 PM

Links to more detailed information about the .NET Framework 3.5 client profile

The beta version of the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and Visual Studio 2008 SP1 were released a few weeks ago. One of the key new features related to deployment that was introduced with the SP1 beta is the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 client profile . This profile
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Friday, May 23, 2008 5:56 PM

Updated information and tool to collect VS 2008 SP1 setup log files

Recently, beta versions of Visual Studio 2008 SP1 and the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 were released (see announcement posts here and here for in-depth information if you are interested). As Heath Stewart described in more detail in this blog post , the Visual
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Friday, April 25, 2008 6:11 PM

A simpler way to silently install Visual Studio 2008 Express Editions (with a caveat)

Recently, I posted some instructions for creating an installable layout for Visual Studio 2008 Express Editions and silently installing the components that are a part of the Visual Studio 2008 Express Edition setups. In addition, there are some new silent
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Monday, March 24, 2008 4:49 PM

How to silently install the components included with the Visual Studio 2008 Express Editions

A while back, I posted a set of instructions for automating the install of Visual Studio 2005 Express Editions . Since the Visual Studio 2008 product family shipped last November, I have been asked for an equivalent set of instructions for Visual Studio
Posted by astebner | 3 Comments
Tuesday, March 18, 2008 6:41 PM

How to create a combined network install point for all Visual Studio 2008 Express Editions

I previously posted an item describing how to create an installable layout for a Visual Studio 2008 Express Edition . In this post, I will extend upon the topic of creating a network install point and demonstrate how to create a network install point
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Friday, March 14, 2008 6:27 PM

How to create an installable layout for a Visual Studio 2008 Express Edition

The following options can be used to download and assemble a folder structure that can be used to install one of the Visual Studio 2008 Express Editions . Option 1: Download and burn or extract the CD image (easiest option) The first, and easiest option
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Friday, March 14, 2008 11:39 AM

Possible resolution for invalid license data errors after installing Visual Studio 2008

I have heard from a few customers who have installed Visual Studio 2008 and then seen a dialog appear stating "Invalid license data. Reinstall is required." when attempting to launch the IDE. The dialog looks like the following: Pressing OK on this dialog
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Wednesday, February 27, 2008 6:18 PM

Scenarios where enabling Windows Installer verbose logging does not appear to work

A while back, I posted a list of instructions that can be used to enable Windows Installer verbose logging in order to troubleshoot MSI-based setup issues. Since then, some people have tried to follow those instructions in order to gather Visual Studio
Posted by astebner | 4 Comments
Tuesday, December 18, 2007 5:22 PM

Possible Silverlight install failure during VS 2008 Express Edition setup

The final releases of the Visual Studio 2008 Express Editions include an optional step to install Silverlight v1.0 . We have seen a few cases where the Silverlight v1.0 component fails to install during a VS 2008 Express Edition installation because a
Posted by astebner | 1 Comments
Thursday, December 13, 2007 4:27 PM

More info and a tool for uninstalling previous betas and release candidates of Visual Studio 2008

I have seen several reports of issues related to uninstalling a beta or release candidate build of Visual Studio 2008 and installing the final release. As noted in many places, including this blog post , the most important step to take when updating a
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Monday, December 10, 2007 2:30 PM

Links to Visual Studio 2008 setup known issues and troubleshooting information

There are a couple of links that I want to post here in the hopes of making them easier to find for anyone reading my blog and searching for information about Visual Studio 2008 installation issues. Both links contain descriptions of known installation
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