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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
Posted by astebner | 1 Comments
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
Posted by astebner | 3 Comments
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
Posted by astebner | 7 Comments
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
Posted by astebner | 2 Comments
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 | 2 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
Posted by astebner | 1 Comments
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
Posted by astebner | 1 Comments
Monday, December 10, 2007 9:20 AM

Possible workaround for errors during installation of Document Explorer 2005 and 2008

Every once in a while, I hear from a customer who has encountered an error while trying to install Document Explorer 2005 or Document Explorer 2008 (which is a prerequisite component that is installed during Visual Studio 2005 or Visual Studio 2008 setup).
Posted by astebner | 2 Comments
Wednesday, December 05, 2007 8:48 AM

Link to feedback request for Visual Studio installation and deployment scenarios

Aaron Ruckman has posted a request for feedback on his blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/aaronru/archive/2007/11/30/looking-to-improve-the-visual-studio-user-experience.aspx . He is looking for feedback regarding installation and deployment scenarios for
Posted by astebner | 2 Comments
Sunday, November 25, 2007 2:26 PM

Visual Studio setup /createtransform mode fails when the source files are marked read-only

Recently, a customer reported an issue to me with Visual Studio 2005 setup, and I have verified that this issue exists in both Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio 2008 setup. I want to describe the details about this issue and how to work around it in
Posted by astebner | 2 Comments
Wednesday, November 21, 2007 9:52 AM

Updated version of VS 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 setup log collection tool

I previously wrote about a log collection tool that will automatically gather and cab up Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 log files to make it easier to troubleshoot installation issues. The folks who created this tool have given me an updated
Posted by astebner | 4 Comments
Monday, November 19, 2007 9:50 AM

Final release of Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 now available

As noted this morning in this post on Soma's blog , the final release of Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5 (previously codenamed Orcas) are now available for download. You can the .NET Framework 3.5 at the following locations: .NET Framework
Posted by astebner | 10 Comments
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 6:08 PM

How to avoid OS reboot prompt when installing the .NET Framework 3.5 on Windows Vista

Description of the issue When installing the .NET Framework 3.5 or Visual Studio 2008 on Windows Vista RTM, some people have noticed that a Windows Update dialog box pops up to indicate that the system must be restarted in order to complete installation
Posted by astebner | 25 Comments
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