How to repair the .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0 on Windows Vista

re: How to repair the .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0 on Windows Vista

mzygmunt — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:40:37 GMT

Hi Aaron,

I made "ngen uninstall mscorlib.dll" recently and than after trying to install it again I am getting such a notice from ngen:

c:\Windows\assembly\NativeImages_v2.0.50727_32>ngen install c:\Windows\Microsoft

.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\mscorlib.dll

Microsoft (R) CLR Native Image Generator - Version 2.0.50727.312

Installing assembly c:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\mscorlib.dll

Failed to get dependencies for assembly. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131F00)

And it seems that after recent vista updates there is some problem with dependencies but I have no idea what is the problem, because it seems that some libs that mscorlib.dll used is no longer present in the original version.

The "reinstall" feature would be very useful in this case. This ngen uninstall/install mscorlib.dll problem reprod on other machine. Is it a .net 2.0 bug on vista?

Are there any workaround for this problem without having to reinstall the vista itself?

re: How to repair the .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0 on Windows Vista

astebner — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 19:14:38 GMT

Hi Mzygmunt - First of all, why would you want to uninstall the native image for Mscorlib? This will cause all .NET Framework native images to be invalidated, and there's no reason you should ever need to do that.

If you have gotten into this state, you should be able to run the following command to re-generate native images for all assemblies on your system:

%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\ngen.exe update

Hopefully this helps.

re: How to repair the .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0 on Windows Vista

diegov — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 20:32:03 GMT

A few days ago I was trying to play with Safari 3 beta for Windows without success. When I finally uninstalled it, Vista was so broken that it could not start anything that had to do with .NET 2.0 o 3.0. For instance, PowerShell failed to run, Visual Studio 2005 failed, NAnt failed to run, etc. I did not find your post but figured out myself that since now .NET is part of the OS "sfc /scannow" should fix it and it did. I post this comment here just in case someone runs into the same problem through the same path. I also installed Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable, but I don't think it played a role.

re: How to repair the .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0 on Windows Vista

everydaypanos — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 12:28:27 GMT

Hi,

I installed VB Express Orcas on Vista x64 and after the uninstall I could not run my old Apps. It says in the VStudio Error List that System, System.Data and all the other "basic" classes are missing from the system. It is really weird. I checked the REFERENCES LIST and I saw that it tries to load them from ...Framework/v2.0.50727/ folder which does not exist!

I even found the Dlls and manually copied them there and still no cure.

re: How to repair the .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0 on Windows Vista

ogunther — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 00:46:36 GMT

I opened the command prompt as Administrator and attempted to follow your instructions and got the following:

C:\Windows\system32>sfc /scannow

Beginning system scan. This process will take some time.

Windows Resource Protection could not perform the requested operation.

Any ideas as to what is wrong or what I'm doing wrong? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

re: How to repair the .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0 on Windows Vista

astebner — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 05:54:50 GMT

Hi Everydaypanos - I don't know of any cases where installing or uninstalling Orcas would remove the .NET Framework 2.0 files from %windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727 - and those files are protected by Windows Resource Protection so it wouldn't be possible to delete them unless the process is running with special "Trusted Installer" privileges that are generally only granted to OS hotfixes and service packs.

Did it help to run sfc /scannow to restore these files as described in this blog post?

Also, I have heard of a bug in the .NET Framework 3.5 beta 1 that may be related to your scenario. It is described at https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=285305&wa=wsignin1.0 and has been fixed in the .NET Framework 3.5 beta 2.

re: How to repair the .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0 on Windows Vista

astebner — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 06:03:40 GMT

Hi Ogunther - I haven't heard of an error like that from the SFC tool until now. It appears that you're running it correctly. You might see some error messages in %windir%\logs\cbs\cbs.log that could help narrow down the root cause. I'm not sure what to suggest for you other than to try to repair/re-install Windows Vista to get around this. I'm sorry I'm not able to be more helpful in this scenario.

re: How to repair the .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0 on Windows Vista

Jslone — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:38:29 GMT

I'm having a similar problem with .NET 2.0 and sfc /scannow. Figured I'd post it here. In case anyone else ever runs into this.

My .Net 2.0 is toast (suspect is a failed sleep or system crash that caused hard drive erorrs), and thanks to .Net being "integrated" I'm now going to have to re-install vista :(

Here's the output in the debugger when I try to start a .Net application. I get the lovely "mscorwks.dll could not be loaded" dialog.

ModLoad: 79e70000 7a3d6000 C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\mscorwks.dll

LDR: LdrpWalkImportDescriptor() failed to probe C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\mscorwks.dll for its manifest, ntstatus 0xc0150002

>sfc /scannow

Beginning system scan. This process will take some time.

Beginning verification phase of system scan.

Verification 85% complete.

Windows Resource Protection could not perform the requested operation.

from cbs.log:

POQ 51 starts:

POQ 51 ends.

2007-08-23 23:27:27, Info CSI 00000122 [SR] Verify complete

2007-08-23 23:27:27, Error CSI 00000123@2007/8/24:06:27:27.262 (F) d:\vistartm\base\wcp\componentstore\csd_locking.cpp(304): Error c015000c [Error,Facility=FACILITY_SXS_ERROR_CODE,Code=12 (0x000c)] originated in function CCSDirectTransaction::LockComponent expression: (null)

[gle=0x80004005]

2007-08-23 23:27:33, Error CSI 00000124 (F) c015000c [Error,Facility=FACILITY_SXS_ERROR_CODE,Code=12 (0x000c)] #1958342# from CCSDirectTransaction::OperateEnding at index 0 of 1 operations, disposition 2

-Justin

Unified .NET Framework Troubleshooting Guide

Aaron Stebner's WebLog — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 23:59:22 GMT

Details about the .NET Framework 2.0 setup packaging Available command line switches for .NET Framework

Link to knowledge base article describing how to repair Windows Vista OS files

Aaron Stebner's WebLog — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 02:57:50 GMT

I have previously posted some instructions ( here and here ) that can be used to verify and attempt to

Link to knowledge base article describing how to repair Windows Vista OS files

Noticias externas — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 03:33:57 GMT

I have previously posted some instructions ( here and here ) that can be used to verify and attempt to

re: How to repair the .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0 on Windows Vista

eddiee — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:19:25 GMT

Six weeks after installing Norton Ghost 12, it stopped working, failing to start with a .NET exception on System.Windows.Forms.ButtonRenderer. After uninstalling and reinstalling Ghost, it now fails to start with an exception on System.OutOfMemoryException.

Norton support claims it is a problem with the .NET 2.0 framework. The "sfc /scannow" run reports:

Verification 99% complete.Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them.

CBS.log reports:

Verify and Repair Transaction completed. All files and registry keys listed in this transaction have been successfully repaired

Ghost still fails. Is the .NET 2.0 framework bad? When you say "you will need to run Windows Vista OS setup again and repair the OS.", does this mean install the OS again? My system is an OEM purchase of Vista Business.

Eddie

re: How to repair the .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0 on Windows Vista

astebner — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 21:10:40 GMT

Hi Eddiee - This error could be caused by a bug in the application itself, or a problem in the .NET Framework. It is difficult to say for sure without some further debugging though. Do you see similar errors in other programs on this system that use the .NET Framework, or is it only in Ghost? You may want to check on the Norton site to see if they have any FAQs that mention these errors that you're seeing to see if they have any suggested workarounds you could try.

Yes, the steps I listed do mean that you would try to install the OS again. Usually, an OEM system comes with some sort of recovery disc that can be used to do this as a last resort if you need to.

How to repair the .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0 on Windows Vista

David Overton's Blog — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 10:32:19 GMT

My boss had some problems on his PC after installing some tools onto it and upon further diagnosis it

How to repair .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0 on Windows Vista

pvandegriff — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 03:45:29 GMT

OK-I tried the .NET cleanup tool and using SFC. SFC didn't find anything wrong and removing and reinstalling all of the versions of .NET FW didn't help. Any .NET application I run fails in one way or another.

Is there any other technique out there or am I just stuck formatting my drive and starting over? (The tried and true fix for any version of Windows!)

re: How to repair the .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0 on Windows Vista

astebner — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:23:46 GMT

Hi Pvandegriff - The .NET Framework cleanup tool does not allow you to remove the .NET Framework 2.0 or 3.0 on Windows Vista because those versions are a part of the OS. It might help to install Vista SP1 because Vista SP1 includes the .NET Framework 2.0 SP1 and 3.0 SP1. It might also help to try running the .NET Framework verification tool described at http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2008/03/03/8015158.aspx to see if it reports any errors. You can send me the log file from that tool if it does report errors and I can take a look to see if I can suggest anything. If you do that, you can send the log to Aaron.Stebner (at) microsoft (dot) com.

If all else fails, you will likely need to repair/re-install Windows Vista to try to fix any issues you have with the .NET Framework 2.0 or 3.0 on this OS.

Going off a tangent ... ;-)

Micato — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:30:20 GMT

Hi Aaron - due to my installation errors from Visual Studio 2008 pro, I ended temporarily in checking my .NET Environment.

The sfc reports: 100% complete -> the WRP found errors -> could not repair some of them (a German Vista is installed here).

The log is 15MB big(!). Perhaps a summary from an "error" search is helpful:

**** cbs.log ****

Line 51161: 2008-03-14 16:08:03, Error Failed to find the CixTarget for Container package_1_for_kb110806~31bf3856ad364e35~x86~~6.0.6000.1318.cat

Line 51162: 2008-03-14 16:08:03, Error DpxException hr=0x80070002 code=0x020109

Line 61352: 2008-03-14 16:13:24, Error Failed to find the CixTarget for Container package_2_for_kb929300~31bf3856ad364e35~x86~~6.0.6000.525.cat

Line 61353: 2008-03-14 16:13:24, Error DpxException hr=0x80070002 code=0x020109

Line 61354: 2008-03-14 16:13:24, Error Failed to find the CixTarget for Container package_1_for_kb929300~31bf3856ad364e35~x86~~6.0.6000.525.cat

Line 61355: 2008-03-14 16:13:24, Error DpxException hr=0x80070002 code=0x020109

**** cbs.log (end) ****

Thanks in advance for any hints,

regards Matthias.

re: How to repair the .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0 on Windows Vista

astebner — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:35:36 GMT

Hi Micato - The errors you listed do not appear to be related to Visual Studio 2008 setup. Can you please zip and send me the log files from VS 2008 setup on your system so I can take a look and see if I can figure out anything about the cause of the error? You can find a list of possible log files at http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2007/07/31/4156781.aspx. You can send the zip file with the logs to Aaron.Stebner (at) microsoft (dot) com.

Link to System Update Readiness Tool for Windows Vista that can help fix Vista OS update install errors

Aaron Stebner's WebLog — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:56:24 GMT

I have heard from several customers in the past who have had issues installing hotfixes or updates for

re: How to repair the .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0 on Windows Vista

Tacos — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 16:20:14 GMT

Hello Aaron. I'm having trouble with getting .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0 installed/fixed. When I try to run the files for 2.0 and 3.0, it says 2.0 is installed and 3.0 needs me to go into "Turn windows functions on or off" in the control panel. The problem there is that when I go to that function in the control panel, the window for options is completely blank.

I also tried using the sfc /scannow command, but it gave me the message "There is a system repair pending which requires reboot to complete. Restart Windows and run sfc again." The problem is that this message comes up even if I try running it immediately after a reboot.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I can't even install some programs until I get this whole thing sorted out.

re: How to repair the .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0 on Windows Vista

astebner — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:23:47 GMT

Hi Tacos - It sounds like there is something stuck on your system that makes Windows think that there is an OS update in progress. In the past, I've seen this caused by the following registry value:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Components]

StoreDirty

Can you check and see if you have this value at this location, and if so, delete it, reboot and see if that will allow the Windows Features dialog to correctly display the list of Windows components so you can enable the .NET Framework 3.0?

How to perform a silent repair and uninstall of the .NET Framework 2.0 SP2 and 3.0 SP2

Aaron Stebner's WebLog — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 05:01:42 GMT

A while back, I wrote a blog post about how to perform silent repairs and uninstalls for the .NET Framework

re: How to repair the .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0 on Windows Vista

orhuntnfish — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:06:18 GMT

Hi Aaron,

I have been having many issues with my Vista installation. Other than the Blue screen issues, I have also had many issues getting the updates to install. As I have looked through the many blogs and comments I found this and have run sfc /scannow. After about 55% it aborted for WRP could not perform the requested operation. As I read further you state to check the CBS.log file. I look there and I find the scanning and see this line mixed in there often.

pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_AMD64

So my problem is that I am running an Intel Quad Core Processor, not AMD. I do not know if this matters.

I did rerun the scan again and it got to 56% and aborted for the same reason.

Can you shed some light on the pA and let me know if this matters?

re: How to repair the .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0 on Windows Vista

astebner — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:55:39 GMT

Hi Orhuntnfish - I don't have enough in-depth knowledge to say for sure, but I don't believe this item about the processor architecture matters in this scenario. It might help to try to run the System Update Readiness Tool by using the 3 steps listed at the bottom of the blog post at http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2009/01/09/9303167.aspx to see if that helps solve the problem you're running into while running SFC. If that doesn't help, then you may need to try to repair/re-install your OS to solve this type of error.

re: How to repair the .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0 on Windows Vista

david_fair — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:11:04 GMT

The link in step 7 no longer works.

re: How to repair the .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0 on Windows Vista

astebner — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 04:17:59 GMT

Hi David_fair - Thanks for the heads up. I've updated that link with one that is currently working for me. Sorry for the hassles.

re: How to repair the .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0 on Windows Vista

partogi — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:22:56 GMT

i think i got some problems with .NET frameworks. i installed FxVisor32.msi which is to remove the shortcut arrow on vista.

the problem is, the that program requires a system logout in order that the arrow icon removed.

but when i clicked logout, this errors happened:

See the end of this message for details on invoking

just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************

System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: The system cannot find the file specified

at System.Diagnostics.Process.StartWithCreateProcess(ProcessStartInfo startInfo)

at System.Diagnostics.Process.Start()

at VistaArrowGone.Form1.btApply_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)

at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)

at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)

at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)

at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)

at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)

at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)

at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

************** Loaded Assemblies **************

mscorlib

Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0

Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4016 (NetFxQFE.050727-4000)

CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll

----------------------------------------

FxVisor

Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0

Win32 Version: 2.0.0.0

CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/Frameworkx/Vista%20Shortcut%20Manager/FxVisor.exe

----------------------------------------

System.Windows.Forms

Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0

Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4016 (NetFxQFE.050727-4000)

CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll

----------------------------------------

System

Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0

Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4016 (NetFxQFE.050727-4000)

CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll

----------------------------------------

System.Drawing

Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0

Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4016 (NetFxQFE.050727-4000)

CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll

----------------------------------------

System.Configuration

Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0

Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4016 (NetFxQFE.050727-4000)

CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Configuration/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Configuration.dll

----------------------------------------

System.Xml

Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0

Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4016 (NetFxQFE.050727-4000)

CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll

----------------------------------------

Accessibility

Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0

Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4016 (NetFxQFE.050727-4000)

CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Accessibility/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Accessibility.dll

----------------------------------------

************** JIT Debugging **************

To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this

application or computer (machine.config) must have the

jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.

The application must also be compiled with debugging

enabled.

For example:

<system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />

</configuration>

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception

will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer

rather than be handled by this dialog box.

re: How to repair the .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0 on Windows Vista

astebner — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:36:00 GMT

Hi Partogi - The call stack you listed shows that the .NET Framework is unable to find one of the files it needs, but it doesn't list exactly which file is missing. I'd suggest trying to use the steps listed at http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2007/03/26/how-to-repair-the-net-framework-2-0-and-3-0-on-windows-vista.aspx to repair the files that are a part of your OS and see if that helps in this scenario.

re: How to repair the .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0 on Windows Vista

Jerminski73 — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:41:38 GMT

I see that you are quite the think-tank for .net issues and I am hoping that you can help resolve mine as well. I am trying to install .net 3.5 and each time I do it gives me the following line :

[12/14/09,11:12:22] Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0SP1 (CBS): [2] Error: Installation failed for component Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0SP1 (CBS). MSI returned error code -2147418113 [12/14/09,11:12:40] WapUI: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0SP1 (CBS) is not installed.

I have turned on .net 3.0 in roles and turned of windows updates then I read in one of your posts to run sfc /scannow to which I got errors and zipped up the error report from the most recent install attempt only and can send at any time. I have been thru about 40 blogs about this error but so far no resolution. If there is anything else I can submit that might help then let me know.

re: How to repair the .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0 on Windows Vista

astebner — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:01:30 GMT

Hi Jerminski73 - The .NET Framework 2.0 SP1 CBS package is failing with a code that means "catastrophic failure", which isn't too useful of an error code. That component should create some additional logging information at c:\windows\logs\cbs\cbs.log. Could you please zip up the cbs.log along with the errors from sfc /scannow, post them on a file server (such as http://skydrive.live.com) and then reply back here with a link I could use to download the logs and take a look?

Also, there are a couple of other things that might help you in this scenario:

1. If you haven't yet, try to install the latest Windows Vista service pack (SP2) and then re-run .NET Framework 3.5 setup to see if it will work afterwards.

2. Try to run the System Update Readiness Tool described at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947821 to see if it is able to find and fix any issues. This tool will create a log named c:\windows\logs\cbs\checksur.log, so if you run this tool, please include that in the zip file that you upload to the file server as well.

re: How to repair the .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0 on Windows Vista

Jerminski73 — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:43:02 GMT

Ok, here is the cbs.log

http://cid-79efd12e2d62179d.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/.Public/CBSlog.zip

I will post checksur as soon as it is done.

Ona side note, I have noticed that my Windows updates appear to fail quite regularly. In fact almost all of them fail except the ones I have manually installed.

re: How to repair the .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0 on Windows Vista

astebner — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:36:05 GMT

Hi Jerminski73 - Unfortunately, I don't see anything too useful in this cbs.log. Basically, it repeats the same error in a different way:

2009-12-14 13:29:24, Info CBS WER: Generating failure report for package: Package_for_KB948609~31bf3856ad364e35~x86~~6.0.6001.3053, status: 0x8000ffff, failure source: Resolve, start state: 0, target state: 7

Since you mentioned failures from other Windows updates, it sounds like there may be something fundamentally wrong with your OS, and not just something wrong with .NET Framework setup. From the log, it looks like you have Windows Vista SP1, so if you haven't yet, I'd suggest trying to install Vista SP2 to see if that helps resolve this error.

I'd also be interested in seeing your CheckSUR log file if you have a chance to upload that as well.