How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

Uninstalling previous Visual Studio 2005 betas to prepare to install beta 2

Aaron Stebner's WebLog — Sat, 16 Apr 2005 20:21:14 GMT

Now that Visual Studio 2005 and .NET Framework 2.0 beta 2 is about to be available, I wanted to communicate...

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

MikeFarinha — Sat, 16 Apr 2005 21:25:51 GMT

Thank you for the walk through Aaron! If I come across any other problems I'll post them up here.

Visual Studio 2005 and .NET Framework 2.0 beta 2 now available

Aaron Stebner's WebLog — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 08:11:38 GMT

I know I'm a little late jumping on this particular bandwagon and posting a blog item about it, but just...

Imens du venter p&amp;#229; download

Erik Dibbern Röser — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 13:00:11 GMT

Hvis du, ligesom jeg,&nbsp;har haft mange forskellige version af Visual Studio 2005 på din maskine over...

Visual Studio 2005 previous beta removal tool

Aaron Stebner's WebLog — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 08:23:50 GMT

Hey all, I'm sorry for the delay posting this.&nbsp; I've got a version of the cleanup tool that I wrote...

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

Duck — Wed, 11 May 2005 12:58:44 GMT

Worked just great,thanks for that. Next time I'll read the instructions...

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

wangjun — Sun, 15 May 2005 13:32:33 GMT

When I install the vwd 2005 feb ctp, i clicked the" ixpvwd.exe" instead of ' setup.exe' ,

but during i using it, some err happen ,so i reinstall it by clicking ixpvwd.exe.

but now when i want to unstall it ,

it said some pre version installed ,unstall them,

How can i do it ?

do you have some tool to remove all the beta 2 feb ctp ?

Thanks !

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

wangjun — Sun, 15 May 2005 13:42:33 GMT

my email : forwangjun@163.com
help me !

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

J Plumb — Mon, 16 May 2005 23:44:27 GMT

I tried the manual uninstall on Windows Server 2003 and on a client's computer, but the new version still detects the previous version. I can't find any files or registry entries that could trigger this, and I get an error if I try to run the cleanup utility. If you have any suggestions, I would be thankful.
J

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

astebner — Sun, 22 May 2005 18:54:37 GMT

Hi J Plumb - Can you please try the following steps and see if this will resolve the issue?

1. Download the VS 2005 beta cleanup tool from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=47065 and save it to your desktop

2. Go to the Start menu, choose Run, type cmd and run vs2005_beta_cleanup_tool.exe /t:c:\temp /c from the cmd prompt

3. From the cmd prompt, run c:\temp\msizap TP {71F8EFBF-09AF-418D-91F1-52707CDFA274}

4. Now run c:\temp\cleanup.exe and when the UI lauches, choose to remove the VS 2005 beta again.

5. After the cleanup completes, try to reinstall VS 2005 Beta 2 one more time.

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

astebner — Sun, 22 May 2005 18:59:12 GMT

Hi Wangjun - Can you please try the following steps and see if this will resolve the issue?

1. Download the VS 2005 beta cleanup tool from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=47065 and save it to your desktop

2. Go to the Start menu, choose Run, type cmd and run vs2005_beta_cleanup_tool.exe /t:c:\temp /c from the cmd prompt

3. From the cmd prompt, run c:\temp\msizap TP {F7491330-512C-469D-94F6-4828D2D0344E} to remove the VWD February 2005 CTP.

4. Now run c:\temp\cleanup.exe and when the UI lauches, choose to remove the VS 2005 beta.

5. After the cleanup completes, try to reinstall VS 2005 Beta 2 one more time.

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

astebner — Mon, 23 May 2005 17:53:28 GMT

Quick update on the steps I listed above in the 2 previous comments - I forgot that we removed msizap.exe from the VS 2005 beta version of the cleanup tool to make the download size smaller.

You can find a copy of msizap.exe inside the version of the cleanup tool designed for .NET Framework 1.0 and 1.1 that is posted at http://astebner.sts.winisp.net/Tools/dotnetfx_cleanup_tool.zip.

Hope this helps and sorry for any confusion...

Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2 Install Issues

Hong Gao 's Web Log : — Mon, 30 May 2005 20:23:11 GMT

Beta 2 common install issues and work around can be located at http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/get/vsbeta2installissues/default.aspx...

Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2 Install Issues

Hong Gao 's Web Log : — Mon, 30 May 2005 20:49:59 GMT

Beta 2 common install issues and work around can be located at http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/get/vsbeta2installissues/default.aspx...

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

ajm — Fri, 10 Jun 2005 20:07:57 GMT

If anyone is still having trouble removing components you might want to try the "Windows Installer Clean Up Utility" worked like a charm for me.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/9/d/e9d80355-7ab4-45b8-80e8-983a48d5e1bd/msicuu2.exe

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

ian — Tue, 14 Jun 2005 01:58:45 GMT

When I try to reinstall .Net 2.0 Beta 2 framework (running dotnetfx.exe), I have selected both Repair and Uninstall. When I click next, the installer says "Initializing Install" ... then it blows up. Below is the installer fail info. Thanks for any help.

- I followed manual steps and retried.. no success.

- I ran both cleaner tools posted... no success.

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MSI CA LOG ENTRY INFO:
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CA NAME:

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LAST 100 LINES INFO :
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=== Verbose logging started: 6/13/2005 19:54:46 Build type: SHIP UNICODE 3.00.3790.2538 Calling process: C:\DOCUME~1\a379190\LOCALS~1\Temp\IXP000.TMP\Install.exe ===
MSI (c) (6C:50) [19:54:46:639]: Resetting cached policy values
MSI (c) (6C:50) [19:54:46:639]: Machine policy value 'Debug' is 0
MSI (c) (6C:50) [19:54:46:639]: ******* RunEngine:
******* Product: C:\DOCUME~1\a379190\LOCALS~1\Temp\IXP000.TMP\netfx.msi
******* Action:
******* CommandLine: **********
MSI (c) (6C:50) [19:54:46:639]: Client-side and UI is none or basic: Running entire install on the server.
MSI (c) (6C:50) [19:54:46:639]: Grabbed execution mutex.
MSI (c) (6C:50) [19:54:46:659]: Cloaking enabled.
MSI (c) (6C:50) [19:54:46:659]: Attempting to enable all disabled priveleges before calling Install on Server
MSI (c) (6C:50) [19:54:46:659]: Incrementing counter to disable shutdown. Counter after increment: 0
MSI (s) (54:0C) [19:54:46:679]: Grabbed execution mutex.
MSI (s) (54:04) [19:54:46:689]: Resetting cached policy values
MSI (s) (54:04) [19:54:46:689]: Machine policy value 'Debug' is 0
MSI (s) (54:04) [19:54:46:689]: ******* RunEngine:
******* Product: C:\DOCUME~1\a379190\LOCALS~1\Temp\IXP000.TMP\netfx.msi
******* Action:
******* CommandLine: **********
MSI (s) (54:04) [19:54:46:689]: Machine policy value 'DisableUserInstalls' is 0
MSI (s) (54:04) [19:54:46:699]: File will have security applied from OpCode.
MSI (s) (54:04) [19:54:47:760]: SOFTWARE RESTRICTION POLICY: Verifying package --> 'C:\DOCUME~1\a379190\LOCALS~1\Temp\IXP000.TMP\netfx.msi' against software restriction policy
MSI (s) (54:04) [19:54:47:760]: Note: 1: 2262 2: DigitalSignature 3: -2147287038
MSI (s) (54:04) [19:54:47:760]: SOFTWARE RESTRICTION POLICY: C:\DOCUME~1\a379190\LOCALS~1\Temp\IXP000.TMP\netfx.msi is not digitally signed
MSI (s) (54:04) [19:54:47:770]: SOFTWARE RESTRICTION POLICY: C:\DOCUME~1\a379190\LOCALS~1\Temp\IXP000.TMP\netfx.msi is permitted to run at the 'unrestricted' authorization level.
MSI (s) (54:04) [19:54:47:770]: End dialog not enabled
MSI (s) (54:04) [19:54:47:770]: Original package ==> C:\DOCUME~1\a379190\LOCALS~1\Temp\IXP000.TMP\netfx.msi
MSI (s) (54:04) [19:54:47:770]: Package we're running from ==> C:\WINDOWS\Installer\318bd7.msi
MSI (s) (54:04) [19:54:47:810]: APPCOMPAT: looking for appcompat database entry with ProductCode '{7A1ADD0C-17F3-47B8-B033-A06E189C835D}'.
MSI (s) (54:04) [19:54:47:810]: APPCOMPAT: no matching ProductCode found in database.
MSI (s) (54:04) [19:54:47:820]: Machine policy value 'DisablePatch' is 0
MSI (s) (54:04) [19:54:47:820]: Machine policy value 'AllowLockdownPatch' is 0
MSI (s) (54:04) [19:54:47:820]: Machine policy value 'DisableLUAPatching' is 0
MSI (s) (54:04) [19:54:47:820]: Machine policy value 'DisableFlyWeightPatching' is 0
MSI (s) (54:04) [19:54:47:820]: APPCOMPAT: looking for appcompat database entry with ProductCode '{7A1ADD0C-17F3-47B8-B033-A06E189C835D}'.
MSI (s) (54:04) [19:54:47:820]: APPCOMPAT: no matching ProductCode found in database.
MSI (s) (54:04) [19:54:47:820]: Transforms are not secure.
MSI (s) (54:04) [19:54:47:820]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3: Control
MSI (s) (54:04) [19:54:47:820]: Command Line: USING_EXUIH=1 REBOOT=ReallySuppress FILESINUSETEXT= REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=emusc CURRENTDIRECTORY=C:\DOCUME~1\a379190\LOCALS~1\Temp\IXP000.TMP CLIENTUILEVEL=3 CLIENTPROCESSID=3436
MSI (s) (54:04) [19:54:47:820]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding PackageCode property. Its value is '{0325D29B-24C8-4E9E-8531-A6D746FB74ED}'.
MSI (s) (54:04) [19:54:47:820]: Product Code passed to Engine.Initialize: ''
MSI (s) (54:04) [19:54:47:820]: Product Code from property table before transforms: '{7A1ADD0C-17F3-47B8-B033-A06E189C835D}'
MSI (s) (54:04) [19:54:47:820]: Product Code from property table after transforms: '{7A1ADD0C-17F3-47B8-B033-A06E189C835D}'
MSI (s) (54:04) [19:54:47:820]: Product registered: entering maintenance mode
MSI (s) (54:04) [19:54:47:820]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding ProductState property. Its value is '5'.
MSI (s) (54:04) [19:54:47:820]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding ProductToBeRegistered property. Its value is '1'.
MSI (s) (54:04) [19:54:47:820]: Entering CMsiConfigurationManager::SetLastUsedSource.
MSI (s) (54:04) [19:54:47:820]: Specifed source is already in a list.
MSI (s) (54:04) [19:54:47:820]: User policy value 'SearchOrder' is 'nmu'
MSI (s) (54:04) [19:54:47:820]: Machine policy value 'DisableBrowse' is 0
MSI (s) (54:04) [19:54:47:820]: Machine policy value 'AllowLockdownBrowse' is 0
MSI (s) (54:04) [19:54:47:820]: Adding new sources is allowed.
MSI (s) (54:04) [19:54:47:820]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding PackagecodeChanging property. Its value is '1'.
MSI (s) (54:04) [19:54:47:820]: Note: 1: 1729
MSI (s) (54:04) [19:54:47:820]: Note: 1: 2729
MSI (s) (54:04) [19:54:47:820]: Note: 1: 2729
MSI (s) (54:04) [19:54:47:830]: Product: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Beta 2 -- Configuration failed.

MSI (s) (54:04) [19:54:47:840]: MainEngineThread is returning 1638
Another version of this product is already installed. Installation of this version cannot continue. To configure or remove the existing version of this product, use Add/Remove Programs on the Control Panel.
{7A1ADD0C-17F3-47B8-B033-A06E189C835D}
MSI (c) (6C:50) [19:54:47:850]: Decrementing counter to disable shutdown. If counter >= 0, shutdown will be denied. Counter after decrement: -1
MSI (c) (6C:50) [19:54:47:850]: MainEngineThread is returning 1638
=== Verbose logging stopped: 6/13/2005 19:54:47 ===

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

astebner — Wed, 15 Jun 2005 05:06:44 GMT

Hi Ian,

This log file is showing that Windows Installer thinks that you already have the .NET Framework 2.0 beta 2 installed. Can you try to run msiexec /x {7A1ADD0C-17F3-47B8-B033-A06E189C835D} to remove beta 2, and then try to run setup again and see if it works for you? If that doesn't work, please try the following:

1. Download the version of the cleanup tool at http://astebner.sts.winisp.net/Tools/dotnetfx_cleanup_tool.zip

2. Run cleanup_tool.exe /t:c:\temp /c

3. Go to c:\temp and run msizap.exe TP {7A1ADD0C-17F3-47B8-B033-A06E189C835D}

4. Try to run .NET Framework 2.0 beta 2 setup again

Please let me know if this works for you....

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

Steve Schamber — Fri, 17 Jun 2005 23:57:02 GMT

Hi Aaron,
Thanks for all your excellent advice. We've followed all of the steps you've outlined and still have not been able to successfully install, so I'm hoping you can give us some ideas.

Our situation _seems_ like it might be slightly different from others, but I'll do my best to outline what we're experiencing and if you have any questions or need more detail, please let me know:

--Each time we attempt an install, it appears to run fine through these basic steps: Extract, EULA, Configuring Install, Write System Reg Entries, Copying New Files, Binding Executables, Write System Reg Values. At this point, the progress message changes to "Rolling Back. . . " and the detail says "Unregistering SystemEnterpriseServices.dll" and then throws a rather generic error--"An error occurred during setup.
The following error occurred during setup: Installation Failed."

--We are attempting to load the Beta 2.0 .NET Framework on a test machine that was built to mirror our production server as closely as possible, which has the .NET v1.2 installed. The Framework is being installed from dotnetfx.exe, and we are using Windows Installer 3.1

--The issue has occurred consistently on our Win2K test server, although it installed fine on a similar machine running Win2K3. We first tried running the vs2005_beta_cleanup_tool.exe as recommended on the Microsoft MSDN Site, and then following your manual instructions in this post--neither of which changed the sypmtoms or outcome.

I apologize for being so verbose, but I'm hoping there is some clue you'll see that we've overlooked. Please let me know if you have any suggestions or questions.

Thanks!

Steve

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

astebner — Sat, 18 Jun 2005 01:27:45 GMT

Hi Steve - could you please look in your %temp% directory for the most recent file named dd_netfx20msi*.txt and zip and send that file to me via email? That will help us figure out which part of setup is failing and causing the rollback to happen.

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

David Shrader — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 21:38:08 GMT

My install/uninstall is quite FUBARed. I tried the manual uninstall, and automated uninstall, the brute force uninstall. It will not uninstall. Before I tried any of the manual or brute force, i was getting error 2203.

Any ideas?

David

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

astebner — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 22:57:47 GMT

Hi David - could you please look in your %temp% directory for the most recent file named dd_netfx20msi*.txt and zip and send that file to me via email at aaronste (at) microsoft (dot) com? Error 2203 means "Database: [2]. Cannot open database file. System error [3]" but hopefully the log file will give me more context on what could be causing this error.

Cleanup of .Net Framework 2.0 Beta still fails

Don Baechtel — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 15:15:49 GMT

I am trying to install July CTP of VS 2005. It fails because .Net 2.0 Beta is install. All attempts to unistall .Net 2.0 Beta fail because netfx.msi file is missing. VS 2005 Cleanup utility fails because netfx.msi file is missing. The .Net Framework 2.0 Beta Cleanup tool completes without error but .Net 2.0 Beta is STILL installed after it runs and the system is rebooted. .Net 1.0 and 1.1 were removed but not 2.0 Beta. How do I unistall .Net 2.0 Beta?

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

astebner — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 03:41:21 GMT

Hi Don - can you please try to install the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility from http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290301 and use that to locate and remove the .NET Framework 2.0 beta? I am working on a version of the cleanup tool that will work with VS 2005 beta 2 and I will fix the issue you are running into if the original MSI is missing as part of that release. In the meantime the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility should allow you to fix this bug.

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

raveresque — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 12:33:22 GMT

We are having exactly the same problem as Steve Schamber will the roll back... have there been any more details on this... I have uploaded my log files to http://www.trilliumd.co.uk/dotnet2b2log.zip if these are use.

tia

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

Word — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 10:18:49 GMT

I improperly uninstalled both .NET framework 2 and visual studio express C# I've deleted everything in sight related to it in the registry files, renamed a few to delete them, restarted several times. And still when I try to install it again I get this error - The Windows Installer package: C:\Documents and Settings\User\Local Settings\Temp\SIT20876.tmp\vs_setup.ms_ could not be opened.

I need to finish up some work from school so I need help as soon as possible.
Thanks in advance,
Travis

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

Word — Sun, 31 Jul 2005 01:50:27 GMT

Update - used the microsoft clean up install utility or whatever its called..anyway cleaned up .net 2.0 and C# and now I get to the downloading then installing part and I get several errors...

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

astebner — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 17:56:14 GMT

Hi Raveresque - I looked at your log file and it does appear to be the same issue as Steve was seeing. Unfortunately, I was not ever able to determine the root cause of Steve's issue before he needed to reformat the machine and start over. I am asking around to see if there have been any other solutions found yet because I have heard of several customers who have reported this issue at http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/productfeedback/. I will let you know what I am able to find...

Hi Word - could you give me more detail about the errors that you see while installing C# Express? If possible, could you zip and attach dd_*.txt from your %temp% directory so I could see the exact error messages you are getting? You can send them to aaronste (at) microsoft (dot) com.

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

astebner — Tue, 02 Aug 2005 02:41:24 GMT

Hi Raveresque - we have a potential fix for the issue that you reported, but since we have been unable to reproduce it in our test lab, we are not sure if it will work or not. Would you be willing to try out an updated version of .NET Framework setup to see if it fixes this issue on your machine? If so, you can download it from http://astebner.sts.winisp.net/Tools/netfx.zip, extract the contents and run install.exe from within that package.

Please contact me at aaronste (at) microsoft (dot) com if you try this and let me know whether or not it resolves the issue on your machine.

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

Word — Sun, 07 Aug 2005 14:34:56 GMT

I installed some audio drivers for some odd reason and ended up having to do a system restore ( dont ask ) which undid all of my random .net framework visual studio registry deletings so I ended up with a new error Involving an HRESULT thinger. I then proceeded to another solution written by you deleting a registry value to make .net framework beta 2 reinstall and it fixed that problem as well as another one I was having before all this mess started.

Thanks alot!
Travis

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

astebner — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 04:33:57 GMT

Hi Raveresque - I still haven't heard back from you and I don't have a way to contact you, but I wanted to let you know that I have posted an additional blog item about the problem you are seeing. You can read it at http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2005/08/09/449720.aspx. If you happen to read this and are still having the problem, I would really like if you could contact me via email at aaronste (at) microsoft (dot) com before using the steps in my new blog post. I want to see if the buddy build of the .NET Framework I posted at http://astebner.sts.winisp.net/Tools/netfx.zip will resolve your issue and help you avoid needing to try that other workaround.

Thanks in advance!

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

gabriel — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 15:09:50 GMT

Hi Aaron. try with all tools

- cleanup_tool.exe
- msicuu2.exe
- vs2005_beta_cleanup_tool.exe

When I run VS2K5 installer this continued says
that:
Microsoft Windows installer 3.0 and
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Beta 2 are installed. I don't see any of this product listing in Windows Install Clean Up utility.

I try running with this issue and receive:

"The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908"

I apreciate any help.

-gabriel

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

astebner — Sat, 13 Aug 2005 22:07:04 GMT

Hi Gabriel - it sounds like you might be hitting a problem where VS setup thinks the .NET Framework is already installed but in reality it is not. Can you take a look at http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2005/06/16/429997.aspx and see if this helps resolve this issue for you? If it does not, please gather up the log files listed at http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/articles/447012.aspx and zip them and send them to me at aaronste (at) microsoft (dot) com and I will take a look and see what I can figure out.

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

astebner — Tue, 16 Aug 2005 22:36:49 GMT

Hi again Raveresque - in case you find my comments here and want to try out the patched .NET Framework beta 2 package, I had to move it to a different location so the previous link is not valid anymore. It is now available at http://astebner.sts.winisp.net/Tools/netfx20_beta2.zip.

Unified .NET Framework Troubleshooting Guide

Aaron Stebner's WebLog — Tue, 23 Aug 2005 08:47:14 GMT

&nbsp;
Deciphering specific HRESULT values

HRESULT 0x80070002 and 0x80070003
HRESULT 0x80070005...

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

Arinaya — Wed, 24 Aug 2005 04:00:52 GMT

Hi, I have tried all of these things, nothing is working. There was a previous install of SQL Server 2005 that was removed, as well as NET2 using Add/Remove programs. I have tried the cleanup utility, removed all of the listed files/registry entries, renamed mscoree.dll, and have also deleted/renamed a number of other suspicious registry entries in HKLM/Software/Microsoft/Visual Studio and /MSSQL... When I run the VS2005Beta installer (team edition on 2003 sm.business server), it loads the install components, then says a previous version was found click ok to uninstall, ok, exit.

Any ideas? TIA.

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

astebner — Wed, 24 Aug 2005 06:14:06 GMT

Hi Arinaya - there is a known issue with the Visual Studo 2005 beta setup on Windows Server 2003 small business server that will cause setup to report that a previous beta version is installed. Can you try the workaround listed at http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2005/05/13/417377.aspx and see if that works for you?

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

Arinaya — Wed, 24 Aug 2005 21:46:32 GMT

Thanks Aaron, that was it.

Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2 Installation Problem

Jacky — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 11:20:08 GMT

Hi, I have installed a copy of Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2 recently to develop smart device applications. During the installation, there is no error message. However, I can't deploy the exe file to the device emulator. A message box always pop up and says "No such interface supported" when I try to connect to the emulator for Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC and the deployment fails.

I don't know what happened. I have also searched the internet. No such problem is reported so far. Can someone help me to solve this problem? Thanks.

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

MobileDevGroup — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 19:53:12 GMT

Do you know what the setup failure was for the device emulator ? The no such interface usually come when device emulator is not installed on the machine.

From your Beta 2 disk, under the setup folder there is a folder called \WCU\ARM run vs_emulator.exe from there and try to install manually. Do reboot the machine before running it.

Also if you have the device emulator installed this patch helps making connectivty very robust

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0E05817F-08D6-48A2-A572-CF77ED72C5BE&displaylang=en

Thanks
Amit Chopra

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

Hugo — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 15:31:35 GMT

Hi Aaron,

For what its worth - I tried your fixed .Net 2 install (http://astebner.sts.winisp.net/Tools/netfx20_beta2.zip) and it worked!

I had the same problem as Raveresque

Cheers and Thanks
Hugo

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

astebner — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 19:11:08 GMT

Hi Hugo - thank you for trying out the updated .NET Framework 2.0 beta 2 bits and letting me know that it worked for you. It sounds like you are hitting the issue I described at http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2005/08/28/457416.aspx in case you want to read more details about the cause and the fix.

Thanks!

Exploring the GAC

Craig : Geek, IBlogger — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 22:32:00 GMT

I'm sure a plenty of people have wondered what's under the covers of the Global Assembly Cache, and have...

Can't clean up .NET Framework install for Microsoft WinFX

Tanya — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 02:31:32 GMT

Hi,

What I'm trying to do is install WinFX (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=CE888B4C-CCBD-452F-9D90-F4B7190CCA24&displaylang=en)
I think the prerequisite is that I have to have all previous versions of .NET Framework uninstalled, as well as other Microsoft components.

I keep getting this error when I'm trying to install it: "Please uninstall Windows Workflow Foundation before installing this product". Windows Workflow doesn't show up as a program when I go to "Add/Remove Programs".

I had several versions of Microsoft .NET Framework on my computer, as well as the whole Visual Studio suite. I un-installed all those, but I think I didn't do it in the correct order. So, I tried some manual steps that I found on your website, but that didn't help. I also tried the Microsoft clean-up program, but it gave me errors (didn't complete correctly).

Any advice would be much appreciated.
Tanya

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

astebner — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 05:15:49 GMT

Hi Tanya - you can use the msiinv.exe tool that I described at http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2005/07/01/434814.aspx to locate information about the Windows Workflow Foundation component. Msiinv will give you the product code for this product, and then you can run msiexec /x <product code> to uninstall it. If msiexec /x fails, you can use msizap.exe to remove this component as a last resort. I have a beta version of a wrapper tool that automates both of these steps for you that you can try. It is located at http://astebner.sts.winisp.net/Tools/smartmsizap.zip. You'll want to run smartmsizap /p <product_code> using the product code you get from the msiinv output.

Hope this helps. I realize this is kinda confusing so please contact me again if you try this and run into any issues.

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

Matt F. — Sat, 24 Dec 2005 11:49:24 GMT

Thank you!

After untold hours spent trying to install a service pack and critical security update for .NET Framework 1.1 I was finally able to do so after removing the 2.0 version. No more MSVS Runtime or sidebyside errors. I'm afraid to try installing 2.0 again.

Thank you!

Matt

.NET Framework 2.0 (50727.42) installation failure

Nadav — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 01:13:39 GMT

Dear Aaron,

I have bump into the following issue when installing .NET Framework v2.0 from the VS 2005 CD (netfx version): whenever I install it, I get a crash while
'
Registering System.EnterpriseServices.dll
Executing: "C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\RegSvcs.exe" /bootstrapi
'.

This is the whole history of VS 2005 and this computer:
1. VS 2005 Beta 2 instlled & uninstalled with no issues.
2. VS 2005 RC installed & uninstalled with no issues.
3. VS 2005 RTM installed with no issues.
4. VS 2005 starting to fail loading components, as well as vshost.exe crashes. I followed the instructions in your blog regarding how to remove it. Framework started to crash upon uninstall as well as the SQL Server 2005 Mobile component.
5. I followed your cleanup instructions, which did not help with regards to how to clean up the environment.
6. I followed the specific instructions regarding how to clean Framework 2.0, but this still doesn't help.
7. I tried to run "gacutil /i System.EnterpriseServices.dll" as you adviced someone else with a similar situation on Beta 2, but this worked fine and did not crash.

This, of course, entirely prevents me from installing VS 2005...

Please advise! I am entirely helpless. Reinstalling the machine is a complicated issue.

TIA, Nadav

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

astebner — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 23:34:37 GMT

Hi Matt - the .NET Framework 2.0 is designed to work side-by-side with .NET 1.0 and 1.1. It sounds like you may have run into an issue that was a bug in one of the beta versions of the .NET Framework 2.0 but has been fixed in the final release. I encourage you to try to install the final release of the .NET Framework 2.0 from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0856eacb-4362-4b0d-8edd-aab15c5e04f5&DisplayLang=en and not be deterred by the previous problems you've run into. If you hit any future issues, please contact me directly using http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/contact.aspx and I will do my best to assist.

Hi Nadav - I posted a blog entry yesterday that may help solve this issue for you with the .NET Framework 2.0 final release. Can you please try the workarounds listed at http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2006/01/08/510677.aspx and see if it helps solve this issue for you?

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

Nadav — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 23:44:20 GMT

Hello Aaron,

Thsnks for your reply!

I tried the workarounds, they did not help. But I did look at the installation log files, and found this right after the crash, which may finally lead to some clue:

Unhandled Exception:
System.IO.FileLoadException: Could not load file or assembly 'RegSvcs, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its dependencies. Failed to grant permission to execute. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131418)
File name: 'RegSvcs, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' ---> System.Security.Policy.PolicyException: Execution permission cannot be acquired.
at System.Security.SecurityManager.ResolvePolicy(Evidence evidence, PermissionSet reqdPset, PermissionSet optPset, PermissionSet denyPset, PermissionSet& denied, Boolean checkExecutionPermission)
at System.Security.SecurityManager.ResolvePolicy(Evidence evidence, PermissionSet reqdPset, PermissionSet optPset, PermissionSet denyPset, PermissionSet& denied, Int32& securitySpecialFlags, Boolean checkExecutionPermission)

I still have the files (and they're not that difficult to reproduce regardless), so I can post them to you or to Product Feedback Center as you advise.

Again TIA,
Nadav

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

Mark Fawcus — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 22:50:45 GMT

Your 1.0/1.1 cleanup tool proved to be very useful when trying to get a Linksys WMA11B up and running on an XP machine with 1.0, 1.1 and 2.0 previously installed. This product seems to XP SP2 and .NET since 1.0!

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

astebner — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 22:29:21 GMT

Hi Nadav - I have not seen a crash like you are reporting in the past. Could you please zip and send me the file dd_netfx20msi*.txt from this system so I could take a look? You can send it to aaronste@microsoft.com.

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

Nadav — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 20:31:49 GMT

Hello Aaron,

I finally managed to install the framework and VS 2005. I took the following steps to clean old installations:

First, I deleted C:\Documents and Settings\%User%\Application Data\Microsoft\CLR Sec
urity Config\v2.0.* (and there were 3 different ones, one for Beta2, one for RC and one for final version).

Second, I looked through the registry for all the keys/values that contained 50215 or 50727 and deleted them (carefully, of course - sometimes only parts of them).

Afterwards VS installation came out clean. For now it seems to be working well.

Regards,
Nadav

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

astebner — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 20:39:04 GMT

Hi Nadav - I am very happy to hear that you were able to figure this out. I'm sorry for the hassle that you encountered while trying to get it to work and also for the delay in getting back to you after you sent the log files to me. I had been trying to reproduce the issue to figure out other possible suggestions to send you but hadn't had any luck.

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

andrew — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 01:55:39 GMT

Thanks for this, I finally managed to get .NET v2.0 to install after deleting everything. The error I was getting wasn't one I've seen anywhere else, so I'll post it here in case anyone else has the same problem:
Error 25015.Failed to install assembly 'C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Microsoft.Build.Engine.dll' because of system error: The system cannot find the path specified.

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

Jmonkey — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 03:48:25 GMT

Quick question... I don't have the beta uninstaller anymore. Is it mandatory? I know it's needed to run the programs given online and on the add/remove tool, but is there a manual way to remove this successfully before I try. I cannot find a beta version to download. If needed, can anyone find and/or supply a version to install so that I can finally uninstall my vb.net express 2005 and webforms webapps (forgot exact name) 2005...beta 2. Thanks in advance!

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

astebner — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 03:59:43 GMT

Hi Jmonkey - The beta uninstaller makes things easier, but it isn't necessarily mandatory. In the steps to remove the beta version listed at the top of this blog post, you can replace the first bullet ("Using Add or Remove Programs, locate any versions of the .NET Framework 1.2 or 2.0 and choose Remove to uninstall them") with the steps listed at http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2005/10/30/487096.aspx and that should allow you to achieve the same results. Hope this helps!

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

Lucius — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 20:48:56 GMT

I was attempting to install Visual Basic Studio Express Edition.
It said something about uninstalling several apps and the .NET Framework 2.0 beta prior to install.
I mistakenly uninstalled the .NET Framework before uninstalling the other apps. SQL Server 2005 Express Edition Beta 2
SQL Server 205 Tools Express Edition Beta 2
SQL Server Setup Support Files
MSDN Express Library 2005 Beta - English
I'm not sure that I must remove the MSDN Express Library. Anyhow, I have download and attempted to install dotnetfx.exe it fails and crashes asking to send a report which I have done.
I tried the following cleanup tool: http://astebner.sts.winisp.net/Tools/netfx20_beta2.zip
And attempted again to install, it failed. I'm unable the apps until I have 2.0 reinstalled.
Any help will be appreciated.

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

Lucius — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 21:52:03 GMT

I made problems worse before I made them better.
I previously had a FAT32 partition for my Primary drive, I converted it to NTFS and began a tedious process of manually setting security for many of the key folders. I used a properly installed version of Windows XP as a guide. Some subfolders may still be set wrong. SYSTEM didn't have access to my temp folder. This prevented my reinstallation of .NET 1.0 and 1.1 Frameworks. I expect I may be able to install the 2.0 framework as well now. (Fingers crossed)

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

Lucius — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 22:12:35 GMT

Yeah, that fixed it. I know have 2.0 back in, I should be able to accomplish my tasks, I won't post anymore unless I run into more problems.

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

Lucius — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 03:33:56 GMT

My attempts at uninstalling:
SQL Server 2005 Express Edition Beta 2
SQL Server 205 Tools Express Edition Beta 2
are met with the following message:
The Microsoft .Net Framework 2.0 is not installed. Please install before running setup.
I have installed, I have attempted the clean, I have attempted reinstall. Both of these install times appear to be successful. I did reboot after the first install, and rebooted after the second install. My process of cleaning the 2.0 install included the steps noted at the very top this page Titled, "Steps to clean up a machine to fix a failed .NET Framework 2.0 installation:" These include some minor registry changes and folder deletions.

As stated before, any help is greatly appreciated

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

astebner — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 04:41:32 GMT

Hi Lucius - Can you please try to use the steps listed at http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2005/10/30/487096.aspx to locate and manually remove the SQL 2005 beta versions that are still installed on your system and see if that solves this issue for you?

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

.net developer — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 10:59:18 GMT

hi all,

I am trying to create an ODBC connection to Access 2003 from vb.net2005 final version with framework 2.0 final version (I didn't install the beta version before), but when the code trying to open the connection this error appears:

Could not load file or assembly 'System.EnterpriseServices, Version=2.0.0.0,
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified. ,
at System.Data.Common.ADP.IsSysTxEqualSysEsTransaction()
at System.Data.Common.ADP.NeedManualEnlistment()
at System.Data.Odbc.OdbcConnection.Open()
at abd.frmSplash.frmSplash_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e)

I run the same code on another pc and it run without any problem, I think that the problem in the framework.

Note, when I installed the .net2005 an error occurred first time, then I tried to install it second time and it run without error , may be the framework installed from the first time and didn't installed at the second time, so this may be the error.

Any help for this problem?

Thanks in advance.

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

astebner — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 09:13:53 GMT

Hi .NET Developer - This does seem like an issue with the .NET Framework 2.0 on this system. Can you please try to repair it using the entry in Add/Remove programs and see if that helps? If it does not help, can you please try to uninstall the .NET Framework and then reinstall it from the folder \wcu\dotnetframework\ on your original VS 2005 installation media or from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0856eacb-4362-4b0d-8edd-aab15c5e04f5?

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

.net developer — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 17:21:46 GMT

thanks astebner,

but i tried to uninstall the framwork and by mistake i removed something else, so i installed the framework again and repaired vb.net and every thing is work now

thanks for you all

assalamu alaikum (bye in arabic)'

.net developer

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

Nash — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 04:54:02 GMT

Aaron,

Developer here; think I may have a unique one. Scanning through the comments it looks like my current error is most similar to Nadav in January. My original error propagated, however, from adding an assembly to the GAC, presumably corrupting it. I have uninstalled MSVS 05 and .NET2.0 in attempt to fix it, now I have the failing .Net 2.0.
Ran the tools.
Any additional thoughts/info on gacutil.exe leading to this issue?

Thnx,
Nash
ashworth@comcast.net

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

Nash — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 21:11:22 GMT

Nash again,

The solution cleaned up my corrupted Global Assembly Cache; thanks. 'Delete the GAC_32 and GAC_MSIL folders' perhaps? The action seemed to be the difference.

Nash

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

Rob Latour — Mon, 08 May 2006 04:59:26 GMT

Thanks for posting this thread - I had a client who had an error message that said:

IsSysTxEqualSysEsTransaction
Could not load file or assembly 'System.EnterpriseServices, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.

A this was the only place I could find it mentioned and resolved.

My client just repaired his version of the dot net framework and all was well!

Best Regards to all concerned and thanks again for the post.

Automated cleanup tool to remove the .NET Framework 2.0

Aaron Stebner's WebLog — Wed, 31 May 2006 07:36:23 GMT

I have posted an updated version of the .NET Framework cleanup tool that now contains support for automatically...

I am not an expert....

Alan — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 20:13:32 GMT

Ok guys, I appoligize for my stupidity :-). I really need to get framework 2.0 installed on my computer, however when installing I get the dreaded 25015 error, the stupid

microsoft.visualbasic.vsa.dll

because of system error: the directory name is invalid.

I have seen the same problem on here many times, but I must be to blind to see the solution if any. If some brave soul wants to take on my problem please email me at alanrc2000@yahoo.com, thanks alot, you guys are greaaaat !

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

astebner — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 20:46:48 GMT

Hi Alan - Can you please try to use the automated cleanup tool to remove any pieces of the .NET Framework 2.0 that are on your system and then try installing again? You can find information about the cleanup tool at http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2006/05/30/611355.aspx.

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

Ted Hickox — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 07:04:02 GMT

A friend of mine downloaded the final version of Net Framework 2.0 from Microsoft.com. While he did this for me I downloaded the redistributable pack. The reason my friend downloaded the Net Framework file is that he had Broadband access and I only have dial up. The day the disk with the Net Framework arrived, I was very sleepy. I accidentally loaded the Net Framework before loading the Redistributable pack. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the Net Framework, but to no avail. I don't want to destroy any dll's because I had bad luck with a dll a few years back. Is there anything I can delete that will allow me to reinstall Net Framework 2.0 without destroying any dll's? I would be happy to delete any registry keys.

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

astebner — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 06:12:41 GMT

Hi Ted - The .NET Framework is the same thing as the redistributable pack. I don't think you should need to uninstall and reinstall. If you find that it is necessary, you can try out the removal tool at http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2006/05/30/611355.aspx. Hope this helps!

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Fri, 23 Jun 2006 19:57:43 GMT

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How to install .Net Framework 2.0 without administrator login ?

oyeGURU — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 07:24:35 GMT

How do i install .Net Framework 2.0 without administrator login ?

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

astebner — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 02:20:59 GMT

Hi oyeGURU - You will need to deploy the .NET Framework 2.0 with elevated privileges using Active Directory if you want to install without an administrator logging in. A lot of the things that the .NET Framework setup does require administrator rights, so you cannot install as a normal user.

You can find instructions for how to do this kind of deployment at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnnetdep/html/ndp2_dplad.asp.

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re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

Jay Levitt — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 05:05:11 GMT

I came across this page while troubleshooting an install of Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR). I was getting all sorts of errors writing to various assemblies, and ended up unable to either install or uninstall Office.

I finally figured out the problem. I had installed Office 2007 B2 with .NET Framework 2.0 installed. I then ran into a performance problem with ATI's Catalyst Control Panel that required uninstalling .NET Framework 2.0, so I did. Unfortunately, Office 2007 depended on some assemblies that were now in the unreachable GAC_32 and GAC_MSIL directories!

I know nothing about .NET, but I manually moved all the files from GAC_32 and GAC_MSIL into GAC, and the Office installer was now happy.

I'm not even sure which product has the bug. Office presumably depends on .NET to install assemblies in the right place, and doesn't know the true directories that they're installed in. But what should happen when that .NET is now an older version? Quite a messy dependency chain. I know - I'll let Aaron worry about it.

Jay

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

clarym — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 05:44:28 GMT

Nadav You saved my rear. Your solution solved my problems after hours of research and trial/error. Thanks Mark

Unified .NET Framework Troubleshooting Guide

Aaron Stebner's WebLog — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 19:16:18 GMT

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

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

kevinremiix — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 02:57:35 GMT

Help!

Yes, I installed VB for the first time since I started school. Then I removed it because it took too much space because I was a space freak.

Anyways, I want to reinstall it again. Now it says that 'vs_setup.ms_' can not be opened.

I have tried your solution. But, I dont think it was very in-depth so I did not follow.

Any help would be appreciated..

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

astebner — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 00:19:26 GMT

Hi Kevinremiix - The steps in this particular blog post are only applicable to the .NET Framework 2.0, not to VB. Did you previously uninstall by using the Add/Remove Programs entry for VB Express? If so, you should be able to download the VB Express package and run it from http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/vb/download/.

If that version of the VB Express installer is giving you this same error, you can try to use manual download and install steps like the ones listed at http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/articles/551674.aspx.

Hopefully one of these will help.

Visual Studio 2005 and .NET Framework 2.0 Setup Troubleshooting Guide

Aaron Stebner's WebLog — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 05:34:39 GMT

Where to get Visual Studio 2005 and the .NET Framework 2.0 Where to download the .NET Framework 2.0 redistributable

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

yeahyeah — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 00:07:55 GMT

hi aron i got some troubles when installing visual c# express edition i've tried your steps for the failed framework but when i try to open the installed visual c# this happens:

the beta period is over

thank you for your participation

you can now remove microsoft visual c#2005 express edition beta form your computer.

can you help me?

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

astebner — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 00:35:27 GMT

Hi Yeahyeah - It sounds like you had a previous beta of the C# Express Edition that was not fully removed. I suggest trying the following steps:

1. Uninstall C# Express

2. Remove the registry values listed at http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2005/11/14/492765.aspx

3. Remove the registry sub-key named HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VCSExpress

4. Try to install Visual C# Express again

Hopefully this will help.

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

CraigHumphrey — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 05:54:44 GMT

Recently hit this problem (source not available) and .Net 2.0 just went nuts...

Tried the clean-up tool, no dice. Wasn't till I manually followed the steps in your post and then ran the Windows Install Clean Up tool (removing the uninstall entries for .net 2.0) that I was finally able to install .net 2.0 again... whew...

You might want to update the clean up tool to make sure it removes all files/folders (I suspect a running App got in the way - ActiveSync?) and the install/uninstall reg keys.

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!

Later'ish

Craig

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

moliken — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:09:57 GMT

Success...Thank You!!!

Apparently, the latest MS security patch for .NET 2.0 (KB928365) corrupted my .NET install. I was unable to uninstall the patch or uninstall, reinstall or repair the .NET 2.0 install. The CleanUp tool worked flawlessly. I was then able to reinstall .NET and apply the patches. Thank you.

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

harryaya — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:49:43 GMT

Hi Aaron,

I just installed Vista and wanted to install Sql Server 2005 developer. I met the following issue:

It successfully installed pre-requisite Sql Server native client and Sql server support files of Sql server, when I click next to proceed installation, it pop up error window after that:

"setup has detected a problem with microsoft .net framework installation and cannot proceed. Microsoft .net framework 2.0"

But my machine has already installed .net framework 2.0, I double check for it by installing .net framework 2.0. it display the error:

"The product is already installed as part of the operating system."

However, in Program and features, .net framework 2.0 is not listed in the currently installed programs… Then I used your clean up tools to try to clean .net framework 2.0. But it didn't list .net 2.0. Then I wondered if I has installed .net 2.0 or not...

Seems this is a dead lock for me to proceed my installation. I also called Support Center for help, they were not able to offer a solution for this…

I would appreciate it a lot if anyone here can give a big hand. Thanks in advance!

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

astebner — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 05:46:00 GMT

Hi Harryaya - The .NET Framework 2.0 is a part of the OS on Windows Vista, but does not allow you to remove it and therefore does not appear in the Programs and Features control panel. Also, the cleanup tool does not allow you to remove it because it is an OS component.

There are steps 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 that can be used to repair the .NET Framework 2.0/3.0 files, but I'm not sure if that will help in your scenario or not. The only other way I know of to repair the .NET Framework on Windows Vista is to repair/re-install Windows Vista itself.

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

shobman — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:53:54 GMT

Hi Aaron

I have spent hours trying to install .net 2.0 on to a Windows 2000 workstation.

The installation gets to approximately 40% complete and just stalls. This happens every time just after the command to disable the cancel button. The onscreen message appears to be writing reg keys to software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\sibebyside\patchedcomponents

Yet when I have checked the dd_netfx20MSI text file its last command is:

MSI (s) (6C:FC) [20:17:28:468]: Invoking remote custom action. DLL: C:\WINNT\Installer\MSI17.tmp, Entrypoint: QuietExec

Because I have to forcefully close the install I have used your cleanup tool to successfully remove all versions of .net installed but still have the same problem upon attempting to reinstall.

I have had trouble finding information on my exact problem and any insight into this would be hugely appreciated.

Thanks

Simon

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

astebner — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:37:48 GMT

Hi Shobman - Can you please make a copy of the dd_netfx20msi*.txt file while setup is stalled at 40% complete on your system, and then zip and send me that entire log so I can take a look to see if I can figure anything out about the root cause of this issue? You can send the log to Aaron.Stebner (at) microsoft (dot) com.

Also, in the meantime, it might help to try to use the workaround described at http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2006/11/25/disabling-services-with-msconfig-to-work-around-setup-failures.aspx to see if that helps in this scenario.

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re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

Maikl — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 23:45:20 GMT

You saved my life...

Re-installing .Net Framework 2.0, 3.5 broke it!

Rydal's .Net Clr — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 01:27:27 GMT

Re-installing .Net Framework 2.0, 3.5 broke it!

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re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

mmk2118 — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 09:35:43 GMT

Thanks so much deleting the folder .Net framework and reinstalling worked.

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

AZGT Technician — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:48:44 GMT

Aaron,

Thank you for your help on this .Net Framwork issue. It was a big help and work grweat.

Don

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

ChinaTradeWiki — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:11:18 GMT

No luck here :( I have problem with ATi video drivers, which leads to .net 2 and I keep getting error when I try to reinstall.

re: How to manually cleanup a failed .NET Framework 2.0 install

astebner — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:32:37 GMT

Hi ChinaTradeWiki - I'd suggest trying the steps listed at http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2008/03/07/8108332.aspx to see if they help resolve this issue installing the .NET Framework 2.0 on your system.

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emhartain — Tue, 20 May 2008 19:03:10 GMT

Hi, Aaron.

I'm glad to see this thread. I really need your help. A while back we took a Server 2003 installation and cloned it to new hardware, as the old was becoming unreliable. Believe it or not, 99% of everything worked. The one problem we had was with sharepoint. It worked for the most part, but we got 'web part errors' due to some missing files from the other server. In the mess of safe mode operation and missing file copying, something happened to .net 2 and probably asp.net, making it impossible to uninstall/reinstall .net, sharepoint, etc. We've discovered that there's a F: drive on the old server with a bunch of temp folder info on it. Someone evidently set that computer to temp out to this drive. It's a physical drive on the original server, and we don't have a physical for the new. I created a shared folder and mapped it to F: and provided it with files. I still get the same errors trying to reinstall .net2 and/or sp1, sharepoint, backupassist is not working. Used your tool to clean up 2.0 install, and that removes it from the add/remove programs list, but there are still services trying to run as well as .net 2 info in the drive and registry. We still get 'the temp folder is either full or unreachable. Verify blah blah blah' but it's there and plenty of room and not read only and so forth. What do we do?

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astebner — Wed, 21 May 2008 04:33:33 GMT

Hi Emhartain - I'm not sure how best to get rid of the remaining references to that other temporary directory. You may need to manually search the registry and update locations there or something like that. Unfortunately, this is one of the dangers of cloning an OS install and moving it to a different physical computer that doesn't have the same configuration.

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