Troubleshooting Windows Presentation Foundation Install Issues

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Patrice 's Blog — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 08:18:44 GMT

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Carl Bechtold — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 21:56:03 GMT

Tim;
What is "paraphenalia" . . . Paragraph 1?
I'm assuming "chequered history" is a British version of what Yankees would call a "checkered past."

This is a very helpful article – especially for intrepid (American) English majors who occasionally brave the beta world.
We're having a ball with Expression Interactive Designer.

We do appreciate you.

cb

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Andrew Tweddle — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 17:04:36 GMT

I'm having the same issue as Phil. My XAMLPad also bombs.

I also get a trust exception when browsing to Valentin's WinFX chess program (not sure if this is related though).

I'm trying step 2 (uninstall tool) now. But it's trying to uninstall SQL Server 2005 stuff, which worries me! I did have SQL2005 betas on this machine, but I uninstalled them when I installed the final released version.

Phil - did you also have SQL2005 betas on your machine?

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ben2004uk — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 15:11:50 GMT

I am having the same problem as Phil. Installed ontop of Vista 5342 x86 Client

Installed Visual Studio 2005 Professional - all cool.
Installed WinFX Runtime Componments Feb CTP - no errors
Installed Windows SDK Feb CTP - No Errors
Installed Oscar - No Errors

Tried to install March CTP of Expression - error with "Must install WPF
version 6.0.5295.60113 before installing MS Expression Interactive Designer"
Tried with the Jan CTP and got the same error.

Tried to launch XAMLPad and it crashes out straight away. Debug the
application and it returns the error:
Could not load fuke ir assembly "PresentationFramework, Version=3.0.51116.0"

Created a new project in VS 2005 for WinFX - tried to launch a XAML app - worked fine.

Tried to repair both installations - still the same.

Any information would be great!! cheers Ben

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Phil — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 16:43:55 GMT

hi,
i tried to install EID but at installer start, it alets me "You must install Windows Presentation Foundation6.0.5295.60113 before installing MS EID".
I've allready installed WinFx Components CTP February but it seems not to recognize the last version and my XAMLPAD generates a Windows Exception. I will try all your advices but if you have an idea i'll be glad to here it ! If i found solution, i inform you !

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Don Burnett — Sun, 19 Mar 2006 17:22:36 GMT

I would just like to say thanks, between your helpful hints here and some advice from Unni on getting my Dual Core functional I am up and testing. Although I admit I did end up calling product activation again because after running the install tool on the xp 32 bit install I got some complaint from the OS about the SQL DUMPER library not being installed that I couldn't get rid of thru uninstalls and reinstalls. I have only ran the Express version of SQL Server 2005 ever on that box and I thought the initial beta removal did what it should, but something was shy of working. Anyway, thru normal channels and your very helpful blog I got this working YEAH..

Now I am busy writing a "smart client" that uses both WCF and WPF to playback files from my projects authoring environment and I am getting some really cool results very quickly with the actual technology.. I cannot thank you enough.. My animated title server and content playback tool is now well on it's way..

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Ruurd Boeke — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 13:47:40 GMT

just wanted to add for the ppl with dual core amd cpu's: there is currently a bug that will crash hard on about everything.
The workaround is to use taskmanager and set the affinity of the proces to one processor only. (right click on the proces, select: thread affinity).

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Tim Sneath — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 09:55:49 GMT

Hi Scott, tried to install the trial of what? Can you give me the URL you used? What was the error message? Thanks, Tim

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scott — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 07:16:55 GMT

tried to install trial from msoft site says missin cab or something during install and rolls back

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Tim Sneath — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 04:30:23 GMT

We hear your pain, believe me - it hurts us too. But given a trade-off between a risk of applications running slowly or a risk of applications bringing down your whole machine with a BSOD, I think most people would prefer the former, at least as a default. As you mention, we have a registry switch that disables the driver check.

One slight mitigating factor is that we've been working intensively with the major graphics card vendors to make sure that the new WDDM drivers they're building for Windows Vista work seamlessly in this situation, so on Windows Vista this shouldn't be a problem: all the in-box drivers will support hardware rendering. And yes, we want to strongly encourage graphics card manufacturers and OEMs to ship updated WHQL-certified drivers that run WPF really well. It's in their interest too, since otherwise their graphics cards look lousy.

We're caught between a rock and a hard place, but hopefully things will greatly improve within the next year.