Note: If these troubleshooting instructions do not help, s earch or post on MSDN Forums in .NET Framework Setup or Visual Studio Setup and Installation . This is a community-driven web site on which Microsoft employees also participate. How to locate...

Visual Studio 2010 Release Candidate (RC) supports creating custom setups and Clickonce deployments. Refer to http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/wx3b589t.aspx for more information about Setup projects and ClickOnce deployments. Using Clickonce...

How to collect setup logs? In case you encounter .NET Framework 4 or Visual Studio 2010 setup failure, we would need setup logs to investigate the failure. To make this task easier, we have created a tool (collect.exe) that helps finds and creates...

As I had mentioned in my previous posts, .NET Framework 4 brings the concept of .NET Framework 4 Client profile in addition to Full Framework. My collegue has written an interesting blog post that provides into the Client profile. Interesting read...

.NET Framework 4 Beta1 has now been released. Refer to the following annoucement -> Visual Studio 2010 and .NET FX 4 Beta 1 ships! .NET Framework 4 Beta1 release has two SKUs. 1. .NET Framework 4 Client Beta1 -> .NET Framework 4 Client is...

This is excellent post: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=778624&SiteID=1

- Just go to Add/Remove programs and uninstall 'Visual Studio 2008 Beta2\code name Orcas products' - Install Visual Studio 2008 official final release version! So you just need to uninstall one application in Beta2 and install final release version...

Visual Studio 2008 Setup Troubleshooting Guide State of Visual Studio 2008 Setup Windows Vista Windows XP & Windows 2003 Server Setup pops up error message box in the middle of installation or setup returns...

You could follow following steps to generate list of components that are installed on your computer. Download msiinv.zip Extract the contents of msiinv.zip to the folder c:\msiinv on your system Click on the Start menu, choose Run, type cmd...

Sometimes this error occurs if windows update is scanning for updates at the same time as Visual Studio setup is installing components. Workaround 1: Reboot your machine and restart Visual Studio 2008 setup. Workaround 2: If Workaround 1 doesn’t work...

Before I start with this post I'm assuming that you followed Visual Studio 2008 Beta2 uninstall instructions on http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/11/20/steps-to-uninstall-vs-2008-beta2-before-installing-the-vs-2008-final-release.aspx. ...

Last year, I moved to Deployment Technology Group in Developer Division. I work as a Program Manager for Setup & deployment projects and Visual Studio setup. Stay tuned for some tips around Visual Studio 2008 setup. -Varun

A customer reported that Visual Studio 2008 setup displayed disk space requirements for two drives [Image attached]. We had investigated this issue before. Question: Why does it display disk space requirements for second drive when customer didn't...

Q. What is Visual J# 2005 Express ? Ans. Visual J# Express has been built with the student and hobbyist in mind. Visual J# Express includes many of the same features found in the Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition, but is simplified to make...

Q. What is Visual J#? Ans. Visual J# .NET is a powerful tool for Java-language developers who want to build applications and services on the Microsoft .NET Framework. Visual J# .NET targets the new .NET Framework version 2.0, is fully integrated with...

"Imagination is more important than knowledge..." Albert Einstein was bang on target. To create things that change the world, the most important ingredient is imagination. I am part of the big bets Microsoft is taking in the Developer community that...