Only some of the MS VS2010 products on this computer have been upgraded to SP1. None will work correctly until all have been updated. To upgrade, close VS products and then install MS VS2010 SP1 which you can download here. If setup starts in Maintenance...

Problem Description : Installation of Setup Project created in Visual Studio is failing with the error message “Windows error log does not capture much. Module "XBLK LD4.dll" failed to register. HRESULT -2147024770”. Resolution : It is...

Problem Description: Installation of the patch is failing with the error message “No valid sequence could be found for the set of patches”. Entry in the log files: MSI (c) (00:38) [03:21:20:722]: Note: 1: 2262 2: MsiPatchSequence 3:...

Problem Description: Major upgrade for the setup project created in visual studio is not replacing the older files. I am using an example to explain this issue in a better way: Using Visual Studio created a Setup Project for an application and...

  Visual Studio 2010 fails with the following error: Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Express Prerequisites x64 - ENU -- Error 1719.The Windows Installer Service could not be accessed. This can occur if you are running Windows in safe mode,...

  If we have Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Redistributable installed on the machine and if we try to install Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable, it will fail. With the previous versions of Visual C++ redistributable installations (VC++ 2008, VC++ 2005…,) we could...

    ISSUE DESCRIPTION: Installation of VS2010/VS2008 failing on the first component (eg. Visual Studio 2010 64 bit prerequisites ) with the following error message- ‘Error 1320.The specified path is too long: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual...

  Description: When you are referring to http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa368562(v=vs.85).aspx , and browsing through the examples, you may find that while rest of the commands works as mentioned in the msdn link, the update...

  Issue: An MSI file built on Visual Studio fails during an installation with an error message Error 1001. Exception occurred while initializing the installation: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'file:///C:\WINDOWS...

  Issue: When you try to install MSDN Library setup for Visual Studio 2008 it would fail with the below error message. "Setup has detected that the HTML Help data files are corrupt and cannot continue. Click Ok to close setup" Cause: This...

  Issue: Installation of an update for .net framework 4.0 fails with the error 1402. Below is the snippet of the error log file generated. ============================ MSI (s) (E4:18) [11:16:05:146]: Executing op: RegisterSharedComponentProvider...

  PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Unable to install “Microsoft Windows SDK 7.1 for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4” Symptoms: Snippets of Installation log File: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ [9/30/2011, 17:36:35] Equals evaluated to true [9/30/2011, 17:36...

ISSUE DESCRIPTION: Missing .Net Framework 2.0/3.0/3.5/4.0 option(s) in the dropdown list when creating a new project in Visual Studio 2010 on any Windows system ENVIRONMENT: This is applicable to both 32 bit and 64 bit machines, running Windows...

Issue : a) Error entry in Event Viewer: EventType vssetup, P1 setup, P2 unknown, P3 10.0.30319.1, P4 1, P5 , P6 none_ui_interactive_crash, P7 0xe06d7363, P8 0, P9 , P10 NIL. b) Error entry in log file: c) Error Message: CAUSE...

ISSUE: Unable to install .Net Framework updates kb 2539631 kb 2518864 kb 2418241. Cause: Checked the log files and discovered the following : =============================================== MSI (s) (F4:94) [11:52:07:212]: Feature: Servicing_Key;...

  ISSUE: Unable to publish a ClickOnce Application ============================================ Error 1 Cannot publish because a project failed to build. Error 2 An error occurred while signing: Failed to sign bin\Debug\app.publish\\setup.exe. SignTool...

We have seen few issues with the installation of VC++ redistributables. You are always welcome to involve us for the installation issue. However, if this issue is part of another issue and you just want to fix it instead of waiting on us, you could follow...

The recent release of Microsoft Security Bulletin MS11-100 KB2656353 might fail on Windows XP/Windows 2003 systems. The patch will fail with an error message: “Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 -- Internal Error 2705. Directory” In fact,...

Issue: Installation of Silverlight fails with a generic error 1603 "installation failed" after the installation progress shows 99% complete. Cause: To find the root cause open the SilverlightMSI.log from the %temp% folder and it shows an error...

Issue: MSI developed on Visual Studio installs to 'C:' instead of 'C:\ProgramFiles' Folder even after the " TARGETDIR" is set to [ProgramFilesFolder][Manufacturer]\[ProductName] by the Custom Action " DIRCA_TARGETDIR" . Solution: 1. This issue...

Issue: W hen we launch an application on on a "Windows S erver 2000" the below error message pops up. “Entry Point Not Found : The procedure entry point FindActCtxSectionStringW could not be located in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll”...

Issue: The below error message is shown when we try to create ' Office' projects in Visual Studio 2010. Experiencing this issue on machines where we have both " Visual Studio 2010" and "Office Pro plus 2010" installed. “Cannot create the project...

While installing .Net Framework 3.5 / .Net Framework 2.0 /any other patches, it may fail with the following error message: DEBUG: Error 2769: Custom Action CA_InstallAssemblyDef.3643236F_FC70_11D3_A536_0090278A1BB8 did not close 2 MSIHANDLEs. From...

While installing a .Net Framework patch, it may fail with the following error message: DDSet_Error: Failed to install assembly 'c:\WINNT\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\System.Web.dll' because of system error: Access is denied. From...

.Net Framework 4.0 fails on a Win 2003 system. From the MSI log, it fails while executing the Custom Action ExecSecureObjects and it rolls back. MSI (s) (B4:AC) [11:21:32:639]: Executing op: ActionStart(Name=ExecServiceConfig,,) MSI (s) (B4:AC) [11...