Resolving Prompts for Source

re: Resolving Prompts for Source

tbahlke — Sun, 05 Feb 2006 16:19:23 GMT

I'm trying to repair Visual Studio 2005. When I first installed, I downloaded the iso files from MSDN - I have since deleted the files of course. We now have the Visual Studio 2005 CD. When I try to repair, it fails. It appears that the msi(?) is looking for the original installation files. The repair fails even if I start it from the CD (as opposed to add/remove programs) and point to vs_setup.msi on the CD.

Here's an excerpt from the log file.

Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition - ENU: [2] ERROR:Error 1706.An installation package for the product Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition - ENU cannot be found. Try the installation again using a valid copy of the installation package 'vs_setup.msi'.

How do I correct this??

Thanks.

re: Resolving Prompts for Source

Heath Stewart — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 20:26:42 GMT

tbahlke, sorry for the problems you're having. The edition you downloaded as an ISO from MSDN - was that also VS 2005 Pro (ENU)? Assuming that it was, were you not prompted for source? This blog post was more about how to eliminate it when it's not necessary, but when source is necessary, well, it's necessary.

If you weren't prompted for source, try running the following from the command line:

msiexec /fvomus {437AB8E0-FB69-4222-B280-A64F3DE22591} /l*v vs8_repair.log

The "v" option in /fvomus will re-cache the source package so you hopefully won't get prompts for source again for Visual Studio 2005 Professional (ENU).

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