July 2006 - Posts

• Difference in MSBUILD from command-line versus IDE (paths and backslashes)

  Scenario Have you ever had problems building from command-line using MSBuild when the IDE builds just fine? Do you have build events that use the Macros or environment variables? Well then I may have found the issue ... Reason When the IDE call msbuild Read More... Posted Friday, July 28, 2006 5:23 PM by mab | 3 Comments

• Installing Virtual PC Laptop Hotfix patch on Vista Beta 2 or later

  With the new security features of Vista Beta 2 (or later) you may have problems installing Microsoft Patch files (msp). For example, the laptop hotfix that is included with VPC 2004 SP1 vpc2004qfe889677_msdn.msp when run access for access but fails and Read More... Posted Thursday, July 27, 2006 11:52 PM by mab | 0 Comments