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Thoughts about setup and deployment issues, WiX, XNA, the .NET Framework and Visual Studio

The Windows 10 April 2018 Update recently shipped, and it includes the .NET Framework 4.7.2 as an OS...

Date: 05/17/2018

I have posted updated versions of the .NET Framework setup verification tool, the .NET Framework...

Date: 11/21/2017

I have posted updated versions of the .NET Framework setup verification tool, the .NET Framework...

Date: 05/26/2017

GDC 2017 is happening this week in San Francisco, and Chris Charla (the director of the ID@Xbox...

Date: 03/01/2017

I have posted updated versions of the .NET Framework setup verification tool, the .NET Framework...

Date: 10/24/2016

As announced at the end of last week in this post on the Windows developer blog, we recently...

Date: 10/10/2016

I want to highlight a couple of new features available starting this week for developers using Xbox...

Date: 08/31/2016

The Windows Apps Team announced an App Dev on Xbox online event on August 30, 2016 (a week from...

Date: 08/23/2016

As previously reported by Xbox Wire and Major Nelson, the Xbox One Summer Update has been released....

Date: 08/03/2016

A new developer preview build is now available for UWP on Xbox One.  Here are some links with...

Date: 06/17/2016

A couple of months ago, we announced a UWP Apps on Xbox One developer preview that allows anyone to...

Date: 06/07/2016

As announced earlier today at the Build 2016 conference, a developer preview is now available that...

Date: 03/30/2016

Question: I recently installed the .NET Framework 4.6.1 but ran into a compatibility issue with an...

Date: 03/04/2016

I have posted updated versions of the .NET Framework setup verification tool, the .NET Framework...

Date: 12/18/2015

Recently, I investigated an issue where some files were missing from a user’s PC after installing...

Date: 11/16/2015

I have posted updated versions of the .NET Framework setup verification tool, the .NET Framework...

Date: 07/31/2015

I have gotten a couple of questions from customers recently about the behavior of .NET Framework 4.6...

Date: 06/17/2015

Question: I have 2 versions of my MSI, and each version installs some files to a shared...

Date: 03/31/2015

I was recently asked a question about how to silently repair and uninstall the .NET Framework...

Date: 01/14/2015

A while back, I wrote about an application compatibility issue that can cause the Windows Phone SDK...

Date: 11/06/2014

A colleague told me about a recently released plug-in for Visual Studio 2012 and Visual Studio 2013...

Date: 09/12/2014

I have posted updated versions of the .NET Framework setup verification tool, the .NET Framework...

Date: 06/24/2014

Updated versions of the System Update Readiness Tool were released last week. The new versions of...

Date: 05/23/2014

The .NET Framework setup team has released an updated version of the .NET Framework Repair Tool that...

Date: 04/28/2014

I was recently asked a question about how to silently repair and uninstall the .NET Framework 4.5...

Date: 04/22/2014

I have been maintaining a blog post for a while that lists which version(s) of the .NET Framework...

Date: 03/28/2014

Recently, I was looking for links to some of the deployment guides for previous versions of the .NET...

Date: 03/24/2014

Recently, I was trying to help someone investigate a .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 installation...

Date: 01/23/2014

There is a new general-purpose installation troubleshooting tool called the Windows Installer Cache...

Date: 01/07/2014

Last week, I posted an updated version of the .NET Framework setup verification tool that supports...

Date: 11/11/2013

I have posted updated versions of the .NET Framework setup verification tool and the .NET Framework...

Date: 11/06/2013

Someone recently asked me about the availability of an updated version of my sample .NET Framework...

Date: 10/17/2013

UPDATE - A new Windows Phone SDK 8.0 setup package has been published that contains a fix for this...

Date: 10/09/2013

Question: I have an application that requires the .NET Framework 4. The application supports running...

Date: 08/27/2013

Someone recently asked me a question about the unversioned file replacement scenarios that I wrote...

Date: 05/23/2013

There are some known compatibility issues between .NET Framework 4 and 4.5 setup and .NET Framework...

Date: 04/16/2013

Recently, while investigating an issue related to a .NET Framework hotfix installation problem, I...

Date: 03/22/2013

Since the release of Windows 8 last fall, I’ve gotten a few questions about what versions of...

Date: 02/02/2013

As announced earlier today on the Windows Phone Developer Blog, the Windows Phone SDK update for...

Date: 01/22/2013

Every once in a while, I see an email or a post on the forums from a developer who has created a...

Date: 01/16/2013

The XNA Game Studio components that are installed as a part of the Windows Phone SDK 8.0 have a...

Date: 12/18/2012

The XNA Game Studio component that ships with the Windows Phone SDK 8.0 has a setup bug that causes...

Date: 11/17/2012

The Windows Phone SDK 8.0 supports XNA Windows Phone game projects that target Windows Phone OS...

Date: 11/03/2012

As announced earlier today on the Windows Phone Developer Blog and the Visual Studio Blog, the...

Date: 10/30/2012

The official .NET Framework 4.5 deployment guides for developers and administrators are available on...

Date: 10/29/2012

A little while ago, I posted an introduction to a new .NET Framework Repair Tool that can be used to...

Date: 10/12/2012

With the release of Windows 8 and the new development platform for Windows Store applications, there...

Date: 09/29/2012

A little while ago, I posted an updated version of the .NET Framework setup verification tool that...

Date: 09/13/2012

There was a .NET Framework Repair Tool posted on the Microsoft Download Center earlier this summer,...

Date: 09/05/2012

As announced on the Windows 8 app developer blog, Somasegar’s blog and Jason Zander’s blog, the...

Date: 08/15/2012

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