Aaron Stebner's WebLog
Thoughts about setup and deployment issues, WiX, XNA, the .NET Framework and Visual Studio
I have posted an updated version of the .NET Framework cleanup tool that supports cleaning up the...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 08/04/2012
I have posted an updated version of the .NET Framework setup verification tool that supports...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 07/03/2012
Windows 8 Release Preview, .NET Framework 4.5 RC and Visual Studio 2012 RC now available for download
As announced on the Building Windows 8 blog, Somasegar’s blog and Jason Zander’s blog, the Windows 8...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 06/03/2012
I recently had an interesting experience while trying to transfer an Xbox LIVE gamertag to a new...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 05/07/2012
If you have already worked around the installation issue and are using XNA Game Studio on a computer...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 05/03/2012
Recently, I was investigating a strange uninstall issue on a co-worker’s computer. They tried...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 04/23/2012
Mailbag: How to fix an error message that tells me to install the .NET Framework 2.0 when I restart my computer?
Question: I am running Windows 7, and every time I restart the computer, an error message appears...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 03/28/2012
As announced earlier today on the Windows Phone Developer Blog, the final version of the Windows...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 03/26/2012
As announced on the Building Windows 8 blog and on Jason Zander’s blog among other places, a...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 02/29/2012
If you try to install the Windows Phone SDK 7.1 or XNA Game Studio on Windows 8, you may encounter...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 02/29/2012
As announced earlier today on the Windows Phone Developer Blog, a community technology preview (CTP)...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 02/27/2012
This is a quick follow-up to my previous post about using the /? switch to see a list of .NET...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 02/11/2012
Because of some of the posts I’ve written in the past, I often get asked about how to install...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 01/15/2012
As announced earlier today on the XNA Game Studio team blog and on the App Hub forums, there have...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 01/04/2012
Every once in a while, I see a post on the App Hub forums (for example, here or here) where someone...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 12/16/2011
The 2012 Dream.Build.Play competition was introduced yesterday in a post on the XNA Game Studio team...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 12/15/2011
There is a new general-purpose installation troubleshooting tool called the Program Install and...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 11/23/2011
Possible error when building a Silverlight application on a computer that does not have XNA Game Studio 4.0 installed
If you use the Windows Phone SDK 7.1, it is possible to get an error like the following when...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 11/18/2011
I have seen several people ask about this scenario on the App Hub forums, and I wanted to write a...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 11/08/2011
Rob Mensching posted an item on his blog announcing the release of the WiX v3.6 beta. The key...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 10/24/2011
Direct download links for the XNA Game Studio 4.0 Refresh and XNA Framework Redistributable 4.0 Refresh
Last week, we released the final version of the Windows Phone SDK 7.1, which includes the final...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 10/07/2011
Mailbag: Do I need still need older versions of the .NET Framework on my system after installing the .NET Framework 4?
Note: This is an updated version of a previous mailbag entry that I posted before the .NET Framework...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 10/02/2011
As announced on the Windows Phone Developer Blog and on the App Hub web site, the final version of...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 09/28/2011
Question: I recently received a .NET Framework update from Windows Update. It installed...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 09/07/2011
As announced on the Windows Phone Developer Blog and on the App Hub web site, the Windows Phone SDK...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 08/23/2011
The Windows Phone SDK 7.1 includes a step to install the XNA Game Studio 4.0 Refresh. Behind...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 08/18/2011
A while back, I wrote a blog post explaining how to localize the title of a Windows Phone...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 07/25/2011
Content pipeline builds no longer need a D3D device starting in the XNA Game Studio 4.0 Refresh Beta 2
The Windows Phone SDK 7.1 Beta 2 that was released last week includes the XNA Game Studio 4.0...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 07/07/2011
As announced on the Windows Phone Developer Blog and on the App Hub web site, the Windows Phone SDK...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 07/01/2011
The Windows Phone Developer Tools 7.1 allows you to create applications and games that target both...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 06/24/2011
The Windows Phone Developer Tools 7.1 allows you to create and develop applications and games that...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 06/21/2011
Possible issue installing the Windows Phone Developer Tools 7.1 beta caused by incompatible components
As noted in my previous blog post, the Windows Phone Developer Tools 7.1 Beta was released this...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 05/25/2011
As announced on the Windows Phone Developer Blog and on the App Hub web site, the Windows Phone...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 05/24/2011
I have heard from a few people in the past who have run into setup failures with error code 1719 or...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 05/16/2011
Last fall, I wrote a blog post linking to some information about using Guide.IsTrialMode in an XNA...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 05/04/2011
A while back, I wrote a blog post explaining how to install offline documentation for the Windows...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 04/13/2011
Mailbag: Can I install Windows Phone Developer Tools without the Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone edition?
Question: I already have Visual Studio 2010 Professional installed, and I would like to use it for...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 04/10/2011
As announced this morning on the XNA Game Studio team blog, there is a new game development landing...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 04/04/2011
A customer on the App Hub forums ran into an issue that I wanted to describe in more detail here in...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 03/31/2011
A couple of weeks ago, I got the opportunity to meet and chat with several XNA and DirectX MVPs at...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 03/13/2011
How to open a Windows Phone .sln file in Visual Studio 2010 Professional instead of Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone
Question: I have a Windows Phone project that was created by somebody else, and when I double-click...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 03/11/2011
Recently, we have run into a few issues where XNA Game Studio 4.0 Windows Phone games did not...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 03/01/2011
As announced earlier today on the XNA Game Studio team blog, registration is now open for the...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 02/28/2011
Link to samples that merge the XNA Game Studio 4.0 platformer starter kit with the game state management sample
I found a link on the App Hub forums today that I wanted to pass on. Jim Perry, one of the XNA...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 02/21/2011
Mailbag: Why is the .NET Framework still listed in the Programs and Features control panel after running the cleanup tool?
Question: I ran the .NET Framework cleanup tool and removed all versions of the .NET Framework from...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 02/20/2011
As announced earlier today in this post on the Windows Phone Developer Blog and in this news item on...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 02/04/2011
Confusing error when attempting to debug an XNA Game Studio 4.0 Windows Phone game in Visual C# 2010 Express
XNA Game Studio 4.0 supports the following editions of Visual Studio 2010: Visual Studio 2010...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 02/03/2011
Rob Mensching posted an item on his blog today declaring WiX v3.5 complete. The final build number...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 02/01/2011