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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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