Microsoft Visual Studio/.Net Framework Setup & Deployment Tips & Tricks

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8/6/2021

CLICK ONCE ERROR: “An error occurred while signing: Failed to sign binDebugapp.publish\setup.exe. SignTool Error”

ISSUE: Unable to publish a ClickOnce Application ============================================...

Author: Sarat Bade Date: 01/23/2012

Issues with the installation of VC++ Redistributable packages. Error: The feature you are trying to use is in a network resource that is unavailable.

We have seen few issues with the installation of VC++ redistributables. You are always welcome to...

Author: Sarat Bade Date: 01/23/2012

MS11-100 : KB2656353 Error Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 -- Internal Error 2705. Directory

The recent release of Microsoft Security Bulletin MS11-100 KB2656353 might fail on Windows...

Author: Soumitra Mondal Date: 01/15/2012

Installation of Silverlight Fails with a generic error 1603 "Installation failed"

Issue: Installation of Silverlight fails with a generic error 1603 "installation failed" after the...

Author: Sarat Bade Date: 12/20/2011

MSI built on Visual Studio installs into C: instead of C:Program Files

Issue: MSI developed on Visual Studio installs to 'C:' instead of 'C:\ProgramFiles' Folder even...

Author: Sarat Bade Date: 12/20/2011

Error: Entry Point Not Found : The procedure entry point FindActCtxSectionStringW could not be located in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll

Issue: When we launch an application on on a "Windows Server 2000" the below error message pops up....

Author: Sarat Bade Date: 12/20/2011

Unable Create the Office projects on a machine where we have both Visual Studio 2010 and Office pro plus 2010 installed

Issue: The below error message is shown when we try to create 'Office' projects in Visual Studio...

Author: Sarat Bade Date: 12/20/2011

DEBUG: Error 2769: Custom Action CA_InstallAssemblyDef.3643236F_FC70_11D3_A536_0090278A1BB8 did not close 2 MSIHANDLEs.

While installing .Net Framework 3.5 / .Net Framework 2.0 /any other patches, it may fail with the...

Author: Soumitra Mondal Date: 10/03/2011

DDSet_Error: Failed to install assembly 'c:WINNTMicrosoft.NETFrameworkv2.0.50727System.Web.dll' because of system error: Access is denied

While installing a .Net Framework patch, it may fail with the following error message: DDSet_Error:...

Author: Soumitra Mondal Date: 09/27/2011

Executing op: CustomActionSchedule(Action=ExecSecureObjects,ActionType=3073,Source=BinaryData

.Net Framework 4.0 fails on a Win 2003 system. From the MSI log, it fails while executing the Custom...

Author: Soumitra Mondal Date: 09/27/2011

Error 25015.Failed to install assembly 'C:WINDOWSMicrosoft.NETFrameworkv2.0.50727IEExecRemote.dll' because of system error: Access is denied

While installing .Net Framework 3.5 SP1 / .Net Framework 2.0 SP2, it may fail with the following...

Author: Soumitra Mondal Date: 09/26/2011

MS11-049 patch is re-offered through Windows Update

Recently MS11-049 (KB2251481) patch was re-released (9th August, 2011) and it is re-offered through...

Author: Soumitra Mondal Date: 09/26/2011

Warning 1909.Could not create Shortcut Visual Studio Command Prompt (2010).lnk

Visual Studio(2005/2008/2010) SP1 Installation never completes and in the MSI log it shows the...

Author: Soumitra Mondal Date: 05/20/2011

.NET Framework Initialization Error

While running a .Net 4.0 application, you find the below error message: ---------------------------...

Author: Soumitra Mondal Date: 05/20/2011

KB2455033 fails to install from Windows Update

You may find that the installation of security update for microsoft visual studio 2010 (KB2455033)...

Author: Soumitra Mondal Date: 05/10/2011

MS11-028 update causes failure for MMCs and PowerShell to launch

Recently this patch MS11-028 https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2484015 (msu update) was released and...

Author: Soumitra Mondal Date: 05/10/2011

Installation failed with error code: (0x800B010B), "Generic trust failure”

While installing .Net Framework 4.0, you might encounter with the below error: Installation failed...

Author: Soumitra Mondal Date: 05/09/2011

"Error 25007.Error occurred while initializing fusion. Setup could not load fusion with LoadLibraryShim(). Error: 0x80131700"

To work around this issue, please refer to the following link:...

Author: Soumitra Mondal Date: 03/02/2011

"The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log for more detail."

Please refer the following blog link:...

Author: Soumitra Mondal Date: 01/11/2011

mmc could not create the snap-in.

After installing KB2416473, while launching MMC it may throw the following error: Here is the...

Author: Soumitra Mondal Date: 12/06/2010

You may find slow down in system booting time after installing .NET Framework 4.0 client profile

You may find slow down in system booting time after installing .NET Framework 4 client profile on a...

Author: Soumitra Mondal Date: 12/06/2010

'System.Security.Authentication.ExtendedProtection.ExtendedProtectionPolicy'"

You may receive an error "Could not load type...

Author: Soumitra Mondal Date: 12/06/2010

KB983583(MS10-060) is re-offered by Windows Update

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Based on the symptom and...

Author: Soumitra Mondal Date: 12/06/2010

.Net framework 4.0 installation with DEP turned on

When your environment needs DEP to be on on your XP SP3 machine and you want to install .Net...

Author: dhathrip Date: 08/31/2010

"The upgrade patch can not be installed by the windows installer service because the program to be upgraded may be running or the upgrade patch may update a different version of the program"

While installing the update 974417 and if you get this error, please refer to the link below ...

Author: dhathrip Date: 08/21/2010

KB974417 is re-offered by Windows Update

To solve the reoffering issues with 974417 update , please refer to the link below ...

Author: dhathrip Date: 08/21/2010

"25007.Error occurred while initializing fusion. Setup could not load fusion with LoadLibraryShim(). Error: The handle is invalid."

While installing .Net framework 2.0, you may get the above mentioned error. For resolution on how to...

Author: dhathrip Date: 08/21/2010

Help Library Agent exception: System.Collections.Generic.KeyNotFoundException: The given key was not present in the dictionary

On a windows 7 operating system, you may run into this error when HelpLibAgent.exe crashes while...

Author: dhathrip Date: 08/21/2010

DDSet_Error: Internal error: 2

If you are getting the above mentioned error with visual studio 2010, please refer the following...

Author: dhathrip Date: 08/21/2010

The Visual Studio 2010 Help-About dialog box and the Splash Screen shows Registered Username and Registered Organization as Microsoft.

While working on a setup issue found that not only the Help > About screen can be changed but the...

Author: dhathrip Date: 05/11/2010

Visual Studio 2008 Hangs in Design View with ASP.Net web pages

To solve this issue, please refer to the link below...

Author: dhathrip Date: 05/03/2010

“None of the products that are addressed by this software update are installed on this computer. Click Cancel to exit setup. – KB974417"

To work around this issue, please refer to the following link...

Author: dhathrip Date: 05/03/2010

“Error Message: “Error 1335, the cabinet file_2694_ssce20.msm required for this installation is corrupt and cannot be used.” While installing Visual studio 2005

Execute the following steps to workaround the issue 1. on the Run prompt, type in the following 2....