Microsoft Visual Studio/.Net Framework Setup & Deployment Tips & Tricks
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....
Author: dhathrip Date: 05/01/2010
Not able to install Enterprise library for .net framework 1.1 ?
Customer not able to install Enterprise library for .net framework 1.1...
Author: dhathrip Date: 05/01/2010
“Please wait while windows is configuring Visual Fox Pro professional - English"
While launching Visual Foxpro 7.0 we get an error “Please wait while windows is configuring Visual...
Author: dhathrip Date: 05/01/2010
Visual studio 2008 installation crashes while installing .Net framework 3.5
The application event log has the following error message: Product: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 --...
Author: dhathrip Date: 05/01/2010
Error “Setup failed on component WIC installer"
While trying to install .Net framework 3.0, we get an error “Setup failed on component WIC...
Author: dhathrip Date: 05/01/2010
NET Framework 3.5 SP1 installation fails while installing WIC installer
5.938: LoadFileQueues: UpdSpGetSourceFileLocation for halaacpi.dll failed: 0xe0000102 5.985: Num...
Author: dhathrip Date: 05/01/2010
Installation of Visual FoxPro 9.0 fails: Error 1327.Invalid Drive:< mapped drive name>:
When we tried to install Visual FoxPro 9.0, we received an error message : Error 1327.Invalid...
Author: dhathrip Date: 01/12/2010
Setup.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close
To know more about this issue/error and to fix it, please refer to the link...
Author: dhathrip Date: 01/12/2010
VS08/Updating web references in a web project/0x80004002
When we tried to update the web references in a web application, Received an error message:...
Author: dhathrip Date: 12/22/2009
How to get the product key for Visual Studio 2008 that is already installed.
Open the registry editor. Start-> Run-> type “Regedit” without quotes....
Author: dhathrip Date: 12/22/2009
.Net framework 2.0/Installation issue/It has encountered a problem and needs to be closed:
When we tried to install .NET framework 2.0 on Windows server 2003 enterprise edition x86, It...
Author: dhathrip Date: 12/22/2009
VS2008/Deployment through SCCM/Setup.exe does not end after the installation
When we try to deploy Visual Studio 2008 through SCCM, Setup.exe process does not end after the...
Author: dhathrip Date: 12/21/2009
None of the .net framework 2.0 based executables run, they crash
We were able to install .NET framework 2.0 successfully. However, when we run the .net framework...
Author: dhathrip Date: 12/21/2009
.Net framework 3.5 SP1 fails on WCF
We had issues with the installation of .net framework 3.5 SP1. Gave the following error in the error...
Author: dhathrip Date: 12/21/2009
Error code 1603 for this component means "Fatal error during installation" while installing .Net framework 3.0
While trying to install .Net framework 3.0, you will find the following error in the error log...
Author: dhathrip Date: 12/21/2009
“This setup is not supported on 64-bit versions of Windows XP”
.Net Framework 1.1 installation fails with an error message “Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 -- This...
Author: dhathrip Date: 11/02/2009
“Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine, Version=8.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f”
When you run Performance Wizard after doing custom VSTS install choosing VB only, a dialog box will...
Author: dhathrip Date: 10/30/2009
Project : error PRJ0003 : Error spawning 'cl.exe'
After installing Visual Studio 2008 Standard with only VC++, when you try to build any kind of C++...
Author: dhathrip Date: 10/30/2009