Hi I uninstalled preview ed of Wihdbey but when I am trying to install Express Beta I complains about the prerequisist. How can I uninstall the prerequisist that came with Widhbey preview ? thx david ...more >>

I get these errors when creating a asp .net web application project in VS 2003 on a remote web server: "Microsoft Development Environment The Web was created successfully, but an error occurred when trying to configure the application root for this Web. Web projects may not operate correctly wit...more >>

Hello, When I open a Windows Form project I receive an error when clicking on 'View Designer'. The message is --------------------------- Microsoft Development Environment --------------------------- There is no editor available for 'D:\Projects\Temp\WindowsApplication2\WindowsApplication2...more >>

I (and apparently many others) have previously read on this newsgroup ("How to specify web site in web setup project") that there is a Fix / Enhancement to allow a web setup to install to a specified site - instead of a named Vdir and port number. It was mentioned to call PSS (which I did) and...more >>

How can a user with none administritive rights install a program with shortcuts for all users. I am aware that we can do it through the installation folder dialog box. However our client does not want any user input through the installation process at all....more >>

Hi I've just installed VS .NET 2003 on my new PC and am having some trouble with the documentation. I have installed the October 2003 documentation update. I'm using XP Pro SP1. When I click on some topics in the contents it asks me to insert the documentation CD. I didn't have this problem...more >>

When i installed ZA in my XP machine, my VS.NET freezes when i open up a solution/project (asp.net apps). Also, if i run my program in http://localhost/<apps>, it just wouldn't load up. but of course if i shut down my ZA, everything works fine. I want my ZA to present all the time as i do my a...more >>

Hello, I recently installed a copy of Visual Basic .NET on my computer. However, when I attempted to install the MSDN Library, I got the following error: Error 1305.Error reading from file: D:\Program Files\MSDN\2003JAN\1033\_vsmsdnloc.hxq. Verify that the file exists and that you can access...more >>

Hello, I recently installed a copy of Visual Basic .NET on my computer. However, when I attempted to install the MSDN Library, I got the following error: Error 1305.Error reading from file: D:\Program Files\MSDN\2003JAN\1033\_vsmsdnloc.hxq. Verify that the file exists and that you can access...more >>

Hello, I recently installed a copy of Visual Basic .NET on my computer. However, when I attempted to install the MSDN Library, I got the following error: Error 1305.Error reading from file: D:\Program Files\MSDN\2003JAN\1033\_vsmsdnloc.hxq. Verify that the file exists and that you can access...more >>

Hi All, I have (had) working version of Visual Studio .net 2002 on my notebook (IBM ThinkPad A22p). Suddenly I could not create any new projects and then I've decided to repair installation of the VS on my pc. Well, it does not start any more! So I tried with CD, no chance. I've attached...more >>

I've just recently got a problem with VS.NET hanging. I'm using Windows XP Pro. Sometimes it hangs on the splash screen. If it makes it through, then I can load a solution, but if I ever click on a menu button (like, click 'Files' - no menu even pops up) or hit F5 then it just instantly hangs...more >>

Dear All, I am using windowXP professional, with IIS installed. I've installed vs.net 2003. and i've tried to open a asp.net project. However, vs.net prompted me that my IIS doesn't support ASP.NET 1.1. so, i cannot do my asp.net project what can i do to fix this problem. Thank you...more >>

Does anyone know what specific modules and/or cabinet files are necessary to install remote debugging and analysis components on a Windows 2003 Server? I need to make the install from Remote Desktop at 256 kb/s, so I don't want to copy the entire VS.NET Enterprise Architect installation set over ...more >>

Is it safe to install VS.NET 2003 (architect) on the same PC where I am already running VS 6.0? I am running XP Pro with SP1, yet to install IIS. The original plan was to install it on a different test PC running W2000, but the motherboard died two hours before my intended install (and two mon...more >>

I am sorry. I have looked. I just am trying to find a URL of something that will tell me how to get the setup.exe file for my program. I have added a setup project. I have the dependancies. I rebuild the solution. But there are no setup.exe .msi, etc. files. I am sure is it simple. I j...more >>

Hi, I a about to install the .Net using the Msi file included in the package. But I know that there are a lot of issues on this, that Setup.exe has to be run. Does anybody have a HowToDo Msi Automated installation of this product. Thanks Dennis Fleron...more >>

I am trying to deploy Visual Studio.NET 2003 to a classroom using Group Policy in Windows Server 2003. I have followed standard procedure, first installing to a workstation, and then using the install logfile to make an MST with OCRA (As described on www.appdeployment.com). The program installs ...more >>

My install of Vs.Net 2003 Architect version stalls on the second CD, file UseResources.resources.dll, which is part of the examples. I end up having to kill the install via Task Manager, reboot, start again, which requires a rollback of an unfinished previous install. I can make this happen ove...more >>

I have been trying to install VS 2002 Academic for two weeks now. For the longest time, everything would install fine, but when I tried to run the VS IDE, I would get a BSOD flash on the screen... Some "EXCEPTION NOT HANDLED" error. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling several times, disabling...more >>

I had been running VS 2003 for a couple months and everything was fine, but then...all of a sudden, everything stopped working. I read all the microsoft KB Help files and still could not get VS 2003 to work right. When it started up it would load very very slowly. Finally after 3 days of goo...more >>

I've uinstalled VS 2003 from the MSDN distribution. I had no problems installing it. But when I try to run it, the activation wizard starts. It says my hardware environment has significantly changed and the product needs to be reactivated. It takes about 10 minutes to go through the process, afte...more >>

All - I recently got an email from one of our customers indicating that he experienced an error uninstalling our application from his machine. The error was: Process Performance Counter is disabled, request action can not be performed. I dug around on Google a little and found that this is rel...more >>

I'm configuring Visual Studio .Net 2003 in a college classroom. I would prefer not to give students administror rights to the local computer. If I add a student's domain account to the local VS Developer, Debugger and Power User groups, will there be any negative side effects? ...more >>

i have installed vs.net 2005 CTP May, and after that i am unable to create or open any asp.net project in vs.net 2003. it says that "unable to open the offline cache location " anyone knows how to solve this problem? best regards -- Justin Shen <www.cnblogs.com/hush> -- ...more >>

I am trying to install this on a Windows 2000 machine with SP4 applied. I am running the file (weccom.msi) directly from the CD but it's start installing then I get a "File Protection" error and get prompted for my SP4 CD (I don't have a SP4 CD). I forced the installation of vs.net using the...more >>

Anyone have a CA that detects if Outlook is running? I've had no luck getting my code to run when executed it from within an MSI. I'm using the VS installer, so it has to be a CA exe, dll or vbscript. Thanks in advance! ---JHG...more >>

I have tried to run bootstrap.msi manually from the prerequisites CD, but I get an error 1305. G:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VS7Debug\1033\mdmui.dll seems to be corrupt for some reason. I have re-burned the CD from the ISO I purchased and downloaded from Microsoft, but get the exact...more >>

I have installed VS.NET 2002 wich installed Framework 1.0. After that I ahve installed .Net Framework 1.1 Please can anybody answer my question: will VS.NET 2002 use v1.1 of Framework or should I uninstall 1.0 version of Framework Thank you very much...more >>

I have a VB.NET app that detects if outlook is running. Works fine when I run the app by it's self. When I put it in an MSI as a CA, it fails, such that the "Dim oOutlookApp As New Outlook.Application" command throws an exception with the oh so helpful message "Server execution failed". My c...more >>

How do you install Visual Studio when Service Pack 1 is already installed on my computer?...more >>

Hello! I tried to install "Visual C++ Toolkit 2003" on XP. During "Configuring Microsoft(R) .Net Framework" within the setup an error messages pop ups and the installer hangs in a loop until I click on the OK button of the error message. After this the setup routine aborts. This is the err...more >>

Is it possible to install Visual Studio .NET on Windows 64 I have a Athlon 64 machine and now installed the Windows 64 1-year-trial, but now I have to see that VS.NET can't be installed on that system However, I need VS.NET for my studying activities Is there a commandline switch or something t...more >>

Hi Ng, I've got a problem with the debugging of a Windows Application. I start the app in Debug Mode. But when an exception appears, vs.net doesen't jump to code line where the exception occured. I only get the standard exception message. So I cannot trace the line, in which the exception occu...more >>

When I try to launch Visual Studio .NET, I get the following error message: The application cannot start. I click OK and it closes down I click help and get the following message Visual Studio.NET was not able to load because the file Msxml3.dll could not be loaded I followed the repair in...more >>

Reposted here as it seems more appropriate. Due to a hard drive failure, I've had to rebuild my PC from scratch over the past few days. One of the last items I have left to install is the upgrade to VS .NET 2003, as I require it to continue developing some projects which I had a recent ba...more >>