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visual studio .net setup : Can't repair/reinstall VS .NET 2003 Pro - weird problem
I decided that I needed to repair/reinstall VS because when I ran it, the IDE closed down immediately without any error messages. However I am unable to repair/reinstall because when I insert the VS Disc 1, and click on Option 2 Visual Studio .NET "You are now ready to install Visual Studio .NET", it fires up Creative Surround Mixer and the Setup screen exits! I then used msconfig to set Diagnostic Startup with just Windows Installer selected on the Services tab and tried again. However the result is basically the same - "Surround Mixer - Unable to detect any SoundBlaster series of soundcards. The application will exit" - because the Creative drivers/services haven't been loaded. I then followed the article "How to remove Visual Studio .NET 2003" at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;824642 but got the same problem with Creative Surround Mixer when it came to Step 10 - Install Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003. I then followed the instructions written by Mark Smith at: http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?hl=en&lr=&selm=6QMlbPUOEHA.3800%40cpmsftngxa10.phx.gbl All the steps up to and including "Perform Repair Installation of the .NET Framework 1.1" were successful. However running the vs_setup.msi command in the next step, "Perform Repair Installation of Visual Studio .NET 2003 Professional", resulted in the prompt "To install this product, please run Setup.exe. For other installation options, see the Installation section of ReadMe.htm". I therefore ran Setup.exe on the VS Disc 1, clicked Option 2 and got the same Surround Mixer error as above. So I am completely stuck, unable to reinstall or repair VS. Any help or advice to fix this problem would be much appreciated! Thanks.
[quoted text, click to view] "J Williams" <Zjohnwilliams_esquireZ@Zhotmail.comZ> wrote in message I found the following posted elsewhere, which *may* be of help to you:news:35058iF4fmmmtU1@individual.net... > Visual Studio .NET Professional 2003 on Windows XP Pro SP2. > > I decided that I needed to repair/reinstall VS because when I ran it, the > IDE closed down immediately without any error messages. However I am > unable to repair/reinstall because when I insert the VS Disc 1, and click > on Option 2 Visual Studio .NET "You are now ready to install Visual Studio > .NET", it fires up Creative Surround Mixer and the Setup screen exits! > > I then used msconfig to set Diagnostic Startup with just Windows Installer > selected on the Services tab and tried again. However the result is > basically the same - "Surround Mixer - Unable to detect any SoundBlaster > series of soundcards. The application will exit" - because the Creative > drivers/services haven't been loaded. > > I then followed the article "How to remove Visual Studio .NET 2003" at: > > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;824642 > > but got the same problem with Creative Surround Mixer when it came to Step > 10 - Install Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003. > > I then followed the instructions written by Mark Smith at: > > http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?hl=en&lr=&selm=6QMlbPUOEHA.3800%40cpmsftngxa10.phx.gbl > > All the steps up to and including "Perform Repair Installation of the .NET > Framework 1.1" were successful. However running the vs_setup.msi command > in the next step, "Perform Repair Installation of Visual Studio .NET 2003 > Professional", resulted in the prompt "To install this product, please run > Setup.exe. For other installation options, see the Installation section > of ReadMe.htm". I therefore ran Setup.exe on the VS Disc 1, clicked > Option 2 and got the same Surround Mixer error as above. > > So I am completely stuck, unable to reinstall or repair VS. > > Any help or advice to fix this problem would be much appreciated! Thanks. > > <quote> Seems that Windows is running what is defined in App Paths for "setup.exe" Judging by the error that you are getting, Windows is running <system32>\setup.exe instead of the setup.exe from the CD. Open regedit and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\Setup.exe Double click on the default value and clear the value data. It should now be blank. This should clear up your problem and allow you to install VS. Kirt White Windows Installer Development Visual Studio/.NET Setup and Deployment Microsoft Corporation This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties and confers no rights. </quote> Your situation sounded somewhat similar... -- Peter [MVP Visual Developer] Jack of all trades, master of none.
[quoted text, click to view] "J Williams" <Zjohnwilliams_esquireZ@Zhotmail.comZ> wrote in message Great news!news:352377F4efmlhU1@individual.net... > Thanks Peter - found it myself and it worked. > Glad you got it sorted. -- Peter [MVP Visual Developer] Jack of all trades, master of none.
I've fixed the problem, thanks to an earlier post from Kirt White:
Seems that Windows is running what is defined in App Paths for "setup.exe" Judging by the error that you are getting, Windows is running <system32>\setup.exe instead of the setup.exe from the CD. Open regedit and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\Setup.exe Double click on the default value and clear the value data. It should now be blank. This should clear up your problem and allow you to install VS. [quoted text, click to view] "J Williams" <Zjohnwilliams_esquireZ@Zhotmail.comZ> wrote in message news:35058iF4fmmmtU1@individual.net... > Visual Studio .NET Professional 2003 on Windows XP Pro SP2. > > I decided that I needed to repair/reinstall VS because when I ran it, the > IDE closed down immediately without any error messages. However I am > unable to repair/reinstall because when I insert the VS Disc 1, and click > on Option 2 Visual Studio .NET "You are now ready to install Visual Studio > .NET", it fires up Creative Surround Mixer and the Setup screen exits! > > I then used msconfig to set Diagnostic Startup with just Windows Installer > selected on the Services tab and tried again. However the result is > basically the same - "Surround Mixer - Unable to detect any SoundBlaster > series of soundcards. The application will exit" - because the Creative > drivers/services haven't been loaded. > > I then followed the article "How to remove Visual Studio .NET 2003" at: > > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;824642 > > but got the same problem with Creative Surround Mixer when it came to Step > 10 - Install Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003. > > I then followed the instructions written by Mark Smith at: > > http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?hl=en&lr=&selm=6QMlbPUOEHA.3800%40cpmsftngxa10.phx.gbl > > All the steps up to and including "Perform Repair Installation of the .NET > Framework 1.1" were successful. However running the vs_setup.msi command > in the next step, "Perform Repair Installation of Visual Studio .NET 2003 > Professional", resulted in the prompt "To install this product, please run > Setup.exe. For other installation options, see the Installation section > of ReadMe.htm". I therefore ran Setup.exe on the VS Disc 1, clicked > Option 2 and got the same Surround Mixer error as above. > > So I am completely stuck, unable to reinstall or repair VS. > > Any help or advice to fix this problem would be much appreciated! Thanks. > >
Thanks Peter - found it myself and it worked.
[quoted text, click to view] "Peter van der Goes" <p_vandergoes@toadstool.u> wrote in message news:%23CFnLWK$EHA.1260@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl... > > "J Williams" <Zjohnwilliams_esquireZ@Zhotmail.comZ> wrote in message > news:35058iF4fmmmtU1@individual.net... >> Visual Studio .NET Professional 2003 on Windows XP Pro SP2. >> >> I decided that I needed to repair/reinstall VS because when I ran it, the >> IDE closed down immediately without any error messages. However I am >> unable to repair/reinstall because when I insert the VS Disc 1, and click >> on Option 2 Visual Studio .NET "You are now ready to install Visual >> Studio .NET", it fires up Creative Surround Mixer and the Setup screen >> exits! >> >> I then used msconfig to set Diagnostic Startup with just Windows >> Installer selected on the Services tab and tried again. However the >> result is basically the same - "Surround Mixer - Unable to detect any >> SoundBlaster series of soundcards. The application will exit" - because >> the Creative drivers/services haven't been loaded. >> >> I then followed the article "How to remove Visual Studio .NET 2003" at: >> >> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;824642 >> >> but got the same problem with Creative Surround Mixer when it came to >> Step 10 - Install Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003. >> >> I then followed the instructions written by Mark Smith at: >> >> http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?hl=en&lr=&selm=6QMlbPUOEHA.3800%40cpmsftngxa10.phx.gbl >> >> All the steps up to and including "Perform Repair Installation of the >> .NET Framework 1.1" were successful. However running the vs_setup.msi >> command in the next step, "Perform Repair Installation of Visual Studio >> .NET 2003 Professional", resulted in the prompt "To install this product, >> please run Setup.exe. For other installation options, see the >> Installation section of ReadMe.htm". I therefore ran Setup.exe on the VS >> Disc 1, clicked Option 2 and got the same Surround Mixer error as above. >> >> So I am completely stuck, unable to reinstall or repair VS. >> >> Any help or advice to fix this problem would be much appreciated! >> Thanks. >> >> > I found the following posted elsewhere, which *may* be of help to you: > > <quote> > Seems that Windows is running what is defined in App Paths for "setup.exe" > Judging by the error that you are getting, Windows is running > <system32>\setup.exe instead of the setup.exe from the CD. > > Open regedit and navigate to > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App > Paths\Setup.exe > > Double click on the default value and clear the value data. It should now > be blank. This should clear up your problem and allow you to install VS. > > Kirt White > Windows Installer Development > Visual Studio/.NET Setup and Deployment > Microsoft Corporation > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties and confers no rights. > </quote> > > Your situation sounded somewhat similar... > > -- > Peter [MVP Visual Developer] > Jack of all trades, master of none. >
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