Hello, I try to add an exe to the custom actions and hope that it will run after the installation automatically. That exe being added is excluded from the installer. However, the path of the exe seems not correct and cannot be ran. Do anyone have any ideas about this? Helen...more >>

Hi, I have a project in sourcesafe and I'm trying to download files from source safe server on my local machine in Visual Studio.net 2003 ( File --> Source Control --> Open From Source Control). I already picked the directory in sourcesafe (which is setup as the working folder). I get prom...more >>

Hello, I am developing installer project in Visual Studio 2003 for my components and I have a problem with upgrading assemblies in GAC. I need upgrading these assemblies with newer ones (AssemblyVersion is the same, but AssemblyFileVersion is different) and I wanted to do so with installer....more >>

Trying to remotely debug (Windows Server 2003) with Visual Studio .NET 2003 and get this error: "Unable to start debugging on the web server. The RPC server is unavailable" Followed the instructions on the MSDN site to setup remote debugging, <BLOCKED::blocked::http://msdn.microsoft.com/lib...more >>

I just bought it, and try to activate it, however, I can neither activate it on internet nor telephone, both said invalid id number, I installed it without any problems using the product key on cd box, it is obviously a valid key, I have no idea how it come, now things getting worse, since th...more >>

Hi Everyone, I was trying to install visual studio .net academic 2003 edition. By mistake i had entered a wrong product id and after installation, it gave an error "Please enter a valid product key to use this product - ....". After that I unistalled the product and tried to install it agai...more >>

I am trying to take the 3 MSDN VS.NET 2003 ISO images from the MSDN Subscription site and put them on DVD. Unfortunately it looks like 3 CD's are required due to volume labeling. Is this correct, and is there no way for me to create my own DVD from the ISO images? Thanks, -- Bill Baker...more >>

Hello, I have created a setup for our product using the Visual Studio Setup project. The project has close to 500MB of content that is included along with the file structure inside the setup project. When the final msi package is built it's file size is 208MB. When I or customers run t...more >>

I have seen numerous threads regarding forcing an "Everyone" install and even removing the radio buttons, but I actually wish to not even allow the user to select the install location [BUT] force it install for Everyone. I saw one thread about a Property called ALLUSERS, but it's not in my ...more >>

After having to re-install VS .NET 2002, and accepting the service pack upgrade upgrade in the process, I receive a message: "The application can not start." and after clicking the OK button twice, VS .NET 2002 closes down. I did not install VS .NET 2002 on my c: drive but rather on another dr...more >>

I just install the visual Studio.Net It went through ok... I do not know how it is going to work.... How I can Start to make an application...more >>

Hi, I am trying to deploy Visual Studio .NET 2003 thru Group Policy on XP and followed the instruction on MSDN. I installed Pre-requisites for VS .NET 2003. Extracted VS files to network share with administrative install and Transform. When I try to install VS .NET 2003, with 'msiexec /...more >>

Is it safe to do a side by side of Feb CTP of VS 2005 and 2003? Ideally I would use a virtual machine, but my machine only has a one gig of RAM. I suspect even the simple exploratory work I want to with the CTP will grind me to halt. So is a side by side install safe? I already asked thi...more >>

Hi all, I have installed VS.Net 2003 & MSDN in my PC, after sometime I need to install VS 6.0 in my PC as well (I need to use VB 6 and C++), so I installed VS 6.0 in the same machine. Is there any disadvantage on this? Can I install MSDN which was come with VS 6.0 on the same machine? Many...more >>

Hello, I'm attempting to reinstall Studio Net 2003 Professional on XP Pro with SQL 2000 Developer on the machine. Everytime I start it it brings up the pre-requisites as being incomplete and launching into an installation of MySQL. I've let this run through but it simply will not let me ...more >>

I'm new to Visual Studio and I am having problems with the default currency symbol. The Regional and Language Options on my machine are set to English (United Kingdom). The International Settings under Tools->Options->Environment within Visual Studio .Net are set to Same As Microsoft Off...more >>

Hello, I recently downloaded VC++ 2005 Express Beta and installed it. It doesn't have MFC, so.... I then tried to run my VS.Net Beta 2, version 7.0, and I found there were some problems with it. I decided to try reinstalling it. In the middle of the reinstall there was a protection fau...more >>

I think I deleted "device controls" on toolbox of visual studio 2003 by accident, now I need it, how I can add it back? I try to reinstall it VS.net, but no help. any comments will be appreciated. ...more >>

Does anyone know if you can install both VS.NET 2003 and 2005 side by side on the same machine? regards, Bill...more >>

hi, sorry about my bad english :) so, i would like to use my web setup project, not just to create the virtual directory on IIS, but to update my 'bin' and 'js' directory (with more files) in the future(on onother version of my .msi), the problem happen when i try update my site running...more >>