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all groups > visual studio .net setup > september 2006

VS 2003 SP1 fails w/ missing CAB
Posted by Mike Almond at 9/28/2006 11:51:03 AM
Visual Studio 2003 SP1 install has worked just fine on two different XP SP2 machines. However, on two different Windows Server 2003 SP1 machines we get identical failures. These all used the same .msi file being read form a local drive and not a network share -- then I also tried redownloadi...more >>


Start Windows Service upon Installation Completion
Posted by Chris at 9/20/2006 12:00:00 AM
Hello, I have created an MSI (Created with VS.Net 2005 Deployment Project included in my Windows Service Project) that installs a Windows Service, but I currently have to manually start the service. I created an exe that calls the Net Start command and included it with my installation, but...more >>

Vs2005 Packages Croak after installing Sql Server 2005 Sp1
Posted by charlestek at 9/12/2006 5:44:07 PM
Hi. I just updated my developer edition of sql server 2005 with sp1. Now when I run visual studio 2005 standard, I have a package load failure on the report designer package, the language package, and the microsoft data transfer services designer. I tried running the sp1 patch again, but it ...more >>

Migrating - TFS beta 2 to TFS: How to go about
Posted by Ajay at 9/12/2006 12:20:40 PM
Hi, We have been using TFS beta 2 till now and would like to migrate to the latest TFS release. I have seen few posts in this forum saying that no official migration support is available prior to beta 3. Please suggest how should we go about upgrading from beta 2. What are the steps to foll...more >>

VS2003 SP1: forever... and now broken
Posted by JChMathae at 9/12/2006 8:21:02 AM
One hour for SP1 to install... .... and now when I try to launch VS2003, a Windows Installer window appears, and after a few minutes of intense computation, evrything close. I cannot use VS2003 anymore. -- Jean-Christophe MATHAE CIRTEM http://www.cirtem.com ...more >>

MSProject and Visual Studio 2003 problems
Posted by joakim.soderberg NO[at]SPAM gmail.com at 9/12/2006 7:54:09 AM
Hi, We have Visual Studio 2003 and MS Project 2003 installed in some students labs. When running as an administrator, starting MS Project works fine. But when running as a normal user, the following error messages are shown by msiexec when it tries to install some VS.NET components: "Error...more >>

Problems Installing SP1
Posted by katzky at 9/8/2006 11:15:02 AM
All - I have tried, several time, to install the SP1 for VS 2003 but keep getting an error message: (paraphrasing) "Unable to locate source for installation. Can not proceed." Now... I have both the original CD and I just downloaded the cd.iso from MSDN for VS 2003... yet it stil...more >>

"Project type is not supported by this installation" on ASP.NET 2 upgrade
Posted by Andy Todd at 9/4/2006 2:08:15 PM
A member of my team ran recently an ASP.NET 1.1 (c#) web app through the upgrade process to convert it to an ASP.NET 2 solution. Most of the team can open the solution in VS.NET 2005 but when I try to on my PC it errors saying "The Project file 'Raise.csproj' cannot be opened. The Project t...more >>



Custom Dialog in VS.NET 2003 -> Setup Project -> User Interface
Posted by Janus Kamp Hansen at 9/4/2006 5:06:02 AM
When setting up witch dialogs should be shown as the setup is running I was wondering if it would be possible to add a dialog containing a dropdownlist, witch could be manually populated with data. I need to set a country code from within the setup. The installer installs a Windows Service,...more >>

ADDLOCAL=ALL as a property in MSI
Posted by stefania77 at 9/1/2006 4:23:01 AM
I have an MSI package I would like to create a MST transform file that makes an MSI package to install all features, the same behaviour as "msiexec.exe setup.msi ADDLOCAL=ALL". I don't want to start my installation compiling the command line with the parameter "ADDLOCAL=ALL" but I want in...more >>

Visual Studio 2005 hangs when trying to access the toolbox
Posted by Kai at 9/1/2006 2:08:01 AM
When I am trying to access the toolbox Visual Studio 2005 Professional I get the message "Initializing toolbox... in the statusbar and the program stops to respond. To exit Visual Studio I have to kill the process from the task manager. I are experiencing the same problem on almost every PC...more >>

Install should be in a Specific Path
Posted by B.N.Prabhu at 9/1/2006 12:03:02 AM
Hi, Is it possible to create a Windows Setup Package that should install in a Specific Path [ C:\ABC\ Folder]. Not in any where. The installer should not ask the Path to enter while installation. If yes, then where i have to mention this one. Please Help. by, B.N.Prabhu...more >>


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