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all groups > visual studio .net setup > february 2007

How to flag installed EXE as "runas Administrator"
Posted by Gerry at 2/26/2007 3:15:23 PM
The program I develope uses Application Updater blocks (code sample from Microsoft) to download newer versions of itself as we make them available from our website. This is a C# .NET application developed under VS 2005. To work properly under Vista, the user must turn off UAC or flag the exe...more >>


VS 2005 Std under Vista
Posted by Tom at 2/25/2007 8:08:37 PM
I've installed VS 2005 under MS Vista. Once I have done that, exactly what else do I need to install to get VS 2005 to run 'well' in Vista? And in what order? I know that I need to install the VS 2005 SP1, but what else if anything? I haven't run anything yet in VS 2005 until I make sure I get...more >>

3 File type association questions
Posted by ElmoWatson at 2/21/2007 11:32:18 AM
First, I need to find out how to, in the setup program, to add my application to the 'Open With' menu for particular filetypes, even if I have not created a file association which ties to my app, for that filetype. Second - I successfully created file associations, but then, in the "Open With'...more >>

VS.NET 2003 prerequisites requieres reboot
Posted by Jose-san at 2/20/2007 1:27:00 AM
I'm trying to install Visual Studio .NET 2003 in a machine where is already installed Visual Studio .NET 2005. Every time I get a "another program requires reboot" message when I try to install the VS2003 prerequisites althought I have reboot several times. How can I prevent this? Or which are...more >>

Will uninstall of VS2005 Pro delete the projects?
Posted by Tony Girgenti at 2/19/2007 4:03:18 PM
Hello. If i uninstall VS2005 Pro from a WIN XP Pro standalone computer, will it delete the projects and solutions already created? I will have a backup just in case. Just wondering if that will happen. Any help would be gratefully appreciated. Thanks, Tony ...more >>

Deploying x64 Windows Service
Posted by SteveYau at 2/15/2007 8:58:03 PM
Hi there, I've written a Windows Service, built for x64 release platform and have a setup project for the solution. The binary and the setup projects are built by VS2005. When I run the setup.exe on a Windows 2003 R2 Ent. Server (x64), it gives the following error during installation: ...more >>

Remove and Unregister in a project
Posted by cbtechlists NO[at]SPAM gmail.com at 2/15/2007 10:33:03 AM
How do I remove files/directories already on the machine that I want to install a new app on using a Visual Studio setup project? Also, how do I unregister a .dll. I want to remove a folder and all it's files: c:\testfolder and I want to unregister a file c:\testfolder\file.dll before ...more >>

visual studio 2005 application distribution
Posted by Coward 9 at 2/12/2007 4:53:42 PM
HI, I have an application which was developed by using visual studio 2005. However, my customers can NOT run my application probably because they do NOT have VS2005 installed. They do have Microsoft .NET 2.0 installed. What really should I do so that my customer can run my application wi...more >>



Uninstall Custom Action not getting called.
Posted by TheClothCat at 2/12/2007 4:00:01 AM
Hi everyone, I want to run an exe (Uninst.exe) when my software is uninstalled. I have added the file to the Application Folder in the File System Editor and added it as a Custom Action under the Uninstall phase in the Custom Action Editor, but it does not get executed when my software is u...more >>

Set up looking for a source file and not there
Posted by Al at 2/8/2007 2:41:01 PM
I tried to install Developer edition of Visual Studio.While it started installing (still on the first CD) it gave error 1311. Source file not found message. I retried no success, skipped it. This time I received Error 1305 - reading from file. Any input appreciated. Al PS: I do not ha...more >>

Creating subset in VS 2005 help system
Posted by Nobody at 2/8/2007 12:05:40 PM
Here is my problem with VS 2005: I do Windows XP development. I search for MIB_IFROW in index (unfiltered) and it brings me article from "Platform Builder for Microsoft Windows CE 5.0", which is not what I want. When I experienced the same problem in VC++ 6 I was able to easily create he...more >>

VS2003 on TFS Server
Posted by Mark Sargent at 2/7/2007 4:06:13 PM
Hi there, we have a working TFS server running nicely. I wish to do some automated builds of a dotnet 1.1 solution. Are there any known issues installing vs2003 onto a TFS server after it has been setup and configured. I have heard that there could be problems Thanks in advance Mark...more >>

VS2005 SPI install on 2003SP1 - installation source not available
Posted by Stewart F at 2/6/2007 5:36:01 AM
I am trying to install Service Pack 1 on VS2005 Professional on a Windows 2003 Server (SP1) with NET Framework 2 with all critical patches installed. When installing VS2005 SP1 (common version for Std/Pro version) this comes up with the following error: The installation source for this pro...more >>

Finding merge modules for VS2005 setup & deployment proj
Posted by Tim Werth at 2/2/2007 8:00:01 AM
This may not be the best place for this post, but I thought I would start here. I am using VS 2005 to create a merge module Setup & Deployment project. In doing so, I am searching for the Visual Basic 6.0 Virtual Machine merge module (msvbvm60.msm). The links on msdn to this file are stale ...more >>

Running VS 2005 on Windows Vista
Posted by Coder at 2/1/2007 4:11:00 AM
There are some reported compatibility issues with VS 2005 on Vista. 1. VS 2005 must be run as Administrator with elevated permissions. 1a. Does "elevated" refer to permissions over and above Administrator or simply that Administrator is elevated relative to Normal User? 1b. Also, if a user is...more >>


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