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visual studio .net setup : Setup cannot access the required initialization file...

Peter van der Goes
2/24/2005 10:20:57 AM

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Have you tried this alternative?
This fix was posted for a similar problem and may well work for 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.

</quote>

Hope this helps.

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Peter [MVP Visual Developer]
Jack of all trades, master of none.

Tess via DotNetMonster.com
2/24/2005 4:04:00 PM

Hello,
I get the following error message when trying to install VS .Net:
Setup cannot access the required initialization file 'C:\Progra~1\SAP\
FRONTEND\SAPGUI\FILE\ODBC\AUNCHER="C:\Docume~1\...\Temp\"

I tried the approach suggested on this site by someone else who had this
problem: running Setup.exe from the Setup folder rather than from the
install root (running C:\Installs\VisualStudio2003\Setup\setup.exe rather
than C:\Installs\VisualStudio2003\setup.exe). But it then complains that
the Visual Studio Prerequisites need to be installed first. I'm stuck in
the proverbial vicious circle. :-(

Any insight or suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Tess

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Tess via DotNetMonster.com
2/24/2005 6:37:47 PM

Thank you, Peter.
That's exactly what was wrong.
The install works fine now.

Best wishes,
Tess

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Peter van der Goes
2/25/2005 7:05:06 AM

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Great news!
Thanks for posting back.
Have fun with Visual Studio!

--
Peter [MVP Visual Developer]
Jack of all trades, master of none.

Bala
7/8/2006 3:14:42 AM

I also got the same error. As per peter's posting, I have made the change in the regedit. It is working well now. Thanks a lot!

Bala

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Sid
6/21/2007 12:32:59 PM

Exact error and exact solution.... Good work Peter....
Thanks a lot :-)

-SID.

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Leo Dragun
7/23/2007 7:38:14 AM

Wow I just got stuck with this problem thank god I found this thread!

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Swapna
7/28/2007 3:53:44 AM

Excellent.... Now I am able to install VS.NET. Thanks Peter for the fix :)

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Trevor Morris
8/6/2007 5:18:27 PM

Thanks !!!

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Prasad
3/12/2008 1:51:01 PM

Wow! I was just stuck at this point. I appreciate your help.

Thank you

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