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January 2006 - Posts
Tuesday, January 31, 2006 1:12 PM
Developer Division Servicing Site Launched
A new site has launched on MSDN for the DDCPX team about servicing Visual Studio and the .NET Framework.
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Thursday, January 26, 2006 12:28 PM
Setup.exe Bootstrap Sample and APPVER
The setup.exe bootstrap example in the Windows Installer SDK won't run on versions of Windows below the minimum subsystem version set in the PE header.
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Monday, January 23, 2006 2:26 PM
Why is My Feature Advertised?
Removing a component even through obsolescence or supersedence will cause patched features to appear advertised instead of installed, which causes them to not be patched.
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Monday, January 23, 2006 2:25 PM
Suppressing Console Windows for Custom Actions
How to suppress console windows for EXE custom actions.
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Monday, January 23, 2006 2:24 PM
Waiting to Install
How to wait for a previous install session to finish instead of failing a concurrent install.
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Friday, January 20, 2006 10:20 AM
Windows Live Favorites Now More Useful
About the new Windows Live Favorites add-in for the MSN Search Toolbar.
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Wednesday, January 18, 2006 5:02 PM
Error 2262: Not Necessarily a Fatal Error
How to determine the source of Windows Installer error 2262.
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Monday, January 16, 2006 11:44 AM
Guidelines for COM Interoperability from .NET (Update 1)
Updated guidelines for COM interoperability with .NET with new types available with .NET 2.0.
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Tuesday, January 10, 2006 10:59 AM
Why is Mscoree.lib So Old?
Explanation of why the time stamp of mscoree.lib predates the release of .NET 2.0 in the Platform SDK directories in Visual Studio 8.
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