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Thursday, July 24, 2008 11:20 PM

Why Windows Installer May Require so much Disk Space

Windows Installer is an engine for performing transactional installations. When installing a product for the fist time, most often few or no files to be installed are already present on the machine. But when upgrading or patching a product, most often
Posted by Heath Stewart | 8 Comments
Friday, May 09, 2008 9:41 PM

Visual Studio and .NET Log Collection Utility

How to obtain and use the Visual Studio and .NET Framework log collection utility, and how to provide logs and feedback.
Posted by Heath Stewart | 14 Comments
Attachment(s): Collect.exe
Thursday, October 18, 2007 12:15 PM

Progress for New Patches

You asked. We answered. One source of problems for Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 was that VS 2005 SP1 targeted multiple products, and if you had multiple target products installed - most commonly Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 that uses our
Posted by Heath Stewart | 3 Comments
Thursday, June 28, 2007 8:32 AM

Unchanged Files Break Patch Uninstall

I've discussed a couple different reasons that Windows Installer 3.0-style patches - those with the MsiPatchMetadata table in the patch package itself - might not be uninstallable. I explained another reason in a discussion about the new patch build support
Posted by Heath Stewart | 0 Comments
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 1:42 PM

Hotfix Published for KB925336

When installing Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 , users may see an error that reads, Error 1718.File D:\WINDOWS\Installer\50baad.msp was rejected by digital signature policy. I've published instructions to work around this issue using either the Management
Posted by Heath Stewart | 2 Comments
Thursday, March 22, 2007 11:50 AM

VS 2005 SP1 Update for Vista Requires VS 2005 SP1

If you're attempting to install the Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Update for Windows Vista without having installed Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 first on all applicable products, you will receive Windows error 1642, which reads, The installer
Posted by Heath Stewart | 6 Comments
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Wednesday, March 07, 2007 5:08 AM

Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Update for Windows Vista Available

As Aaron notes , the Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Update for Windows Vista is available on the download center. This patch is available for all supported languages of Visual Studio 2005, unlike the beta which was available in English and Japanese.
Posted by Heath Stewart | 11 Comments
Tuesday, March 06, 2007 6:22 PM

Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 is Hot – Maybe too Hot

Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 is a big release with many fixes and lots of new features. But with several known issues related to its size, SP1 is a hot issue - maybe a little too hot. A couple of customers were encountering a problem while when installing
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Monday, February 26, 2007 3:08 PM

KB925336 Updated with Better Workaround

When installing Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 , users may see an error that reads, Error 1718.File D:\WINDOWS\Installer\50baad.msp was rejected by digital signature policy. While the filename will be different, the result is that the patch will not
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Monday, February 05, 2007 5:55 PM

Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Rollback Breaks Some Applications

When installing Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 , there are a number of errors that might occur due to insufficient disk space . You might see an error like the following that reads, Error 1307.There is not enough disk space to install this file: D:\WINDOWS\Symbols\dll\mfc80d.IA64.pdb.
Posted by Heath Stewart | 20 Comments
Monday, February 05, 2007 4:36 PM

Workaround for Error 2902 with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the Microsoft Office System

When installing Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 on Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the Microsoft Office System, you might see an error that reads, The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a
Posted by Heath Stewart | 1 Comments
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 9:16 PM

How to Safely Delete Orphaned Patches

If Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 fails to install, you might find additional .msp files under %WINDIR%\Installer for each failed attempt. You should not simply delete these patches , however, because if one of the patches was applied successfully
Posted by Heath Stewart | 16 Comments
Attachment(s): WiMsps.zip
Wednesday, January 17, 2007 10:14 AM

The Patch Cache and Freeing Space

When you install a patch using Windows Installer, the .msp file is cached in the %WINDIR%\Installer directory. This accounts for some of the space required by Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 . A single patch is cached only once regardless to how many
Posted by Heath Stewart | 6 Comments
Attachment(s): Squished Product Codes.csv
Thursday, January 11, 2007 1:14 PM

Known Issues with Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1

There are several known issues when installing Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 . I've documented these below and, when possible, have included workarounds and status on any pending fixes. Contents Error 1718.File '...' was rejected by digital signature
Posted by Heath Stewart | 45 Comments
Thursday, January 11, 2007 1:04 PM

Workaround for Error 1718

When installing Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 , you may see an error like the following (file name will vary): Error 1718.File D:\WINDOWS\Installer\50baad.msp was rejected by digital signature policy. Knowledge Base article 925336 had originally documented
Posted by Heath Stewart | 31 Comments
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