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2017 1

  1. VS 2017-Invalid class:System.Management.ManagementException.ThrowWithExtendedInfo(ManagementStatus errorCode)

2016 11

  1. The imported project "C:Program Files(x86)MsBuildMicrosoftWindowsXamlv14.08.1Microsoft.Windows.UI.Xaml.CSharp.targets" was not found
  2. Unable to launch Visual Studio 2015 IDE after removing Update3
  3. Setup detected an issue during the operation. Please click below to check for a solution and help us to improve the setup experience.
  4. Error 1719.The Windows Installer Service could not be accessed
  5. Error 1722. There is a problem with this Windows Installer package
  6. When you install an updated Visual C++ 2013 redistributable package, binaries for non-target architectures are removed
  7. Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation
  8. Error 1606.Could not access network location
  9. Visual Studio 2015 Sign-in Experience & Scenarios
  10. A certificate chain could not be built to a trusted root authority
  11. SignTool Error: The signer's certificate is not valid for signing

2015 4

  1. Error opening installation log file. Verify that the specified log file location exists and that you can write to it.
  2. The imported project "C:Program Files(x86)MsBuildMicrosoftWindowsXamlv14.08.1Microsoft.Windows.UI.Xaml.CSharp.targets" was not found
  3. Installation of Visual C++ Redistributable 2005(X64) may fail with error code 2381
  4. The setup cannot run in compatibility mode

2014 11

  1. Error 26403.Failed to add user to group
  2. Error 997. Overlapped I/O operation is in progress: KB2918614 breaks Windows Installer Service
  3. Installation failing with “A newer version of Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable has been detected on this machine”
  4. New User Logon Failing with error “User profile cannot be loaded” After Installing Visual Studio 2013
  5. Installation of a ClickOnce application failing with an error pointing to a wrong deployment URL.
  6. delegating uninstallation of assembly file : *** to Fusion
  7. Unrecognized configuration section appSettings
  8. Opening a CSS file in Visual Studio 2010 may throw error ‘The operation could not be completed. Unspecified error.’
  9. Installation of Bootstrapper Package may fail with the error: ‘Setup has detected that the file X has either changed since it was initially published or may be corrupt.’
  10. XBAP:Reference in the manifest does not match the identity of the downloaded assembly
  11. Installation of Silverlight fails without any specific error message

2013 40

  1. LightSwitch Extensibility Toolkit for Visual Studio 2012 Failing With a Generic Error message
  2. Error 1939. The service 'My_Service' could not be configured
  3. ClickOnce on Roaming Profile
  4. A device attached to the system is not functioning
  5. “Current thread must be set to single thread apartment (STA) mode before OLE calls can be made”
  6. An error occurred while signing: SignTool.exe not found
  7. Removal of a component from a feature is not supported
  8. Reference in the manifest does not match the identity of the downloaded assembly
  9. An error occurred while signing: Key not valid for use in specified state
  10. How to publish an application through ClickOnce Deployment if Front Page extension is not present on the server.
  11. Installation of the Visual Studio 2012 fails with the error message “Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Devenv Element not found”.
  12. Installation of the Visual Studio 2012 fails with the error message “Microsoft .Net Framework required for Microsoft Visual Studio Ultimate Setup”.
  13. Installation of the Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 does not terminate as expected and keeps running indefinitely
  14. Visual Studio 2012 fails with an error 'The pipe is being closed'
  15. Error 25003. Error occurred while initializing fusion
  16. DDSet_Error: CacheGACAssembly failed
  17. Visual Studio IDE may crash without any error message
  18. Installation of Visual Studio 2012 fails with error message ‘Cannot find requested object’ on final screen
  19. How to add a registry key (InstallLocation) that points to the full path to an application's primary folder
  20. Installation of Visual Studio 2012 Update 3 fails with error ‘The pipe is being closed’
  21. An error occurred creating the configuration section handler for userSettings/Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.LandingPage.Properties
  22. Visual Studio 2012 Update 3 unexpectedly shows installation UI in a language that you are not familiar with, while everything else on the machine appears in English
  23. The mounted file system does not support extended attributes
  24. MBSA 2.2 scanning tool reoffering KB 2538243, even after a successful installation on the machine
  25. A custom deployment of ClickOnce application starts the reinstallation process every time the user logs off and logs back again
  26. Error message “MSBuild.exe is not a valid Win32 application” is shown while trying to build using MSBuild.exe.
  27. Install cannot continue because some required components failed
  28. MSBUILD : error MSB1003: Specify a project or solution file. The current working directory does not contain a project or solution file.
  29. Installation of .net framework 3.5 sp1 fails with error codes 1714 and 1612
  30. Visual Studio 2010 throws package load errors on launch and creation of new project fails
  31. Visual Studio 2012 IDE shows “Failed to create a 'ImageSource' from the text '..ImagesMedium.png'. while accessing file New / file Open dialog boxes.
  32. Error: Installation failed for component Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 (x64) 'package'. MSI returned error code 1603
  33. "Unknown trust provider" Error while installing .NET Framework 4.0.
  34. Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component
  35. Installation of an MSI package shows "Assembly Error: The assembly is built by a runtime newer than the currently loaded runtime, and cannot be loaded." error
  36. System.TypeLoadException while executing any .Net Framework 2.0 application
  37. MS13-004 patch for .Net 1.1 is re-offered on Windows XP systems even though patch binaries are updated successfully
  38. SignatureDescription could not be created for the signature algorithm supplied
  39. Failed to connect to server. Error: 0x80004005
  40. Windows SmartScreen prevented an unrecognized app from running. Running this app might put your PC at risk

2012 36

  1. KB2698023: "Error 1606.Could not access network location”
  2. Error 1334. The file '_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' cannot be installed because the file cannot be found in cabinet file
  3. Setup.exe is not a valid Win32 application
  4. Installation of net framework updates like KB2657424 failing as ‘web.config’ file has Read Only (RO) attribute
  5. Installation of .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 fails due to an existing .NET 4.0 mscoree.dll
  6. Installation of VC++2005/2008 redistributables fail with 0x80070005 Assembly Error:Access is denied issue
  7. All the Project templates missing in Visual Studio 2012
  8. Patches getting reoffered on SCCM and Windows update even after they are successfully installed.
  9. Unable to cast COM object of type 'System.__ComObject' to interface type
  10. Installation of the Service Pack 1 for Visual Studio 2010 fails without any explicit (UI) error message
  11. "Assembly Error: The assembly is built by a runtime newer than the currently loaded runtime, and cannot be loaded."
  12. Unable to install .NET Framework 4.0.//Global Block Checks: StopBlockers evaluated to true.
  13. Unable to add Entity data model to a Visual Studio project
  14. Error 1935.An error occurred during the installation of assembly
  15. error code: (0x800B010B), "Generic trust failure”
  16. How to work around the Program Compatibility Assistant warning in Visual Studio unattended setup
  17. Installation of .NET Framework 4.0, Visual Studio 2010. VC++ 2010 fail with certificate error messages
  18. Failed to install assembly ***** because of system error: The system cannot find the file specified.
  19. Visual Studio 2010 IDE fails to launch due to improper installation of Service Pack1
  20. Setup Project failing with the error message -- "XBLK LD4.dll" failed to register. HRESULT -2147024770”
  21. “No valid sequence could be found for the set of patches”
  22. Major upgrade for the setup project created in visual studio is not replacing the older files
  23. Visual Studio 2010 fails to install on a 64bit OS
  24. Installation of Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable fails if Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Redistributable is already present in the system
  25. 'Installation of VS2010 or VS2008 failing on the first component (eg Visual Studio 2010 64 bit prerequisites) with error 1320'
  26. You may receive Msi API Error 80004005 when running update syntax on a msi table using WiRunSQL.vbs script.
  27. MSI installation Fails while installing a Custom Action with “Error 1001. Exception occurred while initializing the installation”
  28. MSDN Library setup for Visual Studio 2008 fails to install
  29. Product: Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Extended -- Error 1402. Could not open key: UNKNOWNComponents. System error 5. Verify that you have sufficient access to that key, or contact your support personnel.
  30. Unable to install “Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4”
  31. Missing .Net Framework 2.0/3.0/3.5/4.0 option(s) in the dropdown list when creating a new project in Visual Studio 2010 on any Windows system
  32. .NET 4.0 failed due to missing msxml3.dll
  33. Error : Unable to install .Net Framework updates “ Feature: Redist_Package; Installed: Advertise; Request: Reinstall; Action: Reinstall”
  34. CLICK ONCE ERROR: “An error occurred while signing: Failed to sign binDebugapp.publish\setup.exe. SignTool Error”
  35. Issues with the installation of VC++ Redistributable packages. Error: The feature you are trying to use is in a network resource that is unavailable.
  36. MS11-100 : KB2656353 Error Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 -- Internal Error 2705. Directory

2011 16

  1. Installation of Silverlight Fails with a generic error 1603 "Installation failed"
  2. MSI built on Visual Studio installs into C: instead of C:Program Files
  3. Error: Entry Point Not Found : The procedure entry point FindActCtxSectionStringW could not be located in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll
  4. Unable Create the Office projects on a machine where we have both Visual Studio 2010 and Office pro plus 2010 installed
  5. DEBUG: Error 2769: Custom Action CA_InstallAssemblyDef.3643236F_FC70_11D3_A536_0090278A1BB8 did not close 2 MSIHANDLEs.
  6. DDSet_Error: Failed to install assembly 'c:WINNTMicrosoft.NETFrameworkv2.0.50727System.Web.dll' because of system error: Access is denied
  7. Executing op: CustomActionSchedule(Action=ExecSecureObjects,ActionType=3073,Source=BinaryData
  8. Error 25015.Failed to install assembly 'C:WINDOWSMicrosoft.NETFrameworkv2.0.50727IEExecRemote.dll' because of system error: Access is denied
  9. MS11-049 patch is re-offered through Windows Update
  10. Warning 1909.Could not create Shortcut Visual Studio Command Prompt (2010).lnk
  11. .NET Framework Initialization Error
  12. KB2455033 fails to install from Windows Update
  13. MS11-028 update causes failure for MMCs and PowerShell to launch
  14. Installation failed with error code: (0x800B010B), "Generic trust failure”
  15. "Error 25007.Error occurred while initializing fusion. Setup could not load fusion with LoadLibraryShim(). Error: 0x80131700"
  16. "The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log for more detail."

2010 21

  1. mmc could not create the snap-in.
  2. You may find slow down in system booting time after installing .NET Framework 4.0 client profile
  3. 'System.Security.Authentication.ExtendedProtection.ExtendedProtectionPolicy'"
  4. KB983583(MS10-060) is re-offered by Windows Update
  5. .Net framework 4.0 installation with DEP turned on
  6. "The upgrade patch can not be installed by the windows installer service because the program to be upgraded may be running or the upgrade patch may update a different version of the program"
  7. KB974417 is re-offered by Windows Update
  8. "25007.Error occurred while initializing fusion. Setup could not load fusion with LoadLibraryShim(). Error: The handle is invalid."
  9. Help Library Agent exception: System.Collections.Generic.KeyNotFoundException: The given key was not present in the dictionary
  10. DDSet_Error: Internal error: 2
  11. The Visual Studio 2010 Help-About dialog box and the Splash Screen shows Registered Username and Registered Organization as Microsoft.
  12. Visual Studio 2008 Hangs in Design View with ASP.Net web pages
  13. “None of the products that are addressed by this software update are installed on this computer. Click Cancel to exit setup. – KB974417"
  14. “Error Message: “Error 1335, the cabinet file_2694_ssce20.msm required for this installation is corrupt and cannot be used.” While installing Visual studio 2005
  15. Not able to install Enterprise library for .net framework 1.1 ?
  16. “Please wait while windows is configuring Visual Fox Pro professional - English"
  17. Visual studio 2008 installation crashes while installing .Net framework 3.5
  18. Error “Setup failed on component WIC installer"
  19. NET Framework 3.5 SP1 installation fails while installing WIC installer
  20. Installation of Visual FoxPro 9.0 fails: Error 1327.Invalid Drive:< mapped drive name>:
  21. Setup.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close

2009 23

  1. VS08/Updating web references in a web project/0x80004002
  2. How to get the product key for Visual Studio 2008 that is already installed.
  3. .Net framework 2.0/Installation issue/It has encountered a problem and needs to be closed:
  4. VS2008/Deployment through SCCM/Setup.exe does not end after the installation
  5. None of the .net framework 2.0 based executables run, they crash
  6. .Net framework 3.5 SP1 fails on WCF
  7. Error code 1603 for this component means "Fatal error during installation" while installing .Net framework 3.0
  8. “This setup is not supported on 64-bit versions of Windows XP”
  9. “Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine, Version=8.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f”
  10. Project : error PRJ0003 : Error spawning 'cl.exe'
  11. "Xamlviewer" folder is deleted after installing .Net Framework 3.5 SP1
  12. Unable to uninstall an Add-In from the Visual Studio IDE
  13. SQL Server 2008 setup fails with a Microsoft .NET Framework exception
  14. How to install Expression Blend and SP1 in silent mode
  15. While installing Visual Studio 2005 you get an error “Installing to mapped drive is not supported"
  16. The Windows Installer package:c:95a81ae6b7710d0be9e6ff093dafvs_setup.ms_ could not be opened
  17. Visual Basic 6.0 IDE launch executes with Visual Studio 2005 resiliency
  18. "Microsoft Document Explorer cannot be shown because the specified help collection 'ms-help://MS.MSDNQTR.v90.en' is invalid".
  19. Unable to install Windows update
  20. .Net Framework 3.5 installation fails while installing .Net framework 3.0
  21. While downloading from MSDN subscription site, we get an error "Failed to initiate the download"
  22. Microsoft Update Catalog - KB959209 - Two downloads with different file sizes
  23. .NET Framework 3.5 OR .Net Framework 3.0 Setup might fail while installing WCF components