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An error occurred while signing: SignTool.exe not found
While publishing a ClickOnce application using Visual Studio 2010, it may fail with the following error message: Error 1 Cannot publish because a project failed to build. Error 2 An error occurred...
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“Current thread must be set to single thread apartment (STA) mode before OLE...
While calling a OpenFileDialog (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.openfiledialog.aspx) via Installer class as a Custom Action in the Visual Studio Setup project, it just...
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A device attached to the system is not functioning
ClickOnce application may fail with the following error message:A device attached to the system is not functioning. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007001F)As per the ClickOnce log:...
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ClickOnce on Roaming Profile
Let’s first talk about Roaming Profile: Roaming Profile allows users with computers on a Windows Server domain to log on to any computer on the same network and access its documents. While on Roaming...
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Error 1939. The service 'My_Service' could not be configured
Problem: MSI 5.0 package fails with an ERROR 1939 during "MsiConfigureServices" standard action execution. I tried to use "MsiConfigureServices" standard action in the msi package to configure a custom...
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LightSwitch Extensibility Toolkit for Visual Studio 2012 Failing With a...
Issue Description:Installation of LightSwitch Extensibility Toolkit for Visual Studio 2012 Failing With a Generic Error message dialog boxEnvironment:Windows 7 SP1 (x86 and x64)Windows 8 (x86 and...
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Installation of Silverlight fails without any specific error message
ISSUE DESCRIPTION: Installation of Silverlight from http://www.microsoft.com/getsilverlight or http://www.silverlight.net/downloads fails without any specific error messageENVIRONMENT:Windows 7 SP1...
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XBAP:Reference in the manifest does not match the identity of the downloaded...
Any ClickOnce (browser based XBAP) Application fails on x86 operating systems with the below error message:An exception occurred while downloading the application. Following failure messages were...
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Installation of Bootstrapper Package may fail with the error: ‘Setup has...
Issue: Installation ofBootstrapper Package (setup package or ClickOnce package along with the pre-requisite(s)) created using the Visual 2010 or Visual Studio 2012 RTM may fail with the error: ‘Setup...
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Opening a CSS file in Visual Studio 2010 may throw error ‘The operation could...
ISSUE DESCRIPTION: Trying to open a CSS file in Visual Studio 2010 shows error ‘The operation could not be completed. Unspecified error.’WHAT IS CSS?A cascading style sheet (CSS) contains style rules...
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Unrecognized configuration section appSettings
Problem description: A 64bit managed .Net service crashes with an exception "Configuration system failed to initialize" on a Win7 X64 OS.I launched the App.exe in the...
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delegating uninstallation of assembly file : *** to Fusion
Summary: I created a MSI package which has Merge Module - Microsoft_VC90_DebugCRT_x86.msm. I was able to install the MSI package successfully on my WIN 7 OS. Then I uninstalled the same MSI...
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Installation of a ClickOnce application failing with an error pointing to a...
ISSUE DESCRIPTION AND SYMPTOM: Installation of a ClickOnce application could fail with the error message referencing a URL different from the one from the one with which the installation was...
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New User Logon Failing with error “User profile cannot be loaded” After...
ISSUE DESCRIPTION and SYMPTOM: New user logon may fail on a machine where Visual Studio 2013 has been installed in system context.When such a user tries to log on to this machine for the first time,...
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Installation failing with “A newer version of Microsoft Visual C++ 2010...
ISSUE DESCRIPTION: Installation of Visual C++ 2010 or software that installs a version of VC++ 2010 runtime might fail saying that a newer version is already installed. Or it might be the installation...
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Error 997. Overlapped I/O operation is in progress: KB2918614 breaks Windows...
Certain MSI packages may fail with an error "Error 997. Overlapped I/O operation is in progress"As per the MSI log:MSI (s) (44:48) [15:07:21:799]: Determining source type MSI (s) (44:48)...
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Error 26403.Failed to add user to group
Visual Studio 2013 unattended installation fails on Win8.1/8.0 OSs when deployed via SCCM 2012. As per the MSI log (dd_vs_professional_XXXXX_XX_vs_professionalcore.log):MSI (s) (00:80) [17:04:35:024]:...
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The setup cannot run in compatibility mode
The Microsoft .Net Framework 4.5.2 Setup may fail with the below error message:As per the install log:Installation Blockers: 1.The setup cannot run in compatibility mode.2.The .NET Framework 4.5.2 is...
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Installation of Visual C++ Redistributable 2005(X64) may fail with error code...
ISSUE DESCRIPTION AND SYMPTOM: Installation ofVC Redistributable 2005(X64), a prerequisite for a third party backup software in our case, failed with an explicit error message- “The installer has...
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The imported project "C:\Program...
While trying to create any C# shared or Windows Phone projects using the Visual Studio 2015 IDE, you may receive an error message as highlighted below:This is a known issue and it would be fixed in a...
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