Visual Studio 2013 installer crashes instantly - visual-studio-2013

I've tried both the ISO and the web installer. Neither works, they both give the same error. I get the splash screen for a few seconds, and then a popup comes up and says that it has simply "stopped working." I've got the latest .NET installed (4.5.2), both Intel HD Graphics drivers and my NVIDIA drivers up to date as well. I've tried all of the solutions I can see that people had for this issue to no avail. Any help would be much appreciated.

Look at ActivityLog.xml and EventViewer (probably for errors in devenv.exe) to get more details. And specify what version of VS13 and any Update packs you're trying to install. Also if you had any previous versions installed and if you're on a 32 or 64 bit system.

the full path of that folder would be c:\users(your user login)\App Data\Microsoft . but make sure you have it set to see hidden files and folders.
And again - which VS13 are you trying?

Try to uninstall:
"Intel HD graphics driver" (generic driver)
Or try an updated graphics driver.
It works for me in Visual Studio 2013 and Visual Studio 2015.

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Windows 7 Visual Studio "windows 8.1 required" on new project

I ran into some time consuming problems.
So basically I've been using VS 2015 for a while on Win7 64bit.
I installed the "Windows 8 Tools" because I tried to debug something for another version of windows. I played a lot to make that work, I think I changed the toolset locations maybe, but I don't know where that is and what the default would be.
The problem is when I uninstalled the Win8 toolsets from my Control Panel, then when I tried to enter one of my project, it said I needed to upgrade to windows 8.1 to load this project.
Even if I try to create a new JavaScript project it tells me I need to upgrade to Windows 8,1.
There is a weird message this is the link: (https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/183979885788659713/365283534644183065/unknown.png).
It says "Visual Studio 2013" I don't know why.
I've been googling for hours but I'm not even english and I don't find nothing I think my problem is too specific.
Maybe I miss something but can anyone help please?
Right now I'm desperate.
I uninstall with the cmd "D:\vs_entreprise.exe /uninstall /force" then reinstall, restarted, reset all settings to default in the "export and import settings" but same problem.
Thank you,
rt-2
I uninstalled all the framework I installed when I was trying to install the Win8 tools. Then VS told me that I was missing 4.6.something. I went into the CD and found "M:\packages\sdk_tools46\" and installed it, then I could open VS and create new projects. New projects are targeted for 10.

Installing VC++ 6.0 on Industrial PC with Windows 7 and 64 bit system

I have an industrial PC on which I need to install Visual Studio 6.0 . The industrial PC is Windows 7 Professional , 64 bit system.
The error I am getting is "Compatibility issues with this version of Windows". This error is coming on :
1. starting VC++ (twice the msg will be prompted) ,
2. compiling the program (however,the program is compiling after this error msg) but
my program is giving "debug assertion error"
That same program is working perfectly on my laptop which is also 64 bit and Windows 7 Professional and is using Visual Studio 6.0
I have tried disabling the UAC , creating an empty MSJAVA.DLL file , downloading ,registering dx7vb.dll , updating command controls and then installing VC++ in Administrator mode also.
I have also tried changing the compatibility mode to WindowsXP Service Pack2 and running the setup in administrator mode.
I have tried almost all solutions online, but nothing is working for me.
Kindly help.
Take a look in my tool VS6 Installer 4.8 page
http://nuke.vbcorner.net/Articles/VB60/VisualStudio6Installer/tabid/93/language/en-US/Default.aspx
Below the image, you can find then link titled:
For MSDEV.EXE see here
which refere to a tutorial of martin-moene blogspot where explain How To.
Please take note that in this tutorial refert to a very-old version of VS6 Installer 2.1, which isn't longer available and superseded by latest 4.8.
IMPORTANT: you already tried to install MS Visual Studio 6.0, therefore you need BEFORE clean your system (as explained on VS6 Installer page and others tutorials, english ed italian language)
HTH

Visual Studio 2013 installation doesn't process after displaying logo

I'm trying to install visual studio 2013. I have an iso file and I'm mounting image to drive but the installation doesn't process anything after displaying Visual Studio logo and a black rectangle after that.
Visual Studio logo appears. See Image
Now logo gets disappear and there is a black rectangle box in front of me.
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I can move the box by pressing mouse button and moving it even with 2 inch below the box.
I have Windows7 32 bit with service pack 1 installed in my desktop. Core i3 and Intel HD graphics. I have Titanium Studio, Visual Studio 2010 and other regular softwares installed as well.
The exactly same issue happens when I attempt to install VS2012.
I googled quite a while and found some topics on https://social.msdn.microsoft.com complaining this issue. Basically, the answers ask to check Windows Update and make sure it's up-to-date, especially .NET framework to version 4.5.x. So I do this, and after installing updates and restarting several times, it finally works. Maybe you can try this way too.
I found solution for myself. I was using a software which was protecting my pc's graphic driver and was using another one. I removed that and VS installed as usually.
You should try to install at least once without any driver in your system if you are facing such issue.
In my case it was a missing file machine.config in C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\CONFIG. I copied the file from another PC and installation of VS2013 immediately started, and completed successfully.

Microsoft visual studio 2013 installation failing

During installation I am getting an error Microsoft visual studio 2013 VsGraphic Helper Dependencies RC Incorrect Function
I was trying to install from ISO image and using web installer as well, getting same error in both cases. I am on Windows 7 x64 Dell XPS 16 with VS 2012 installed
Is there any workaround?
Original blog here.
Running offline installer from ISO is possible, see if below solutions work or not.
Mount the iso with any virtual cd software
Copy the mounted content to a local folder, e.g. C:\temp\vs2013\
Run “vs_ultimate.exe” from the local folder
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According to this article, there is a bug when downloading and using the ISO image. The web installer is preferred. This does of course make it harder to put it on a flash drive, which is unfortunate. Tee article is also about installing on a Windows 8.1 machine, while I'm using Windows 7 Professional. However, I expect that the issue is the same.
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/fe3d5411-b601-425e-bf44-8cf5cd00f7af/visual-studio-2013-setup-failed-when-installing-on-windows-81-preview?forum=vssetup
Please bear in mind that the ISO installer leaves a lot of stuff behind when it fails - you need to uninstall it all and reboot before trying the web installer.
Visual Studio 2013 RTM is already available for download.
I didn't get any more issues during installation with this one.
I had the same issue.
Turns out that launching the setup with admin privileges worked for me.
I have the same error using:
Windows 8.1
ISO VS 2013 ultimate
I try copy contents in local, and I get the same error.
solution:
verify checksum of ISO. Get file again, copy to local.
Uninstall the failed version of 2013 from control panel -> Uninstall programs
Restart the computer
Clean %temp%
Mount ISO, execute as Administrator setup.exe
Re-run the setup again
References:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/fe3d5411-b601-425e-bf44-8cf5cd00f7af/visual-studio-2013-setup-failed-when-installing-on-windows-81-preview?forum=vssetup
I had the same issue, I'd downloaded the VS2013 Ultimate ISO from MSDN on Thursday when the announcement email went out but I had errors trying to install. I checked the SHA1 and it didn't match what is now on the site (Monday) so I downloaded the ISO again and it worked now.
I'm on Win7sp1 with vs2012 installed.
Just make sure you have updated your windows. (Restart windows after update)
If you have the ISO then mount it to virtual drive and then run the installer. (Don't extract and run)
Hope above instructions will help.
Note: Follow same process for VS 2015 installation.

Windows Phone 7 emulator doesnt work properly and just flickers

Windows Phone 7 emulator doesn't work properly on my laptop.
It just flickers instead of starting my app. Clicking on any of the buttons has no effect. (None of the emulators work, tried 256MB, 512MB, and the ones installed by WP 7.8 SDK Update) WP 7.8 SDK Update didn't solve anything.
I'm using a Samsung NP300E5A-S06 notebook, and it has:
Core i5 3210M 2.5Ghz
Intel HD Graphics 4000 + GeForce GT 620M
6GB of RAM
Here is a video of what's happening on my machine.
I heard this can be caused by the Intel HD Graphics 4000. But we can't force WP Emulator to use the GeForce.
How can I make the WP7 emulator work properly?
If you have any idea or a working solution, please help me!
Thanks in advance!
First, download and install the latest GPU drivers for both GPUs. If it will help, you're lucky: I had something very similar on machine (dual GPU Intel + NVidia as well), and was unable to find a fix.
My advice - upgrade to Windows 8, install visual studio 2012, and WP8 SDK. Fortunately, with the recent version of the SDK you can still build for the previous WP 7.1 platform. And even if xde.exe still won't work on your laptop, you can test and debug the application you're building on new HyperV-based WP8 emulators.
sorry, I cant comment.
Did you try repairing the installation?
Also completely removing and then re-installing?
EDIT:
Also you can try running it on a virtual machine on your laptop (Maybe there is some problem in your Windows installation - after all its Windows ;) )
i think i have had series of problems with that emulator months ago, but now, all is just well. i have some questions for you.
1) Which version of Visual Studio are you using. i believe it should be visual studio 2010
2) have you installed visual studio 2010 service pack 1? if no, try to download it and install
3) which version of .net framework are you using? Visual Studio installs .net3.0 automatically but i guess you have to install the service pack 1 too. you can download it or get it from windows update. in the update settings, choose"check for updates but let me choose which to download and install" then check the two or three check boxes below. then click okay and check for updates. you will then install updates for visual studio 2010 and .net framework.
those should help.

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