I'm trying to install SQL Server 2008 Management Studio on a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 machine, however I do not have enough space on the C:\ partition, so I'd like to install it on the D:\ partition. When I go through the installation, the install path is grayed-out. Some people have said that you have to uninstall any previous versions of SQL Server, which I did but to no avail. Anyone have any suggestions on how to get Management Studio installed on a different partition or how to edit this seemingly read-only field during the installation?
Thanks in advance
Even though you uninstalled the previous versions, did you clear the registry entries? Those could keep you from changing the installation directory.
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I'm trying to install Visual Studio 2005 on a Windows 7 box but am repeatedly getting the same error. When I run the installer it starts to run then pops up with a message saying:
"A problem has been encountered while loading the setup components. Canceling setup."
Various suggestions has said that maybe the install is corrupted so I downloaded a fresh copy of the ISO from MSDN today, same issue. Another suggestion is that installing from the ISO may be the issue so I extracted the contents of the ISO to a folder on my HDD, same issue. I have also tried running the files as administrator and in XP compatability mode, same issue.
Searching for this issue the most common responses I've found have been about installing SP1, however I cannot get the base product to install and therefore cannot apply SP1.
Does anyone have any further suggestions as to what I can do to fix this issue and get VS2005 installed? If anyone wants any log files of any variety I am happy to supply so long as you tell me where to look as I'm not sure.
As for why I am using VS2005 and not a newer product, it is required for the ongoing support and maintenance of some older applications we manage. These cannot be easily migrated to a newer version of Visual Studio without some considerable investment of time and that would probably be longer than the time it will take to develop newer, replacement applications (which is currently in progress). Until the new applications are available though we need to maintain an environment to use.
Did you try running setup.exe in compatibility mode with Windows XP? Some discussion here on how to do this.
Another alternative since you alluded to having an MSDN subscription. Download Windows XP and install it into a VM. (If HyperV isn't already in installed with your Win7, you can add it from Control Panel->Programs&Features->Turn Windows Features on/off). Then install VS2005 from there.
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.
I've got two Windows XP machines with both Visual Studio 2008 and Oracle Client 10.0.2.0.1 installed. One is a development machine and the other one a dedicated build machine. The machines were probably not set up the same way.
On my development machine, I've included Oracle.DataAccess.dll (version 10.2.0.1.100, not the asp.net v 2.x one) in a C# project. Note that the System.Data.OracleClient dll is insufficient (I don't properly remember why, I think it had something to do with bulk insertion/selection).
I was able to select that DLL from the Project->Add Reference dialog in the .NET tab.
Now on the build machine, I cannot build the project as it cannot find the .dll. The .dll is located in the same folder as on the development machine, (<installdir>\10.2.0\client_1\bin\Oracle.DataAccess.dll) in the same version.
The .dll is however not displayed in the .NET tab.
I tried (re)installing ODAC with ODP.Net for VS 2008 but it didn't change anything. When looking at the registry, I realized that my Development machine had a registry folder
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft.NETFramework\AssemblyFolders\ODP.Net]
which points to the bin directory of my oracle installation. This entry does not exist on the build machine. Unfortunately, manually adding the key did not make Visual Studio find it (I've tried rebooting).
My main question is:
What do I have to do so the Build Machine automatically finds the Oracle.DataAccess.dll? (Note: manually adding the .dll each time the solution is changed would work, but that is not an option).
You can maybe help me out already by answering one of the following subquestions:
Which installer sets that registry entry?
Do I maybe have to reinstall the whole Oracle Client in a different configuration? (e.g. ADMIN)
Do I need more than just the Oracle Client, ODAC and .NET installed?
I managed to resolve the issue by completely uninstalling the Oracle Client on the build machine, then doing a fresh installation using the Administrator configuration rather than the Developer configuration.
Note that installing the Administrator configuration on top of the existing oracle installation did not work.
I have Visual Studio 2010 Professional version installed on my Windows 7 machine.
I am trying to install Visual Studio 2010 Service pack 1.
Every time the installation starts after some time rollback starts and installation fails.
I have tried using http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=23691
Web Installer - this downloaded around 615mb of data and later gave the above error.
Full ISO - Downloaded the completed ISO for offline setup, was around 1.5 GB but gave the same error.
I am beating my head on this for the past 2 days now. I have tried reinstalling Visual Studio 2010 also.
Error details
Fatal error during installation
Error Screenshot
Please help me on this. Thanks
I too had similar rollback issues with SP1.
Did you try verifiyng the ISO checksum as per:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/heaths/archive/2011/03/25/verify-the-iso-checksum-for-visual-studio-2010-service-pack-1-before-installing.aspx
Initially I had a bad checksum so redownloaded the ISO.
Did you try burning the ISO to a DVD, mounting the ISO as virtual drive, or extracting the ISO contents using somethign like 7zip?
I finally managed to get install working correctly when I extracted the ISO contents to a sub folder; I also scanned my hard drive for errors prior to running the setup
I also ran Disk cleanup prior - to free up disk space (with reference to disk space comment below)
I finally managed to get this working,
Below are the things I did before re-installing successfully.
Removed all Visual Stusio addins like Resharper, Akhn SVN and others
Disabled my Antivirus
Reboot
Run setup as Administrator.
I am trying to install VS2008 sp1 to my work machine - it has a pathetic 10Gb C drive. The SP1 bootstrapper doesn't give the option to install items to D, only C. It needs 3Gb free and the machine only has about 700Mb.
VS allowed me to install to D originally why not the SP. The only thing I can think of that it requires system files installed in Windows etc, but I can't believe there are 3Gb worth of system files?
Worth a read:
http://blogs.msdn.com/heaths/archive/2008/07/24/why-windows-installer-may-require-so-much-disk-space.aspx
I was faced with the same problem, and ended up moving my Outlook archive.pst and the windows.edb (the new live search index file) over to D: to make room instead of trying to cram a square peg into a round hole with SP1 splitting drives. A huge help in this regard is WinDirStat, which scans a drive of your choice and identifies the size of every folder and file so that you can reveal some random large entities and move them if you can.
If you have an empty partition, you can try to create a mounted drive (i.e. map the partition to an empty folder on the C: drive) and see whether the SP1 bootstrapper will be able to use it.
I also ran into the same problem on a server that only has 20gb on the C: drive. I found a way to free up enough space to get the job done by reassigned the system's virtual memory allocation to use D: drive instead of C:. This freed up about 4gb in my case.
On Windows XP the place to set this is in My Computer system properties, Advanced tab, Performance Options:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308417
I had the same problem with VS2008 installed on a C: drive that was only 12Gb in size.
I uninstalled VS2008 completely by following the manual steps in this page,
and then by using the auto-uninstaller:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/bb968856.aspx
I then rebooted the machine.
I then re-installed VS2008 on the E: drive.
I then rebooted the machine.
I was then able to install SP1 - as now it did not need quite as much space on C: drive.
When you say "10Gb C drive", do you mean it's a 10-gig disk or a partition? If the former, you should really be looking at replacing the drive - it's old, and I'd be starting to worry about how much longer it has to live.
If the latter, then assuming that the C: drive restriction can't easily be worked around, then I'd look at increasing the size of the C: partition. Depending on how full the remainder of the drive is, this can take a while. I'd also be considering spending some tens of dollars ($40 or $50, I'd guess) on a partition manager from someone such as Acronis or Paragon. Kick it off just before you finish work for the day - it may take several hours, especially if the disk's fairly full.
Are you in place upgrading your current version or have you uninstalled VS 2008 Gold? By default, the installer won't let you change the directory if any existing versions of VS are installed.
To move the installation, you will need to uninstall all editions of 2008 you have installed (including any Express Editions) and then the choose installation location option should enable.
I vaguely recall having this happen to me when I had Office 2007 installed first before VS 2008. I don't remember what options that I had installed for Office 2007.
Update: I remember now it had to do with the fact that I had Visual Studio Tools for Office already installed. When I upgraded my computer I did a clean install of everything without problems by installing VS 2008 before installing Office 2007 and VSTO. So most likely you have to uninstall whatever is causing VS 2008 to want to go to a specific drive.
Even if you do get it to switch drives it still is going to put a lot of stuff on the system drive.
You could also download the full VS2008 SP1 ISO image from here.
Then you can either burn it to DVD or use a tool such as Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel from Microsoft to mount the ISO as another drive.
After mounting the ISO as a virtual drive, you can run the SP1 install from there.