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May CTP Install Problems on Vista (VB Script Error)

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By now developers should be using Orcas Beta 1 if they want to work with LINQ. The latest LINQ bits are on Beta 1, and there are a few changes in Beta 1 from the way LINQ worked in the May CTP. As a result, it is best to use Orcas Beta 1. Doing so will also help the team find bugs and whip Orcas into shape for the final release.

Nevertheless, some people will probably still want to run LINQ on top of Whidbey (VS 2005). In that case you will need the May CTP. There is a great thread on the MSDN forums describing problems that some users have when installing the May CTP on Vista. The trouble stems from a missing or incorrectly registered VBScript.dll. (I never encountered these errors, but it appears it is a common scenario.)

The same install problem with VBScript is encountered by ITunes and QuickTime users. During the install, users get a message like this: "The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2738."

Apple has written up a description of the solution. They recommend getting the latest VBScript engine. Then open command prompt or the run menu and type the following:

regsvr32 %SystemRoot%\system32\vbscript.dll

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  • Anonymous
    June 09, 2007
    Thanks a lot pal. This really helped!

  • Anonymous
    June 30, 2007
    OMG, Thank you sooo much. I could hardly install anything on vista because of this problem. i did install the newer scripts before, but i never did the regsvr 32 thing. Thank u so much, u rock!

  • Anonymous
    September 03, 2007
    If you are running Visa Ultimate 64 Bit, you should als use this command to register VBScript: regsvr32 %SystemRoot%sysWOW64vbscript.dll When I did this, I could finally install iTunes 7.2.3.6.