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8/6/2021

Thoughts about setup and deployment issues, WiX, XNA, the .NET Framework and Visual Studio

How .NET Framework 3.5 setup checks for its prerequisites behind the scenes

The .NET Framework 3.5 setup package is a chainer that installs multiple packages behind the...

Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 07/13/2008

Version information that can help diagnose errors when opening XNA Game Studio projects in Visual Studio

I recently noticed a blog article from the Zman that I wanted to link to here to hopefully make it...

Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 07/09/2008

Mailbag: How can I detect the presence of the .NET Framework 2.0 or later in my MSI-based installer?

Question: I am creating an application that is built on the .NET Framework 2.0, and I am attempting...

Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 07/07/2008

.NET Framework 2.0 SP1 and 3.0 SP1 repair options on Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008

In my previous blog post, I described silent repair and uninstall command line switches that can be...

Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 07/03/2008

Mailbag: How to perform a silent repair and uninstall of the .NET Framework 3.5

Question: A while back, you posted a set of instructions that can be used to perform silent or...

Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 06/26/2008

Strange .NET Framework 2.0 SP1, 3.0 SP1 and 3.5 installation error caused by orphaned registry value

Recently, I heard from a customer who could not get the .NET Framework 2.0 SP1 to install correctly...

Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 06/24/2008

Feature in Wix v3.0 to make it easier to test rollback custom actions

When authoring deferred custom actions (which are custom actions that change the system state) in an...

Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 06/22/2008

Notes about a couple of possible issues while using the SubInAcl tool

******************************** Important note - if you were referred to this blog post from this...

Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 06/17/2008

Information about the err.exe tool I use to look up error codes when debugging setup issues

When I am attempting to investigate a setup-related failure, I typically end up looking at verbose...

Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 06/17/2008

June 2008 Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista available for download

A new cumulative update package for Windows Vista Media Center has been released this week. This...

Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 06/10/2008

A couple of notes about the contents of the Windows Installer 4.5 SDK

As noted earlier this week, the final versions of the Windows Installer 4.5 redistributable and...

Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 06/08/2008

More information about the WiX v3.0 DirectX extension

A little while ago, Bob Arnson posted a description of the WixGamingExtension, which was added to...

Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 06/05/2008

Last week, I started looking at the beta version of the .NET Framework 3.5 client profile in more...

Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 06/05/2008

Final version of Windows Installer 4.5 redistributable and SDK now available for download

As announced earlier today in this post on the Windows Installer team blog, the final version of...

Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 06/03/2008

Link to online Japanese documentation for XNA Game Studio 2.0

A little while ago, I posted an item about the XNA Game Studio 2.0 Japanese documentation package...

Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 06/02/2008

Links to more detailed information about the .NET Framework 3.5 client profile

The beta version of the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and Visual Studio 2008 SP1 were released a few weeks...

Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 05/30/2008

Mailbag: How to install the .NET Framework 2.0 SP1 and 3.0 SP1 on Windows Vista

Question: I am attempting to figure out how to redistribute the .NET Framework 2.0 SP1 and .NET...

Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 05/27/2008

Updated information and tool to collect VS 2008 SP1 setup log files

Recently, beta versions of Visual Studio 2008 SP1 and the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 were released (see...

Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 05/23/2008

Possible issue running Xbox 360 PC setup on a Window XP SP3 system with Media Center 2005 installed

Update: There is now a knowledge base article at https://support.microsoft.com/kb/954622 with more...

Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 05/23/2008

New XNA Creators Club web site and Xbox LIVE Community Games beta announced

As announced in this post on the XNA team blog, there is a new version of the XNA Creators Club web...

Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 05/21/2008

Links with information about the XNA Game Studio 3.0 community technology preview

While I was out on vacation for the past couple of weeks, the XNA Community Gaming Platform (CGP)...

Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 05/19/2008

Link to Channel 9 video about Zune development features in XNA Game Studio 3.0

My colleague Michael Klucher recently recorded a video for Channel 9 that I wanted to link to here....

Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 05/01/2008

Where to find .NET Framework 2.0 SP1, 2.0 SP2, 3.0 SP1, 3.0 SP2, 3.5 and 3.5 SP1 setup log files

A while back, I posted a list of possible log files for .NET Framework 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008...

Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 04/30/2008

Japanese documentation for XNA Game Studio 2.0 now available for download

Today, the XNA community gaming platform (CGP) team released a Japanese version of the XNA Game...

Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 04/28/2008

A simpler way to silently install Visual Studio 2008 Express Editions (with a caveat)

Recently, I posted some instructions for creating an installable layout for Visual Studio 2008...

Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 04/25/2008

Link to information about new WixGamingExtension in WiX v3.0 for Game Explorer integration

Bob Arnson posted some information about a new feature in WiX v3.0 that I wanted to link to here as...

Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 04/24/2008

Possible issue where .NET Framework 2.0 SP1 setup can fail and corrupt the .NET Framework 2.0

Last week, I started getting a larger than normal volume of emails from customers who ran into...

Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 04/21/2008

Mailbag: The February 2008 Media Center Cumulative Update fails to install on Windows Vista SP1

Question: I saw your blog post about the February 2008 Cumulative Update for Media Center for...

Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 04/21/2008

How to recover if you try to upgrade an XNA Game Studio 2.0 project in Visual Studio 2008

XNA Game Studio 2.0 integrates with the Visual C# 2005 Express Edition and Visual Studio 2005...

Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 04/14/2008

Links to videos and slides of XNA Game Studio presentations from GDC 2008

Several of the talks delivered by Microsoft employees at the February 2008 Game Developers...

Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 04/14/2008

Links to download language packs for the .NET Framework 2.0 SP1, 3.0 SP1 and 3.5

Yesterday, I wrote a blog post that included a series of links for .NET Framework 3.5 language...

Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 04/10/2008

Mailbag: Where are the download locations for .NET Framework 3.5 language packs?

Question: I am working on creating an installable layout for the .NET Framework 3.5 that includes...

Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 04/09/2008

Link to add-in to simplify cross-platform project synchronization in XNA Game Studio 2.0

My colleague Stephen Styrchak has written a blog post and published a helpful Visual Studio add-in...

Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 04/08/2008

How to automate the install of the .NET Framework 3.0 OS component on Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008

Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 include the .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0 as OS components....

Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 04/04/2008

How I resolved Windows Installer error code 2738 on Vista while running light.exe from WiX v3.0

Recently, while attempting to build a Japanese MSI using WiX v3.0, I received an error message that...

Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 04/01/2008

I often get questions from fellow employees or customers who find my blog regarding how to...

Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 03/28/2008

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