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Question

I can't  install Visual studio 2008 professional because I have installed  Express Edition 2008 previously?

I have tried to install .net 2008 recently after using Express Edition 2008 ,i used VS2008-PatchRemovalTool-x86 to help remove .net files,but do not work ,either after deleting all folders which belong to it , each time i try Visual studio 2008 professional state "the following componet failed to install " ex" microsoft document explorer 2008 or net framwork 3.5,

are there any files i may have forgotten to delete when i unstall Express Edition ? and How can i reslove the issue as it so important to do a.s.a.p?


log file

[10/27/09,20:19:47] Microsoft Document Explorer 2008: [2] c:\softwares\vb\vb08\setup\..\wcu\dexplore\dexplore.exe could not be unpackaged because it is not a cabinet.

[10/27/09,20:19:47] setup.exe: [2] ISetupComponent::Pre/Post/Install() failed in ISetupManager::InternalInstallManager() with HRESULT -2147467259.

[10/27/09,20:19:48] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Document Explorer 2008 is not installed.

[10/27/09,20:19:48] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition - ENU was not attempted to be installed.

[10/27/09,20:19:48] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft .NET Compact Framework 2.0 SP2 was not attempted to be installed.

[10/27/09,20:19:48] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft .NET Compact Framework 3.5 was not attempted to be installed.

[10/27/09,20:19:49] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office system (version 3.0 Runtime) was not attempted to be installed.

[10/27/09,20:19:49] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the 2007 Microsoft Office System Runtime was not attempted to be installed.

[10/27/09,20:19:49] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3.5 For Devices was not attempted to be installed.

[10/27/09,20:19:49] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Windows Mobile 5.0 SDK R2 for Pocket PC was not attempted to be installed.

[10/27/09,20:19:49] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Windows Mobile 5.0 SDK R2 for Smartphone was not attempted to be installed.

[10/27/09,20:19:50] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Device Emulator version 3.0 was not attempted to be installed.

[10/27/09,20:19:50] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Crystal Reports Basic for Visual Studio 2008 was not attempted to be installed.

[10/27/09,20:19:50] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Windows SDK for Visual Studio 2008 Tools (x86) was not attempted to be installed.

[10/27/09,20:19:50] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Windows SDK for Visual Studio 2008 Win32 Tools (x86) was not attempted to be installed.

[10/27/09,20:19:50] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Windows SDK for Visual Studio 2008 .NET Framework Tools (x86) was not attempted to be installed.

[10/27/09,20:19:50] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Windows SDK for Visual Studio 2008 SDK Reference Assemblies and IntelliSense (x86) was not attempted to be installed.

[10/28/09,14:22:36] Microsoft Document Explorer 2008: [2] c:\softwares\vb\vb08\setup\..\wcu\dexplore\dexplore.exe could not be unpackaged because it is not a cabinet.

[10/28/09,14:22:37] setup.exe: [2] ISetupComponent::Pre/Post/Install() failed in ISetupManager::InternalInstallManager() with HRESULT -2147467259.

[10/28/09,14:22:37] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Document Explorer 2008 is not installed.

[10/28/09,14:22:38] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition - ENU was not attempted to be installed.

[10/28/09,14:22:38] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft .NET Compact Framework 2.0 SP2 was not attempted to be installed.

[10/28/09,14:22:38] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft .NET Compact Framework 3.5 was not attempted to be installed.

[10/28/09,14:22:38] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office system (version 3.0 Runtime) was not attempted to be installed.

[10/28/09,14:22:38] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the 2007 Microsoft Office System Runtime was not attempted to be installed.

[10/28/09,14:22:38] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3.5 For Devices was not attempted to be installed.

[10/28/09,14:22:38] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Windows Mobile 5.0 SDK R2 for Pocket PC was not attempted to be installed.

[10/28/09,14:22:38] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Windows Mobile 5.0 SDK R2 for Smartphone was not attempted to be installed.

[10/28/09,14:22:39] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Device Emulator version 3.0 was not attempted to be installed.

[10/28/09,14:22:39] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Crystal Reports Basic for Visual Studio 2008 was not attempted to be installed.

[10/28/09,14:22:39] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Windows SDK for Visual Studio 2008 Tools (x86) was not attempted to be installed.

[10/28/09,14:22:39] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Windows SDK for Visual Studio 2008 Win32 Tools (x86) was not attempted to be installed.

[10/28/09,14:22:39] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Windows SDK for Visual Studio 2008 .NET Framework Tools (x86) was not attempted to be installed.

[10/28/09,14:22:39] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Windows SDK for Visual Studio 2008 SDK Reference Assemblies and IntelliSense (x86) was not attempted to be installed.

Answer 1

Hi Elsamelghi,

Welcome to MSDN forums. And thank you for your post.

Some clarification with you:
What's your OS?

Based on your description, it seems that you want to uninstall Visual 2008 products to start from scratch.

If yes, could you please try the following points step by step for further troubleshooting?

Step1:
Run AutoUninstall Tool: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/bb968856.aspx to clear Visual Studio 2008 products

Step2:
Run .NET Framework Cleanup Tool: http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/pages/8904493.aspx
For Windows XP or Server 2003, please remove .NET Framework 3.5 >> 3.0 >> 2.0 in order.
For Vista or later OS, please remove .NET Framework 3.5. Then follow these steps:
- Check whether you have turned on the windows feature of .NET Framework 3.0.
Please go to Control Panel -> Programs and Features -> Turn Windows features on or off -> Check the box next to Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0.
- Use Verification Tool to verify .Net Framework 2.0, 3.0. If .Net Framework 2.0 and 3.0 cannot be verified on your computer, you can try to follow the steps mentioned in the following blog to repair the .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0.
See: http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2007/03/26/how-to-repair-the-net-framework-2-0-and-3-0-on-windows-vista.aspx

Step3:
Run Visual Studio 2008 installer again.
If any problem during the installation, please try to use collect tool to collect the log files of VS2008 from your "%temp%" folder.
http://blogs.msdn.com/heaths/archive/2008/05/09/visual-studio-and-net-log-collection-utility.aspx
You can upload your log files to SkyDrive and post the link back here.
Steps:
- Try to clean your "%temp%" folder (Start Menu >> Run... >> Type "%temp%")
- Install Visual Studio 2008
  (For Vista or later, the installer must be run with administrator privileges - Right-click the installer >> "Run as Administrator")
- Collect the logs from "%temp%" folder
- Upload vslogs.cab file

Hope this helps! If you have any concern, please feel free to let me know.

Best regards,
Yichun Chen

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Answer 2

Thank you for reply ,I follow your instructions .Howver ,I still face the same issue ,could you please help me as it's urgent,becuse I have to finish my projects.I have upolad log file on thw following link .Thanks




http://cid-13557bcf8b25ff4b.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/.Public

Answer 3

Hi Elsamelghi,

Thank you for your reply. Could you please provide me more information of your OS? Could you please help me to use Verification Tool that I posted above to verify .NET Framework 2.0, 3.0 and 3.5 on your machine? What's the result of verification?

Best regards,
Yichun Chen

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Answer 4

Hi there


Thanks for replying ,my operation system is XP professional ,version 2002,server pack 2,hardware (inter(R)P4 ,2.666HZ,RAM 1.24 GB,

Well,Frist thing i  did was run  AutoUninstall Tool which was running ok,then i deleted  manually visual studio express  edition 2008 from add/remove programme and everything belonging  to it "Folders".after that ,I run Verification Tool   which deleted all versions of .NET Framework 2.0, 3.0 and 3.5perfectly well,lastly ,i tried to install the visual studio Professional 2008 but come with the same message .done it another time ,the same  story happened.beside this the AutoUninstall Tool do not work anymore may the reason behind is i reinstall only one component of  visual studio express  edition 2008 which is web development in order to finish my assignment  ,Thank you again for your cooperatin 

Answer 5

Hi Elsamelghi,

Thank you for your reply.

after that ,I run Verification Tool which deleted all versions of .NET Framework 2.0, 3.0 and 3.5 perfectly well

Verification Tool is applied to automatically perform a set of steps to verify the installation state of one or more versions of the .NET Framework on a computer.
To remove .NET Frameworks, we should try .NET Framework Cleanup Tool: http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/pages/8904493.aspx .

From the log files, I found the following error snippet:
[10/31/09,14:29:37] DepCheck: gencomp350,{168D82F8-AC6B-4B55-804F-2AE51AC4BFDF}
[10/31/09,14:29:37] DepCheck: gencomp97,{12CDA52C-7A8F-4785-8A22-53C87393FEE0}
[10/31/09,14:29:37] DepCheck: gencomp320
[10/31/09,14:29:37] DepCheck_Result: 1
[10/31/09,14:29:37] Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition - ENU: Install(): bAttemptInstall: 0
[10/31/09,14:29:37] Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition - ENU: Install(): Not attempting to call MsiInstallProduct()!!!! Baseline not met!
[10/31/09,14:29:37] Setup.exe: AddGlobalCustomProperty
[10/31/09,14:29:37] Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition - ENU: CRootComponent::Install(): Setup Failed; MSIInstallProduct return value either ERROR_INSTALL_FAILURE or default.
[10/31/09,14:29:37] Setup.exe: AddGlobalCustomProperty
..........
[10/31/09,14:29:37] Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition - ENU: CRootComponent::LaunchWatson() - Completed VS Watson launching to create manifest: C:\DOCUME~1\Emad\LOCALS~1\Temp\vs_setup.dll.txt
[10/31/09,14:29:37] Setup.exe: AddGlobalCustomProperty
..........
[10/31/09,14:29:37] UTILS::RunNGENAction: Started
[10/31/09,14:29:37] UTILS::RunNGENAction: Unable to find mscoree.dll
[10/31/09,14:29:37] Setup.exe: AddGlobalCustomProperty
[10/31/09,14:29:37] setup.exe: ***ERRORLOG EVENT*** : ISetupComponent::Pre/Post/Install() failed in ISetupManager::InternalInstallManager() with HRESULT -2147023293.
..........
[10/31/09,14:29:38] VS70pgui: DepCheck indicates Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 is not installed.
[10/31/09,14:29:38] Setup.exe: AddGlobalCustomProperty
[10/31/09,14:29:38] VS70pgui: ***ERRORLOG EVENT*** : DepCheck indicates Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 is not installed .

Based on the error message, it seems that .NET Framework 3.5 is not well installed. Please try Cleanup Tool to remove 3.5 >> 3.0 >> 2.0 in order. Then download .NET Framework 3.5 full package and install it separately. After that, please run the installer of Visual Studio 2008 again.

If any problem during the installation, please try Collect Tool to collect the log files again.

Hope this helps! If you have any concern, please feel free to let me know.

Best regards,
Yichun Chen

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Answer 6

Thanks for reply,I follow your steps exactly but  i could not installed it  ,the problem is even i installed NET Framework seperataly but again it states  that it failed because of the ducment Explore 2008 ,which i think is MSDN ,all i am seen i the message is the same regardless what's the exact thing ,so I am confused what's the real problem and how can relsoved ,so please help me out ,I have attached another vslog on sky drive ,thanks again


http://cid-13557bcf8b25ff4b.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/.Public/log?uc=1

Answer 7

Hi Elsamelghi,

Thank you for your reply. :)

I looked into the log files and found that the previous error of .NET Framework 3.5 installation was solved. :)

However, now the following new error snippet occurred:

[11/02/09,20:02:18] Microsoft Document Explorer 2008: ***ERRORLOG EVENT*** : c:\softwares\vb\visual_studio_2008_professinal\setup\..\wcu\dexplore\dexplore.exe could not be unpackaged because it is not a cabinet .

This error message usually happens when the file is corrupted or the media is damaged.

To solve this error, could you please try the following points?
- Temporarily turn off any anti-virus software
- If you download the installer from the website, please try using some download manager software to help downloading the package again.
- If you install VS2008 from CD\DVD media, please copy all the files of installer to your HDD and install it again on HDD
- If the installer is one ISO image, please try:
  1. Extract the ISO image, to your local computer, that you have just created using something like ISOBuster and run the installation from the harddrive/harddisk.
  2. Mount the ISO image to a virtual CD drive, using another 3rd party tool something like MSVCD, and run the installation from here.

If the above suggestions don't work, you can manually download it from http://cid-75a4db78b1d41bb2.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/.Public/DExplore.exe  and install it. Then run the VS2008 installer again.

Hope this helps. If you have any concern, please feel free to let me know.

Best regards,
Yichun Chen

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Answer 8

Hi there

Thanks for reply, Extract the ISO image in HDD ,  i could installed VS2008.NET PRO after remove 3.5 >> 3.0 >> 2.0 in order and install them seperatley,what i did althernatvely  i install one component of VS2008.NET Edition express then   surprisely  the problem has been partly resolved,i installed VS2008.NET PRO only visual stdio,after i run DExpoler.exe seperatley,But the insallation stop when install NET compact 3.5 Framwork , and i try to install Msdn but states that unable to launch  step.exe . i have attached new vslog .thank you for giving me your time

http://cid-13557bcf8b25ff4b.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/.Public?uc=1

Answer 9

Hi Elsamelghi,

It's my pleasure!

I'm so glad to hear that Visual Studio 2008 Pro Edition has been installed. Cheer!

For your concern on MSDN installation, I would suggest you to try Developer Documentation and Help System
forum. You will get more useful help there. This will make answer searching in the forum easier and be beneficial to other community members as well.

Thank you for your understanding.

Best regards,
Yichun Chen

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