Problem installing WinFX/Indigo/Avalon

Question

Im running Win XP pro with SP2 and all updates.

I had WinFX/avalon/indigo with .net framework 2.0 beta and VB express beta installed and was working no problem. I am trying not to reformat.

I decided to install .Net Framework 2.0 (offcial release) and 2.0 SDK. Everything stopped working. So searching around the internet i have used the clean up tools to remove everything. I have searched for all version of 2.0 framework in the registry and deleted. Followed instructions at

http://blogs.msdn.com/quanto/archive/2005/09.aspx

and another one but cant remember the link

My error log says....(ive deleted the top half as i dont think it would be of any use but if required let me know)

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MSI CA LOG ENTRY INFO:
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11/04/05 15:23:56 DDSet_Entry: InstallAssembly started
11/04/05 15:23:56 DDSet_Status: CustomActionData: C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50215\Microsoft.VisualBasic.Vsa.dll;28672
11/04/05 15:23:56 DDSet_Status: Loading mscoree.dll
11/04/05 15:23:56 DDSet_Status: Loading fusion.dll using LoadLibraryShim()
11/04/05 15:23:56 DDSet_Error: Error occurred while initializing fusion. Setup could not load fusion with LoadLibraryShim(). Error: 0x80131700

  CA NAME:
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LAST 100 LINES INFO  :
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(Name=CA_InstallAssemblyRB.3643236F_FC70_11D3_A536_0090278A1BB8,,)
11/04/05 15:23:56 DDSet_Exit: RunProcess ended
MSI (s) (A4:54) [15:23:56:296]: Executing op: CustomActionSchedule(Action=CA_InstallAssemblyRB.3643236F_FC70_11D3_A536_0090278A1BB8,ActionType=1281,Source=BinaryData,Target=UninstallAssembly,CustomActionData=Microsoft.VisualBasic.Vsa,Version=8.0.0.0,Culture=neutral,PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a,ProcessorArchitecture=MSIL;28672)
MSI (s) (A4:54) [15:23:56:296]: Executing op: ActionStart(Name=CA_InstallAssemblyDef.3643236F_FC70_11D3_A536_0090278A1BB8,,)
MSI (s) (A4:54) [15:23:56:296]: Executing op: CustomActionSchedule(Action=CA_InstallAssemblyDef.3643236F_FC70_11D3_A536_0090278A1BB8,ActionType=1025,Source=BinaryData,Target=InstallAssembly,CustomActionData=C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50215\Microsoft.VisualBasic.Vsa.dll;28672)
MSI (s) (A4:0C) [15:23:56:312]: Invoking remote custom action. DLL: C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSIBD.tmp, Entrypoint: InstallAssembly
11/04/05 15:23:56 DDSet_Status: LANGID: 1033
11/04/05 15:23:56 DDSet_Entry: InstallAssembly started
11/04/05 15:23:56 DDSet_Status: CustomActionData: C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50215\Microsoft.VisualBasic.Vsa.dll;28672
11/04/05 15:23:56 DDSet_Status: Loading mscoree.dll
11/04/05 15:23:56 DDSet_Status: Loading fusion.dll using LoadLibraryShim()
11/04/05 15:23:56 DDSet_Error: Error occurred while initializing fusion. Setup could not load fusion with LoadLibraryShim(). Error: 0x80131700
MSI (s) (A4!10) [15:23:56:640]: Product: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Beta 2 -- Error 25007.Error occurred while initializing fusion. Setup could not load fusion with LoadLibraryShim(). Error: 0x80131700

Error 25007.Error occurred while initializing fusion. Setup could not load fusion with LoadLibraryShim(). Error: 0x80131700

Answer 1

Have you ran the script found here yet? It helped clean out my old Beta 2 files lurking in a dark closet.

http://blogs.msdn.com/tims/archive/2005/09/20/471815.aspx

Answer 2

I got into a similar situation by installing the Visual Studio 2005 RC that was distributed at the PDC. The best way to get out of it is to uninstall VS 2005 and .Net 2.0. You may need to uninstall other packages before you can uninstall .Net 2.0. If you've used clean-up tools rather than using the uninstallers, you'll have to re-install the released versions, then uninstall them. It's painful and time-consuming, I know. I've been there. But I tried to delete files manually rather than using the uninstallers, and wasted a lot of time. The uninstallers do a good job of removing all of the many files left in directories other than the Visual Studio 2005 directory and the .Net Framework 2.0 directory. After running the uninstallers, go into \Windows\System32 and delete mscoree.dll, mscorier.dll, and mscories.dll. It wouldn't hurt to run the cleanup tool at this point also. Then re-install the beta versions.

Good luck.