Error 25015 while installing .NET Framework 2.0
Hi,
I have a problem getting NetFX 2.0 installed.
While installing the framework with Elevated Rights I get :
Error 25015: Failed to install assembly 'C:\WINNT\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Microsoft.VisualBasic.Vsa.dll' because of a system eror: Access is denied.
If I give the user admin rights the installation works fine.
Is there a way to get around the admin rights, I really dont want to get it to all 2000 users on our site :-)
/// Johan
Réponses
Hi,
I got the same problem while I was installing it. I went to the
"C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework"
directory and deleted the
"v2.050727"
folder. Afterwards I just reinstalled it and no problem anymore. Hope this will also work in your case

Ciao
Landero
- Proposé comme réponseFqb1 jeudi 10 juillet 2008 06:12
- Marqué comme réponseFigo FeiMSFT, Modérateurjeudi 11 décembre 2008 04:07
You need to be an admin to install the framework.
If you're deploying the framework via SMS or active directory, follow the steps in the admin deployment guide.
The admin gude is in the \setup folder of VS. It's called adminreadme.htm
One of the following workarounds might be helpful for this type of error:
Thanks! Aaron
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You need to be an admin to install the framework.
If you're deploying the framework via SMS or active directory, follow the steps in the admin deployment guide.
The admin gude is in the \setup folder of VS. It's called adminreadme.htm
I am suffering the same problem, and I logged in as an admin

Anyone find a solution to this yet? We've been tring for months and nothing works.
Can you zip up the installation logs in your %temp% directory and send me an email from my blog?
I'll reply with an email you can send the logs to.
Thanks.
Sorry, But I don't see how that is helpful.
Unless I got a bad link.
I am an administrator, and I don't have the service referenced installed. I do have Symantec Anti-virus.
I could use any help.
Thanks, Brian
- Hi everybody. I'm sorry but I just want to have my PDA working again. I keep on getting this message
Error 25015. Failed to install assembly ‘C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.050727\Microsoft.VisualBasic.Vsa.dll’because of system error: 0x80131107.
Can somebody help? please I'm desperate !

- Hi everybody. I'm sorry but I just want to have my PDA working again. I keep on getting this message
Error 25015. Failed to install assembly ‘C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.050727\Microsoft.VisualBasic.Vsa.dll’because of system error: 0x80131107.
Can somebody help? please I'm desperate !
. You may contact me at carolthemermaid@msn.com - Hey Whats up im Luis and i cant understand how to solve this problem. please can someone help me?
Hi,
I got the same problem while I was installing it. I went to the
"C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework"
directory and deleted the
"v2.050727"
folder. Afterwards I just reinstalled it and no problem anymore. Hope this will also work in your case

Ciao
Landero
- Proposé comme réponseFqb1 jeudi 10 juillet 2008 06:12
- Marqué comme réponseFigo FeiMSFT, Modérateurjeudi 11 décembre 2008 04:07
B.I.N.G.O
Thank you landero 2 weeks of trying to figuer it out and boom install niceley
thank you so much
Regards jam201984
Grazie Landero! senza il tuo utilissimo consiglio non sarei mai riuscita a d installare Autocad!
Grazie infinitamente!
ero arrivata alla frutta ma per fortuna ho incontrato il tuo messaggio!
Thank you!
Gogo
could someone say if, after trying my solution, he or she is still coping with the same problem?
or is it solved? If not I will try to find an other solution.
Thanks
Landero
- Hi Landero,
Same problem here.
Also after I deleted folder "C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727".
Anyone who could help me out?
Edit:
I've downloaded the dotnetfx_cleanup_tool and I used it, now I can install all frameworks, 1.1, 2.0, 3.0 and higher.
Download it here: http://astebner.sts.winisp.net/Tools/dotnetfx_cleanup_tool.zip - Thanks Landero worked great!!!!!!
I'll try to find something else for you Rulez....Thank you! I have been fighting this for two days. Neither Microsoft support nor Dell could help me. Thank you!
One of the following workarounds might be helpful for this type of error:
Thanks! Aaron
Go to
C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework
and then delete this file v2.0.50727 and the try the intall again it helped for me
I found this post whilst looking for the reason .NET 2.0 Framework was failing to install.
All I did to make it work was temporarily disable my antivirus for the install duration - and it worked fine! Not the most elegant solution, I agree, but it seems to work - unusual as MS usually put something in at the start regarding disabling AV software if you're required to do so.
Ah well - installed and the world is a happy place once more!
Really thanks,Landero!
I had fixed the same problem.
Thanks a lot Landero...Fix my problem and headache- Landro, pure genius....works great!!!
Thanks for saving me hours and not being angry at my dogs.
Thanks, Landero!
That took care of the problem.
oh realy you fixed the problem right i knew the awnser all ready to your fix anit to hard
What do you mean, "Afterwards I just reinstalled it...."? I need directions on "reinstalling" it.
Hi Mordido,
"I got the same problem while I was installing it. I went to the
"C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework"
directory and deleted the
"v2.050727"
folder. Afterwards I just reinstalled it and no problem anymore.
with that "afterwards...." i meant that you just rerun your setup, or how should i call it... just run the '.net Framework 2.0' setup if you got that one in a separate file. if not you can always download it (ill give you the link http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=0856eacb-4362-4b0d-8edd-aab15c5e04f5 (english file but you can switch the language)
Hope this will help you to fix your problem
Ciao
landero
HEY THERE RULEZ!
THANK U SO MUCH FOR YOUR ADVICE AND LINK FOR THE CLEAN UP TOOL!!
I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO INSTALL 4OD FOR MONTHS NOW AND AT THE LAST MOINUTE IT STOPPING DUE TO ERROR 25015 FAILURE TO INSTALL NET. FRAMEWORK ETC ETC!!
I FOLLOWED UR ADVICE AND LINK AND INSTALLED IT SUCESSFULLY!!
THANK U !
Worked tremendously. It was driving me crazy, the drivers and software for my ATI 1950Pro graphics card would not install properly and gave numerous errors because of this simple problem.
Thank you so very much for finding the solution, I cannot begin to express how much I appreciate it.
Cheers,
Oth
Landero... You are the man! That's the ticket. Simple but effective solution
Don Heinsen
- thanks mate. saved me a lot of trouble
cheers
- I had the same problem trying to install framework 2 0r 3 and deleted the v2.050727 folder and everything worked fine. Thank you very much
- I'm trying to install this yet >Error 25015: Failed to install assembly 'C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Microsoft.Vsa.dll' because of system error: The system cannot find the path specified< keeps popping...
Tried landero's suggestion and the clean up tool yet both failed. Any other solutions? I tried the suggestions of Landero and any combination thereof for a while, sure I have some corupted files here and there from my last hdd crash. I tried:
Erasing: C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727
Clean Up: dotnetfx_cleanup_tool
Running dotnetfx from a C:\temp directory
Erasing the content of one of my \TEMP directories
Just before giving up I tried the suggestion of Aaron Stebner Solving setup errors by using the SubInACL tool to repair file and registry permissions. I downloaded the Windows Resource Kit named SubInACL, see
So I ran: SubInAcl, erased: \Framework\v2.0.50727, ran: dotnetfx_cleanup_tool, finally: dotnetfx from the C:\temp and it worked. Thanks for keeping the tread alive, owe you a pizza all of your!
- My Error 25015 said "device not ready", before I ran the cleanup tool. Now Framework 2.0 is installed. Thanks, Rulez.
Thank you very much Lanredo, this was the solution to the problem.
Thanks Landero,
It worked beautifully. I need to install the updates now

omg i struggled with this for the last 48 hours after using hp pc system recovery to restore my computer to its original factory settings and drivers. after this i reupdated windows xp through windows update. then i downloaded dotnerframe work 2.0 because i needed to install my ati hd2600xt agp card but it didn't want to. to many errors. googled it and finally came across with Landero's solution. thanx
Hi,
I got the same problem while I was installing it. I went to the
"C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework"
directory and deleted the
"v2.050727"
folder. Afterwards I just reinstalled it and no problem anymore. Hope this will also work in your case
Ciao
Landero
This worked perfect for me thank you
Just want to say that Zicc's method worked for me when all else (deleting the folder as suggested by another user) failed. Cheers- Just a thanks to Lando...this was THE answer
Hi Landero,
same problem but cannot delete v2.0.50727
popup says cannot delete TBD1E tmp ...access is denied. Make sure sidc is not full or write protected or currently in use.
Does it make any difference if NET framework 1.1 is deleted before u start or after, or don't u delete it t all.
It won't let me delete it anyway.
hope u will reply
kind regards
demondee
THAT WORKED FOR ME. THANKSdeleted the
"v2.050727"
Thanks! That fixed my problem! I wasted many hours before I noticed your post!
-Don-
After hours of trying things to fix this problem with no luck, I found this forum and a simple little delet and reinstall fixed the problem.
Thanks
hi
I had the same problem like you, And I TRIED EVERYTHING TO GET IT SORTED BUT NOTHING THEN I TRIED WHAT YOU SAID AND IT WORKED I CANT THANK YOU ENOUGH,
got the same problem while I was installing it. I went to the
"C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework"
directory and deleted the
"v2.050727"
THANKS SWEETLUSH
HI I HA THE SAME PROBLEM AND COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING THAT WORKED AND THEN I TRIED WHAT YOU SAID ANDI went to the
"C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework"
directory and deleted the
"v2.050727"
AND THEN REINSTALLED IT. AND IT WORKED FIRST TIME I DONT KNOW HOW TO THANK YOU ENOUGH.
THANKS THANKS THANKS
SWEETLUSH I GIVE YOU 5***************************
I have been struggling with this problem for days. I tried several other recommendations. This was the first that worked. Thanks!!!!!
- kept getting an error that different files during the install were being used, disabled my security suite Comodo and it installed!
ty for the advise - I got the error 25015 problem during a crashed installation of dotnet 3.5
I tried all the solutions given but nothing worked. Removal tool, renaming dir's, the subinacl tool, removing dll's, Aaron Stebners wisdom and more.
In the end i tried a rollback (system restore) to a previous state BEFORE i installed dotnet. This worked. There is some software i had to reinstall because of the rollback, but this still is a lot better than installing xp again.
Maybe this solution is to obvious so no one mentioned it before, but it saved me al lot of trouble.
cheers,
G.
ps making images of your configuration more often is also a good idea (in retrospect) I got the same error (Error 25015. Failed to install assembly ‘C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.050727\Microsoft.VisualBasic.Vsa.dll’because of system error: 0x80131107) when installing 2.0 .NET framework.
Deleting the directory v2.050727 helped me solve the problem. Thank you for that great suggestion.
Thank you Landero. For some reason, I ran into this problem when trying to load TurboTax, which tried to install .NET. It was great to find this easy solution.
I used the link you provided and was then able to download .net framwork 2.0 without any problems.
Thanks!!!
- I wanted to thank you for sharing that tip! I really helped me out a lot.
so a great big hug and kiss for you ;-)
Thanks,
Kathy - Hey Landero... I tried your method and it worked on solving the error. BUT BEFORE I SAY THIS NO-ONE LAUGH, the second i did that and retried installation, it switched from one error to the next, first the error 0x80131107 then access is denied... When i saw that i tried all other methods, the one by aaron failed. I don't know why, instead of the software giving me elevated rights nothing happened. Cleanup tool did nothing, same goes for MSCONFIG method, and all the other numerous things. I even disable antivirus but to no luck. If there is anyone ot there who can fix my problem, you deserve to own microsoft, their software is good but too many errors.
- HI i am trying to install MS .net frame work 2
i am getting the following error msg
Error 25015. Failed to install assembly ' C:\WINDOWS\Microsft.NET\Framework\V2.0.50727\Microsoft.VisualBasic.Compatibility.dll" because of system error: 0x80131107
please advice.
Thanks,
vineel
- Thank you Landero, I deleted the folder you mentioned and it work form me... I reallay appreciate all of you guys for posting solutions for some of us who really would not know what to do..
Thanks a million. - Hey!
After three hours of misery I did this and it worked! YAHOO! THANK YOU, THANK YOU THANK YOU! - You rule man thanks a ton
cheers!!!
Aman Dass - This did not work on my system. I am running Windows XP media center.
- This is for Vista only
- I tried to do it thee way you suggested, but then I get another error message saying that the file for c:\windows\microsoft.net\framework cannot be found, and I have also tried to reinstall it and it still won't let me. The reason I am working with the framework is because I had printer problems. Everytime I would try to install a printer, it would come up saying the print processor is not available. Then when I would try to download and install this, it would come up saying that the .net framework cannot be located.
Please somebody help me install the .net framework file and also the print processor. Thank you all so very much.
Stevie - Thank you,worked perfectly.

