Async CTP does not install samples

Question

I installed the ctp 3.0 (http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=9983), everything is fine except for the samples.

It is a little odd that it targeted a folder on installation which might not be there. Why did they do that?

I am assuming that installation targets the folder %userprofile%\My Documents and I do not have that. Windows comes with %userprofile%\Documents. 

Is there any other standalone installer which I can only install samples and dlls?

As I can see from the comments from thsi post, it is a known issue. Can you advice?

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/lucian/archive/2011/11/01/async-ctp-v3-installation.aspx

EDIT:

Ok, I saw couple of more issues on this.

I do not have Silverlight 5 tools RTM.

Here are the list of updated installed on my system which I list with this powershell code:

Get-WmiObject -query 'select * from win32_quickfixengineering' | foreach {$_.hotfixid} 

KB971033

KB2393802

KB2425227

KB2475792

KB2479628

KB2479943

KB2482017

KB2484033

KB2485376

KB2488113

KB2491683

KB2492386

KB2494666

KB2503665

KB2505438

KB2505454

KB2506014

KB2506212

KB2506928

KB2507618

KB2509553

KB2510531

KB2510636

KB2511250

KB2511455

KB2515325

KB2518869

KB2522422

KB2529073

KB2532531

KB2533552

KB2536275

KB2536276

KB2539635

KB2541014

KB2544521

KB2544893

KB2545698

KB2547666

KB2552343

KB2556532

KB2560656

KB2563227

KB2564958

KB2567680

KB2570947

KB2572077

KB2579686

KB2584146

KB2585542

KB2588516

KB2598845

KB2603229

KB2607576

KB2618444

KB2618451

KB2619339

KB2620704

KB2620712

KB2631813

KB2632503

KB2633952

KB2639417

KB2641690

KB2644615

KB2656356

KB958488

KB976902

KB982018

Answer 1

Here are the updates with descriptions:

Definition Update for Microsoft Security Essentials - KB2310138 (Definition 1.119.905.0)

Definition Update for Microsoft Security Essentials - KB2310138 (Definition 1.119.861.0)

Definition update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB982726) 32-Bit Edition

Security Update for Microsoft Visio 2010 (KB2553374) 32-Bit Edition

Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2566458), 32-Bit Edition

Security Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2589320) 32-Bit Edition

Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2553455) 32-Bit Edition

Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2553310) 32-Bit Edition

Security Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2553091), 32-Bit Edition

Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2596964) 32-Bit Edition

Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2553385) 32-Bit Edition

Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2553181) 32-Bit Edition

Definition Update for Microsoft Security Essentials - KB2310138 (Definition 1.119.772.0)

Security Update for Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (KB2467173)

Definition Update for Microsoft Security Essentials - KB2310138 (Definition 1.119.662.0)

Definition Update for Microsoft Security Essentials - KB2310138 (Definition 1.119.596.0)

Update for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 (KB2635973)

Definition Update for Microsoft Security Essentials - KB2310138 (Definition 1.119.504.0)

Security Update for Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Service Pack 1 Redistributable Package (KB

973923)

Definition Update for Microsoft Security Essentials - KB2310138 (Definition 1.119.373.0)

Definition Update for Microsoft Security Essentials - KB2310138 (Definition 1.119.341.0)

Definition Update for Microsoft Security Essentials - KB2310138 (Definition 1.119.311.0)

Definition Update for Microsoft Security Essentials - KB2310138 (Definition 1.119.236.0)

Definition Update for Microsoft Security Essentials - KB2310138 (Definition 1.119.55.0)

Intel - Network, Other hardware - Intel(R) 82579V Gigabit Network Connection

Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool x64 - January 2012 (KB890830)

Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2607576)

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (KB2528583)

Ricoh Company - Storage - Ricoh PCIe SDXC/MMC Host Controller

Definition Update for Microsoft Security Essentials - KB2310138 (Definition 1.117.3048.0

)

Definition Update for Microsoft Security Essentials - KB2310138 (Definition 1.117.2979.0

)

Update for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 Web Platform Tools (KB2548139)

Update for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 Report Viewer (KB2549864)

Update for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 TFS Build Explorer (KB2522890)

Update for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 (KB2529927)

Security Update for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 (KB2565057)

Definition Update for Microsoft Security Essentials - KB2310138 (Definition 1.117.2930.0

)

Update for Microsoft Excel 2010 (KB2553439) 32-Bit Edition

Security Update for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 XML Editor (KB2251487)

Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2553092), 32-Bit Edition

Definition update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB982726) 32-Bit Edition

Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1

Security Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2585542)

Security Update for Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Service Pack 1 Redistributable Package (KB

2538243)

Security Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2553353) 32-Bit Edition

Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2566458), 32-Bit Edition

Security Update for Microsoft Excel 2010 (KB2553070), 32-Bit Edition

Update for Office File Validation 2010 (KB2553065), 32-bit Edition

Security Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2589320) 32-Bit Edition

Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2553455) 32-Bit Edition

Security Update for Microsoft SharePoint Workspace 2010 (KB2566445), 32-Bit Edition

Security Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2553096), 32-Bit Edition

Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2553310) 32-Bit Edition

Update for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office Runtime Redistributable (KB2525

428)

Security Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2553091), 32-Bit Edition

Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2596964) 32-Bit Edition

Update for Microsoft OneNote 2010 (KB2553290) 32-Bit Edition

Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2553385) 32-Bit Edition

Security Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 4 on Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windo

ws Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems (

KB2487367)

Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2553270) 32-Bit Edition

Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2553181) 32-Bit Edition

Update for Outlook Social Connector 2010 (KB2583935), 32-Bit Edition

Update for Microsoft Outlook 2010 (KB2553323) 32-Bit Edition

Security Update for Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 (KB2553185) 32-Bit Edition

Security Update for SQL Server 2008 R2 (KB2494088)

Security Update for Microsoft Silverlight (KB2617986)

Security Update for Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Service Pack 1 Redistributable Package (KB

2538243)

Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 4 on Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista,

 Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems (KB2468871

)

Security Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 4 on XP, Server 2003, Vista, Windows 7, Ser

ver 2008, Server 2008 R2 for x64 (KB2572078)

Security Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 4 on XP, Server 2003, Vista, Windows 7, Ser

ver 2008, Server 2008 R2 for x64 (KB2656351)

Security Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 4 on Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windo

ws Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems (

KB2518870)

Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2529073)

Security Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2532531)

Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 4 on Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista,

 Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems (KB2533523

)

Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB982018)

Security Update for Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Service Pack 1 Redistributable Package (KB

2538242)

Security Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 4 on Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windo

ws Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems (

KB2539636)

Update for Windows (KB958488)

Definition Update for Microsoft Security Essentials - KB2310138 (Definition 1.117.2828.0

)

Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Client Profile for Windows 7 x64-based Systems (KB982670)

Security Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1 on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 

R2 SP1 for x64-based Systems (KB2656356)

Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2563227)

Security Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2560656)

Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2552343)

Security Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2620704)

Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2533552)

Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2515325)

Security Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2631813)

Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2547666)

Security Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2536276)

Cumulative Security Update for ActiveX Killbits for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2

618451)

Security Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2503665)

Security Update for Internet Explorer 8 for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2544521)

Security Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2620712)

Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2511250)

Security Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2570947)

Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2545698)

Security Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2588516)

Security Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2510531)

Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2522422)

Security Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2506212)

Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2603229)

Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2492386)

Security Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2507618)

Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2541014)

Security Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2509553)

Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB971033)

Security Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1 on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 

R2 SP1 for x64-based Systems (KB2539635)

Security Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2536275)

Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2632503)

Security Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2579686)

Security Update for .NET Framework 3.5.1 on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 for

 x64-based Systems (KB2518869)

Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2641690)

Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2506014)

Security Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1 on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 

R2 SP1 for x64-based Systems (KB2572077)

Update for Internet Explorer 8 Compatibility View List for Windows 7 for x64-based Syste

ms (KB2598845)

Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 8 for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (

KB2618444)

Security Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2567680)

Security Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2532531)

Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2506928)

Security Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2491683)

Security Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2544893)

Security Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2639417)

Security Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2511455)

Security Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2564958)

Security Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2619339)

Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2633952)

Security Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2644615)

Security Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2556532)

Security Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2584146)

Answer 2

In general, you cannot install Async CTP if you installed a newer update for Visual Studio 2010. In the list above there is at least one update that is post CTP (KB2635973).  You should uninstall this update before installing Async CTP, you can reinstall it afterwards.

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Avner Aharoni