.NET Setup and Runtime Problems - no matter which version

Question

Hi, I have problems getting .NET to run again on my Windows XP installation.
It is XP 32 bit on a Core2 with 2 GB RAM, development installation before (VS2005, 2008), but suddenly VS did not run and neither did any other .NET app.
I tried deinstalling all relevent MS apps, including all .NET runtimes, either by software deinstallation or by using the dot net cleanup tool.
Latest tries were installing .NET 3.5 SP1 from scratch, then any .NET does not work. (confirmed by the netfx setup verifier)
Sometimes at least 2.0 seems to work, sometimes not.
Here are my log files
http://cid-e70d52084c04c23d.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/.Public/dotnet-setup-problems.rar
collect.exe log: (vslogs.cab)
http://cid-e70d52084c04c23d.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/.Public/vslogs.cab
Example log: [07/02/09,00:35:21] ****ERROR**** Process 'Netfx20TestApplication.exe' exited with return code -1073741819
Event log:

.NET Runtime version 2.0.50727.3053 - Fatal Execution Engine Error (7A097706) (80131506)

any help greatly appreciated.
THanks, Oliver

Answer 1

Hi Oliver,

there never is any suddenly. Something must have happend before. Always.

Back to work ...

As a first resort I would recommend a complete rebuild.
http://www.ahk-software.de/index.php/topic,16.0.html

The main difference here is, that additionally you will need to use the Windows Install CleanUp ...
http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/9/d/e9d80355-7ab4-45b8-80e8-983a48d5e1bd/msicuu2.exe
... in addition.

If that does not help at all, please come back to me (thanks for the logs).

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cheers -f Martina http://www.ahk-software.de/

Answer 2

Hi Oliver,

In addition to Martina's great suggestions, I'd also like to share some info.

The error code "-1073741819" (C0000005) means access violation. You may also want to try applying this patch based on your .NET 3.5 SP1 installation. It contains several fixes to the potential sources for this error.

Best regards,

Jie

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Answer 3

Martina, Jie,
thanks for your suggestions. However it still does not work. Whenever I try to run a .NET app it fails, the event log shows
dozens of errors, as before: .NET Runtime version 2.0.50727.3082 - Fatal Execution Error (7A0979C6) (80131506).
The installation logs of the .NET reinstall script are here:
http://cid-e70d52084c04c23d.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/.Public/netlogs-reinstall.rar
Regards, Oliver

Answer 4

Hello,

hmmm, please check if the following URL could be of any help.
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/clr/thread/085ccb7c-7443-4d70-980c-9e5e6f77375d

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cheers -f Martina http://www.ahk-software.de/

Answer 5

still no success - do you think it is worth calling ms support? I though I could avoid this, as well as reinstalling my machine. As i need several programs, I also want to avoid getting into the same trouble again later.
Thanks anyway, Oliver

Answer 6

Calling CSS or re-install OS, that depends.

If re-installing the machine (including all software needed) can be done within one day, I would just do a clean re-installation of the OS. Then install the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 directly.

I don't think the runtime just stopped working because of nothing, there must be some changes to the system that you might not be aware of caused the problem. It seems to me the framework was correctly installed, however, something prevented the runtime working normally. Hard to say why without hands on the machine now.

Regards,

Jie

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