March CTP Orcas installer crashes

Question

Hello,
I downloaded the 7-part archive of Orcas March CTP and tried to install it with the default set of installed components.
The installer successfully passed (marked with green) Microsoft Web Designer Tools, something else and Microsoft Document Explorer and then immediately crashed (and suggested me to send a report about the crash, the regular windows message that happens like when there is an access violation, for example).
The error signature was as follows:
EventType : visualstudio8setup     P1 : 10826    
P2 : 9.0.20209.00_orcas_x86_net     P3 : pr     P4 : inst     P5 : f    
P6 : microsoft web designer tools     P7 : baseret_unknown     P8 : -    
P9 : 30066     P10 : -    

However, it did not exit but left open, saying that
'The following component failed to install: Microsoft Web Designer tools'
The log files at the link 'view error log' are not available: clicking yields 'Cannot find file: ..../dd_vserror80.txt'

However, I looked into the temp dir and found 3 log files: dd_depcheck80.txt, dd_error_vs_vstscore_90.txt and dd_install_vs_vstscore_90.txt. I would attach them to the message but I don't see an 'attach file' button. Is there any convenient way for me to provide them? To my mind they are too big to include in the message verbosely (562kb, 19kb 1.19mb correspondingly). Also I could attach the precise content of the error report.

I have Windows XP SP2, SQL Server 2005, .NET Framework v2.0.50727 and Visual Studio 2005 installed.

Answer 1

Hello,

I can understnad your problem, it is a lengthy process to download.

You have downloaded in-correct version of ORCAS Macrch 2007 CTP.

Correct version consists of 9 .rar files and is avialable at the folowing link
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=B533619A-0008-4DD6-9ED1-47D482683C78&displaylang=en

I hope this answers your query.

Thanks and Regards

 

 

Answer 2

I have the exact same problem. If that is true, and we actually downloaded 4.5GB of wrong files I would call it a contempt at the address of people who try to test the beta products.