Installing on Windows 7

Question

Hi,

I want to install Visual Studio Express 2008.  But... it isnt working.  I have windows 7 - probably that is the problem.

I downloaded the "vbsetup.exe" from http://www.microsoft.com/express/Downloads/#2008-Visual-Basic

The error message is: setup.exp has stopped working
"a problem has caused the program to stop working correctly.  Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available."

Well... it is a problem.  But there was no solution given by windows!

And then I get the error "Setup cannot install the following components"

Visual C++ Runtime Pre- requisites

Setup did not attempt to install the following components...

Microsoft Windows SDK for Visual Studio 2008 SP1...
and there is a list of other things.

I have a lenovo icore 7. (if that helps)

Thanks

Answer 1

Hi,

I want to install Visual Studio Express 2008.  But... it isnt working.  I have windows 7 - probably that is the problem.

I downloaded the "vbsetup.exe" from http://www.microsoft.com/express/Downloads/#2008-Visual-Basic

And then I get the error "Setup cannot install the following components"

Visual C++ Runtime Pre- requisites

Setup did not attempt to install the following components...

Microsoft Windows SDK for Visual Studio 2008 SP1...
and there is a list of other things.

Thanks

Answer 2

I also posted this here.

It wasnt clear from the forum menu where the installation forum was.http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/Vsexpressinstall/thread/3dbbfb34-268b-45c7-a745-05f6df0483ab

Answer 3

After reading some of the posts, it seems that there is a bug in the visual studio with regards to windows 7, as it looks like there are a number of problems compatibility wise with these systems.

Answer 4

I also posted this here.

It wasnt clear from the forum menu where the installation forum was.http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/Vsexpressinstall/thread/3dbbfb34-268b-45c7-a745-05f6df0483ab

Hi Jeff_NewUser,

I would keep more of any eye on the other forum post but I hope a forum moderator merges this thread to.>>

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/Vsexpressinstall/thread/3dbbfb34-268b-45c7-a745-05f6df0483ab


Have you tried downloading the ISO file to burn to a c.d. instead?
See.>> http://www.microsoft.com/express/Downloads/#2008-All

After you burn it to a c.d. instead of letting the c.d. AUTORUN try a right-click on the Setup or Install icon and select
RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR on Windows 7.

For direct download links for the ISO version which is complete with Service Pack 1 ( SP1 ).>>

http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/8/E/E8EEB394-7F42-4963-A2D8-29559B738298/VS2008ExpressWithSP1ENUX1504728.iso


or try the link for the version without SP1.>>

http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/B/5/8B5804AD-4990-40D0-A6AA-CE894CBBB3DC/VS2008ExpressENUX1397868.iso


I have added a similar post to this one, here.>>

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/Vsexpressinstall/thread/5e799eba-1d0d-4509-ad1d-dfc825bf4f7e/


The ISO version does not require online registration, apparently.


Regards,

John

Answer 5

I tried burning to a CD.  WHen I right click on "setup" there is no option to run as administrator.  I ran setup and got the same error.

Answer 6

Does anyone know how to install VS express in windows 7, x64?

Answer 7

I tried burning to a CD.  WHen I right click on "setup" there is no option to run as administrator.  I ran setup and got the same error.

Hi again Jeff_NewUser ,

Which ISO file did you try? You might like to try with the other one?

On Windows 7 are you running under an administrator account? Yes or No?
You can check what type of account you have on Windows 7 , from Control Panel select User Accounts .


Make sure any application file you right-click on is not in a ZIP file or within an ISO image or within a CAB
 file or any other kind of compressed file format.

Then when you right-click on an application you should see RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR like this.>>






Regards,

John

P.S: Failing all that you might like to see if contacting Microsoft in your country is any help.
Tell them that you have tried asking in the MSDN forums, they will know what you mean.  :-)

Start from this page to contact Microsoft in your country.>>

http://www.microsoft.com/worldwide/

Answer 8

I tried running as an administrator, and it still is not working.  I also called microsoft but they said there was no phone support for the product.

I was running the "setup" file.

Answer 9

Hi,

I want to install Visual Studio Express 2008.  But... it isnt working.  I have windows 7 - probably that is the problem.

I downloaded the "vbsetup.exe" from http://www.microsoft.com/express/Downloads/#2008-Visual-Basic

And then I get the error "Setup cannot install the following components"

Visual C++ Runtime Pre- requisites

Setup did not attempt to install the following components...

Microsoft Windows SDK for Visual Studio 2008 SP1...
and there is a list of other things.

Thanks

http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=600449

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Answer 10

Do you have admin privileges on the system you are running the setup on?

**EDIT**

a link which might help: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/Vsexpressinstall/thread/5fcc498c-5d84-4510-b8d3-ddfeec7fc95e

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Answer 11

I logged in as the administrator.  I had to "add" the administrative privaledges by going here... http://windows7news.com/2009/02/03/enable-or-disable-the-windows-7-administrator-account/

Is logging in as administrator = admin privileges?

Thanks for your reply!  I really need to fix this because I am a developer and I have deadlines!

Answer 12

Hi again Jeff_NewUser,

Are you in the USA or in the UK or elsewhere?
 The reason I ask is that I may be able to offer you a different solution to your problem.


Regards,

John

Answer 13

I am in the USA.

Answer 14

Hi Jeff,

Email me.>>

johnanthonyoliver <at> msn.com

replace the <at> with @

of course.


Regards,

John

Answer 15

Hi Jeff,

Thank you for your post.

I have installed Visual Studio 2008 Express products on Windows 7 64 bit machine. They work well.

For your concern, could you please help me to try the following steps for further troubleshooting?

1. Check whether you have turned on the windows feature of .NET Framework 3.5.1.
Please go to Control Panel -> Programs and Features -> Turn Windows features on or off -> Check the box next to Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1.
2. If .NET Framework 2.0, 3.0 and 3.5 are verified successfully but the installation still fails, please collect the log file.

The steps to collect the log:
- Try to clean your "%temp%" folder (Start Menu >> Run >> Type "%temp%")
- Install VB2008 Express Edition
  (The installer must be run with administrator privileges - Right-click the installer >> "Run as Administrator")
- Collect the logs from "%temp%" folder
   Collect tool: http://blogs.msdn.com/heaths/archive/2008/05/09/visual-studio-and-net-log-collection-utility.aspx
- Send vslogs.cab file to me ([e-mail])
  Note: Please attach the link of this post in the mail.

Hope this helps! If you have any concern, please feel free to let me know.

Best regards,
Yichun Chen

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Answer 16

I sent an email with the error logs.  One of them said I was not able to install the windows prerequisites.

03/01/10,12:11:27] Visual C++ Runtime Pre-requisites: [2] Error: Installation failed for component Visual C++ Runtime Pre-requisites. MSI returned error code 1612
[03/01/10,12:11:27] ExpressUI: [2] DepCheck indicates Visual C++ Runtime Pre-requisites is not installed.
[03/01/10,12:11:27] ExpressUI: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Windows SDK for Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Express Tools for .NET Framework (x64) - enu was not attempted to be installed.
[03/01/10,12:11:27] ExpressUI: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Windows SDK for Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Express Tools for Win32 (x64) was not attempted to be installed.
[03/01/10,12:11:27] ExpressUI: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition with SP1 - ENU was not attempted to be installed.
[03/01/10,12:11:28] ExpressUI: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP1 ENU was not attempted to be installed.
[03/01/10,12:11:28] ExpressUI: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP1 Design Tools ENU was not attempted to be installed.
[03/01/10,12:11:28] ExpressUI: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Silverlight Runtime was not attempted to be installed.
[03/01/10,12:11:28] ExpressUI: [2] DepCheck indicates SQL Server System CLR Types (x64) was not attempted to be installed.
[03/01/10,12:11:28] ExpressUI: [2] DepCheck indicates Shared Management Objects was not attempted to be installed.
[03/01/10,12:11:28] ExpressUI: [2] DepCheck indicates Reboot was not attempted to be installed.
[03/01/10,12:11:28] ExpressUI: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express Edition (x64) was not attempted to be installed.

Answer 17

I tried installing the redistribution package:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/confirmation.aspx?familyId=bd2a6171-e2d6-4230-b809-9a8d7548c1b6&displayLang=en

But it will not install.

I get the error message: The feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that is unavailable.  Click OK to try again, or enter an alternate path to a folder containing the installation package vc_red.msi in the box below.

Do you know what the problem is?

Answer 18

I installed the redistributio package.

The problem must be that I cannot install the runtime prerequisites.

Can't you just send them to me by email and I will download?

The problems I am having are similiar to the link: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/Vsexpressinstall/thread/5fcc498c-5d84-4510-b8d3-ddfeec7fc95e

Answer 19

Hi Jeff,

Thank you for your email.

For error code "1612", it means "The installation source for this product is not available."

To isolate the possible cause of the installer, could you please try some download manager software to download offline install and run the installer of VB2008 inside this ISO package?
(Please search "Offline Install")
Or you can mount the ISO image to a virtual CD drive, using another 3rd party tool something like MSVCD or Winzip, and run the installation from here.

If it doesn't work, you might try manually installing Visual C++ Runtime Pre-requisites in the path: ....\VBExpress\WCU\vcredist_x86.exe. After this component has been well installed, please run the installer of VB2008 again to complete the installation.

If there is still any problem during the installation, please help me to collect the log files again to track the cause.

Hope this helps! If you have any concern, please feel free to let me know.

Best regards,
Yichun Chen

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Answer 20

Thanks for the reply.

1. Where is the location of ".\VBExpress\WCU\", and also where do I get the runtime prerequisites.  I think the issue is that I dont have themn in the first place.

2. The offline install link you gave is the place where I downloaded the "vbsetup.exe"  But this takes me through an online download.  I searched for offline install in google and microsoft but could not find anything.

Answer 21

Hi Jeff,

Thank you for your reply.

To download the offline install, please open the link that I posted above and check the following screen shot:

Click "Free Download".

After downloading the ISO image, please extract it by using some 3rd-party tools like Winzip. You can go to the path: ....\VBExpress\WCU\vcredist_x86.exe  from the extracted file.

Hope this helps! If you have any concern, please feel free to let me know.

Best regards,
Yichun Chen

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Answer 22

YiChun,

I downloaded the ISO image and burned to a CD.

I went to .\VBExpress\WCU\vcredist_x86.exe, right click --> run as administrator.  I get the error

the message was: "Windows Installer - The feature you are trying to use is on a network resouce that is unavailable.  Click OK to try again, or enter an alternate path to a folder containing the installation package 'vc_red.msi' in the box below."

Answer 23

I am also getting the same error "cannot install c++ prerequisites".

I am really stuck here.

Answer 24

Hi Jeff,

Thank you for your reply.

Could you please try upgrading Windows Installer to the latest Version 4.5?

Hope this helps! If you have any concern, please feel free to let me know.

Best regards,
Yichun Chen

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Answer 25

YiChun Chen,

THe files are not compatible with windows 7.

Answer 26

IT FINALLY WORKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I had to reinstall everything on my computer and then install again with the CD.  So there must have been something I altered in the system settings that was causing all the issues.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP YiChun!

Answer 27

Hi Jeff,

It's my pleasure!

I'm so glad to hear this good news.

Have a nice day.

Best regards,
Yichun Chen

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Answer 28

I also posted this here.

It wasnt clear from the forum menu where the installation forum was.http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/Vsexpressinstall/thread/3dbbfb34-268b-45c7-a745-05f6df0483ab

Hi Jeff_NewUser,

I would keep more of any eye on the other forum post but I hope a forum moderator merges this thread to.>>

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/Vsexpressinstall/thread/3dbbfb34-268b-45c7-a745-05f6df0483ab


Have you tried downloading the ISO file to burn to a c.d. instead?
See.>> http://www.microsoft.com/express/Downloads/#2008-All

After you burn it to a c.d. instead of letting the c.d. AUTORUN try a right-click on the Setup or Install icon and select
RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR on Windows 7.

For direct download links for the ISO version which is complete with Service Pack 1 ( SP1 ).>>

http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/8/E/E8EEB394-7F42-4963-A2D8-29559B738298/VS2008ExpressWithSP1ENUX1504728.iso


or try the link for the version without SP1.>>

http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/B/5/8B5804AD-4990-40D0-A6AA-CE894CBBB3DC/VS2008ExpressENUX1397868.iso


I have added a similar post to this one, here.>>

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/Vsexpressinstall/thread/5e799eba-1d0d-4509-ad1d-dfc825bf4f7e/


The ISO version does not require online registration, apparently.


Regards,

John

It helps me out of the problem, Thanks for your explanation!

Answer 29

To anyone else that is having this problem my fix ended up being manually installing the runtime pre-requisites file \WCU\vcredistmin_x86.exe as suggested earlier. When it gave the error that the file could not be found, I simply did a file search for the requested file, and browsed the installer to the new location. Install worked perfect after that! I'm still confused why Windows Installer kept insisting on referencing the wrong location! Also, unless you run the vc_redistmin_x86.exe file manually, it does not give you the option of specifying a different location.

Hope this helps someone else with the msi 1612 error, I tried everything else I could find!