VS Premium 2012, Installation failure on Windows 7

Question

Hello everyone,

I try to install VS 2012 (either Premium or even Express for Desktop) on a Windows 7 SP1 but the installation fails. First the splash screen is displayed and after that I get the message:

"A problem caused the program to stop working correctly Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available."

Looking at the Installation log I see: ERROR: The type initializer for 'System.Windows.Media.FontFamily' threw an exception.

I assume that this is related with either a font or .NET framework. Consider that a Silent installation proceeds with success and this is the way I bypassed the problem.

An interactive installation repeatedly fails even though I have tried an in-Place upgrade for my Windows 7 machine.

I would appreciate If you please could help with my problem. I have collected the logs and uploaded them to sky drive:

http://i8jexw.blu.livefilestore.com/y1mCA_TZtRK6BIfSK380pjLMMQFdap75E2EJM5kriNbZmP2FVpsc3aSN0PcIu_XypBu_quk97ZFkdU0X7pS_Y3m8u02V4GbhmIy/vslogs.cab?download&psid=1

Thanks in advance for your help

Answer 1

Hi,

Thanks for your post.

I tried to access your logs but got HTTP 404 not found error, could you please check it?

BTW, what do you mean of "have tried an in-Place upgrad" ?

It seems there is a thread who has related issue http://superuser.com/questions/464350/can-i-install-visual-studio-2012-side-by-side-with-2010

I recommend you try the solution listed there.

Regards,

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Barry Wang [MSFT]
MSDN Community Support | Feedback to us

Answer 2

Hello Barry,

The Vslogs.cab is at the url:

https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=198F53AC162A1645&id=198F53AC162A1645!106

By "In-Place Upgrade" I mean: I upgraded my Windows 7 to Windows 7 using the Upgrade option (NOT CUSTOM).

I wanted to refresh my Operating System installation in order to avoid a new clean Installation.

Thanks for your reply.

Answer 3

Hi CO_gpan,

I've checked you logs and the same error was found.

Could you please refer to this case:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9066930/wpf-window-crashes-on-startup-or-it-starts-but-hangs-and-does-not-render-conten

and this blog 

http://code.logos.com/blog/2009/11/how_to_crash_every_wpf_application.html

The crash error seems due to the problem as they mentioned.

I recommend you backup your registry and try the solution on that blog.

If you have any updates, please feel free to let me know.

Regards,

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Barry Wang [MSFT]
MSDN Community Support | Feedback to us

Answer 4

Hi Barry,

Thanks for your help. I proceed as follows and the problem was solved.

--Backup old fonts and registry entry [ HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts]

1. Get c:\windows\Fonts content from another 64-Bit Windows 7 Machine.

2. Get relevant registry entry from another machine

3. Delete c:\windows\Fonts\*.*

4. Delete entry from Registry

Then
5. Copy Fonts to  c:\windows\Fonts
 If for some reason COPY fails, rename the Failed font (in my case Calibrib.ttf =>XCalibrib.ttf)  and copy the rest.

6. Put into the registry the fonts executing the exported registry key
 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts]

7. Reboot the machine

Then VS2012 installation proceeds with success.

Answer 5

I am having a problem with VS 2015. Whether I run from ISO or Web Installer, I get a quick flash of a splash screen, then nothing. Sometimes MSIEXEC is running in task manager, sometimes it is not. 

I have:

1. Removed Anti-virus
2. Renamed the Crypto\RSAxxx folder
3. removed the folders under the package cache.
4. Verified the SHA1 values on the ISOs.

I am at a loss what else to try and my work is dead in the water. I had VS2015 Enterprise and my license expired, so I need to install Professional. I have uninstalled Enterprise but cannot get any installer from any update to run.