I attempted to install ADO.NET vNext today, but upon starting the install wizard, I was prompted with a message box stating:
"Could not access network location VisualBasic\ADO.NET vNext CTP\1033\."
I have previously installed the .net 3.0 framework, Visual C# express 2005, Visual Web Developer 2005, and the May 2006 Linq CTP.
I'm logged in as administrator on my box, so I couldn't imagine it would be a security issue".
Does anyone have any thoughts on this, or any suggestions where I might look for answers I didn't have any luck googling on Ado.net vNext installation problems.
Thx for any help.
ADO.NET vNext Installation problem
Andijk
I decided to look at the MSI tables with Orca.exe.
I noticed in the "CustomAction" table, there's an entry with the following attributes:
Action: Set_VS2005VBTemplatesDir
Type: 307
Source: VS2005VBTEMPLATESDIR
Target: [VS2005PROJECTTEMPLATESDIR]VisualBasic\[ProductName]
I copied the MSI, and deleted this custom action from it.
I then ran the installer, and it gave me the same "type" of error, except this time for CSharp.
I then deleted the entry for the entry of similar nature for CSharp.
After doing this, I was able to install Ado.net vNext
Lawrex
Thanks for the reply. That was definitely a good idea (based on the error message).
I went ahead and installed Visual Basic Express 2005, but unfortunately no luck.
If anyone else has any thoughts on this, please post.
Thanks
Beast Forever
Excellent, I'm glad you got the installation to work!
Did you attempt to install the full version of Visual Studio at some point, or did you try to uninstall a version of it If so, it's possible that you have one of the following registry keys still present.
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\InstallDir
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\Setup\VS\ProductDir
Our installer will look for these keys, and, if present, assume that the full Visual Studio has been installed. Do you have these keys, and, if so, do they point to working folders
Thanks,
Erick
HelderPinto79
Do you have any VB development environments installed It sounds like the ADO.NET vNext installer in assuming that you have VB installed.
Can you ignore the error If not, I would try downloading Visual Basic Express 2005 and see if that works.
Thanks,
Erick