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How Visual Studio 2012 Avoids Prompts for Source

July 26, 2012 Jul 26, 2012 07/26/12
Heath Stewart
Requiring source packages during installation, repairs, and even uninstall are common occurrences for some customers. The core issue is that Windows Installer needs the source location of the package and its files to install - and can't find them automatically - when attempting to restore the machine to the state it should be in (according to ...

Easier Authoring for Slipstreaming Patches

July 26, 2012 Jul 26, 2012 07/26/12
Heath Stewart
Slipstreaming Windows Installer patches is, technically, installing the MSP simultaneously with the MSI as a single transaction. This is, effectively: The applicable transforms (both the authoring changes and patch transforms) are applied to the MSI and the MSI is installed with those changes from the start. Both the MSI and MSP are cached ...

July 2012 Update for Visual Studio 2012 RC

July 6, 2012 Jul 6, 2012 07/6/12
Heath Stewart
A few months ago we introduced a new method of delivering updates to Visual Studio 2012. Today we published updates in the same manner for Visual Studio 2012 Release Candidates.You can download the July 2012 update (KB2703187) for VS2012 RC from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=257044. More information about this update is available at ...

How to fix “Invalid License Data” after upgrading from Visual Studio 2012 Beta to RC

June 4, 2012 Jun 4, 2012 06/4/12
Heath Stewart
A few customers have reported the following error after upgrading from VS2012 Beta to the Release Candidate (RC):Invalid License DataReinstall is required.Aaron Marten on the Visual Studio Extensibility team has a post describing how to fix this issue.This should only happen if you upgrade a “higher” Beta edition to a “...

Announcing Windows Installer XML v3.6 Release Candidate

May 31, 2012 May 31, 2012 05/31/12
Heath Stewart
On a day of many great Release Candidate (RC) announcements, I should not forget another important RC milestone: Windows Installer XML (WiX) v3.6 RC.We’ve made a lot of improvements, simplified some scenarios, and fixed a lot of bugs. Download v3.6 RC and give it a try and let us know if you find any other issues...

Visual Studio 11 Beta Updates

April 6, 2012 Apr 6, 2012 04/6/12
Heath Stewart
Today we announced a new method of delivering updates using a notification system many Visual Studio developers should be familiar with: the Visual Studio Extension Manager. Developers will now be notified in Visual Studio when updates are available.When the notification balloon is clicked, Extension Manager will open to a new node: Product ...

Why Visual Studio 11 Requires Space on the System Drive

March 7, 2012 Mar 7, 2012 03/7/12
Heath Stewart
Users have asked why space is required on the system drive (typically the C: drive) when they choose to install Visual Studio 11 to another drive.While Visual Studio 11 does allow you to install the majority of features to another drive, VS11 still requires space on the system drive for the following reasons: For Visual Studio ...

Announcing Visual Studio 11 Beta

February 29, 2012 Feb 29, 2012 02/29/12
Heath Stewart
Along with the release of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, we have released Visual Studio 11 Beta and Jason Zander has announced many of the great new and improved features in VS11 Beta. We have also introduced a new setup experience with VS11. Setup is built atop Burn, the Windows Installer XML engine, as well as the managed bootstrapper ...

Installing across network may slow Visual Studio 2010 and Service Pack 1 setup

May 31, 2011 May 31, 2011 05/31/11
Heath Stewart
If you are installing Visual Studio 2010 or Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 from across the network and are experiencing slow install times, this could be caused by low network bandwidth and long verification times.How to work around this issueFor Visual Studio 2010 RTM, copy the entire contents of the network directory locally. This ...