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Workaround for 0x8007007e when trying to to locate an instance of Visual Studio

Heath StewartNovember 14, 2018Nov 14, 201811/14/18

We are investigating how a particular rare problem occurs that can prevent clients like VSIXInstaller.exe, vswhere.exe, and others from finding any Visual Studio instance that results in an error similar to the following: This is the CLSID for the Visual Studio Installer query API, and despite being registered the COM server DLL is ...

Get the Windows Installer PowerShell Module easier with WMF 5.0

Heath StewartDecember 18, 2015Dec 18, 201512/18/15

Many years ago when PowerShell was first in beta, I saw an opportunity to write cmdlets that I could string together in different ways rather than writing and maintaining a bunch of one-off Windows scripts for various day-to-day tasks and customer diagnostics. I created the Windows Installer PowerShell Module to fill that role. These cmdlets ...

Windows Installer PowerShell Module 2.2.1 Released

Heath StewartJuly 3, 2013Jul 3, 201307/3/13

Yesterday I released servicing update 2.2.1, which updates 2.2.0 to fix a few bugs and add a few cool new features: Version-specific documentation has been added, but the most significant change to the documentation is the complete overhaul of the examples. Apart from removing some old examples using deprecated functionality, I ...

Windows Installer PowerShell Module 2.2.0 Released

Heath StewartJune 13, 2013Jun 13, 201306/13/13

Years ago I released PowerShell cmdlets (“command-lets”) that make querying product and patch information easy and robust. Windows PowerShell is a powerful shell that pipes objects – not simply text – and provides full access to the .NET Framework as part of the language (though higher-level constructs are most often better). Earlier ...

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Workaround for 0x8007007e when trying to to locate an instance of Visual Studio

Get the Windows Installer PowerShell Module easier with WMF 5.0

Windows Installer PowerShell Module 2.2.1 Released

Windows Installer PowerShell Module 2.2.0 Released

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