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Removing Visual Studio components left behind after an uninstall

Heath StewartJuly 17, 2015Jul 17, 201507/17/15

When you install Visual Studio and related content like Windows Kits or some add-ons, most packages that comprise those bundles are reference counted to make sure they are not removed prematurely. Uninstalling Visual Studio and related content should eventually remove those packages (i.e. last one out the door turns off the light). Contrast ...

Redirect the Package Cache using registry-based policy

Heath StewartJune 9, 2015Jun 9, 201506/9/15

Visual Studio can require a lot of space on the system drive, and previous methods of redirecting the Package Cache can be tricky for some people to set up or even maintain as junctions across volumes may be removed on boot. The cache is there for good reasons and has significantly reduced the failure rate, but for people with smaller system ...

Workaround for when Visual Studio Update says it doesn’t apply

Heath StewartSeptember 12, 2014Sep 12, 201409/12/14

I previously blogged about a problem some customers were running into that prevented Visual Studio Update from installing. You might see a dialog like the one to the right and an error message that read something like, Update 2 does not apply, or is blocked by another condition on your computer. At least for many people, they had an ...

Update does not apply or is blocked by another condition on your computer

Heath StewartMay 23, 2014May 23, 201405/23/14

We have investigated reports of some installs of Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 reporting that no applicable updates are available even when VS2013 is installed. We have been unable to reproduce the cause in our labs and besides offering a workaround, we would like to ask for your assistance if you can reproduce the problem in the specific ...

Incorrect hash value when installing Visual Studio 2013 Update 2

Heath StewartMay 1, 2014May 1, 201405/1/14

Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 RC introduces some cool new features and adds an option to slipstream the install of VS2013 RTM with Update 2 RC, but some attempts to download it have had the following problem. Problem When installing VS2013 Update 2 you see the error or warning message, “The hash value is not correct.” This will show up as ...

Error in installation log for Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 RC can be misleading

Heath StewartApril 17, 2014Apr 17, 201404/17/14

Given many of the exciting announcements and features demonstrated recently at Build 2014, customers are downloading Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 RC. This update is quite a bit bigger than VS2013 Update 1 since it contains many new features. A small number of customers, however, are experiencing problems installing VS2013.2 RC. Symptoms ...

How to relocate the Package Cache

Heath StewartFebruary 11, 2014Feb 11, 201402/11/14

Visual Studio can require a lot of space on the system drive. Based on years of data collected from customers’ installations from the Customer Experience Improvement Program, we took advantage of this feature in Burn – the Windows Installer XML (WiX) chainer – to eliminate most errors during repair, servicing, and even uninstall. This ...

Upgrading Visual Studio 2013 Update to a newer Update may be slow

Heath StewartJanuary 21, 2014Jan 21, 201401/21/14

Our first public release of Visual Studio Update for Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 is available. There are, however, a couple of known issues in hopefully uncommon scenarios. Fixed We have fixed this in future versions of Visual Studio Update. This post is kept for historical reasons should any users have problems upgrading from pre-release ...

Uninstalling Visual Studio 2013 with VSUpdate error: Element not found

Heath StewartJanuary 21, 2014Jan 21, 201401/21/14

Our first public release of Visual Studio Update for Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 is available. There are, however, a couple of known issues in hopefully uncommon scenarios. Symptom If you attempt to uninstall Visual Studio 2013 after VSUpdate has been installed, you may see an error after a while that reads “Element not found.” VS2013 ...

Visual Studio 2012 Update 1 has Released

Heath StewartNovember 27, 2012Nov 27, 201211/27/12

To provide incremental value to our customers, we have released Visual Studio Update 1 and will be notifying all Visual Studio 2012 customers via toast notifications (like you get for VS package updates) soon.Soma’s blog has more information on VSUpdate in general, as well as some of the features you can expect. And check out Brian&rsquo...

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