{"id":443,"date":"2011-03-02T16:14:22","date_gmt":"2011-03-02T16:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/heaths\/2011\/03\/02\/visual-studio-2010-service-pack-1-installing-for-over-2-hours-could-be-a-sign-of-a-problem\/"},"modified":"2019-02-17T15:29:40","modified_gmt":"2019-02-17T22:29:40","slug":"visual-studio-2010-service-pack-1-installing-for-over-2-hours-could-be-a-sign-of-a-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/setup\/visual-studio-2010-service-pack-1-installing-for-over-2-hours-could-be-a-sign-of-a-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 installing for over 2 hours could be a sign of a problem"},"content":{"rendered":"

On average customers are experience ~45 minute installs for Visual Studio 2010 SP1. Based on machine performance, even seeing install times of a little over an hour isn’t unexpected. But if VS2010 SP1 is taking more than a couple hours to install, there could be a problem and in the case described below requires user action.<\/p>\n

Description of the issue<\/h3>\n

If Visual Studio 2010 SP1 is taking more than a couple of hours to install, it may be stuck in a loop waiting for the user to cancel the current operation. To determine if this is the case,<\/p>\n

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  1. Click on the Start<\/strong> menu and click Run<\/strong>. <\/li>\n
  2. Type “cmd.exe” (without quotes) and click OK<\/strong>. <\/li>\n
  3. In the command prompt, type “cd %TEMP%” and press Enter. <\/li>\n
  4. Type “dir HFI*.tmp.html”  and press Enter. <\/li>\n
  5. If a file was found, type “start filename<\/em>” with the file name from step 4 and press Enter. <\/li>\n
  6. Search the file for the text, “WM_ACTIVATEAPP: Focus stealer’s windows WAS visible, NOT taking back focus”. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    If you find that text in the temporary log file, please see the workaround below.<\/p>\n

    If the temporary log file was not found or you do not see this text, perhaps wait a while longer or reply below with the last few lines of the log file.<\/p>\n

    How to work around this issue<\/h3>\n

    If you find the text in the steps above,<\/p>\n

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    1. Click the Cancel <\/strong>button. This may take a short time and then SP1 will rollback. <\/li>\n
    2. After rollback completes, reboot your machine. <\/li>\n
    3. After logging in, install Visual Studio 2010 SP1 again. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      If the workaround does not work, please comment below or through various other support options described here<\/a>.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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