Visual Studio 2005 related issues and resolutions

Issue 1

When installing Visual Studio Pro Edition using the MSDN CDs CD1 and CD2, you will run into an error saying that the following files are missing. These files are NOT on CD1. They are on CD2. So before installing VS 2005, copy all the files from the CD2 folder to CD1. DO NOT overwrite the “autorun.exe” or “autorun.inf” files on CD1. Then execute “autorun.exe” from CD1 and follow the steps in the installation wizard.1311.

Source file not found: c:\vs 2005 setup\cd1\_15780_RTL_x86_enu_NETCF_v2.0.cab. Verify that the file exists and that you can access it. c:\vs 2005 setup\cd1\_15780_RTL_x86_enu_NETCF_v2.0.cab. Verify that the file exists and that you can access it.

Error 1309.Error reading from file: c:\vs 2005 setup\cd1\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\GuiDebug\shortcutCLRDbg32.txt. Verify that the file exists and that you can access it.

Error 1309.Error reading from file: c:\vs 2005 setup\cd1\wcu\JSharpRedistCore\vjredist.exe. Verify that the file exists and that you can access it.

Error 1309.Error reading from file: c:\vs 2005 setup\cd1\wcu\SSE\sqlexpr32.exe. Verify that the file exists and that you can access it.

Related Web Resources:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vssetup/thread/bd9c13a6-beba-4c94-8157-f48170e663a8/


Issue 2
If you don’t have the Web Application Project type installed on top of Visual Studio 2005, you will get an error saying that the “project type is not supported by this installation.” To resolve this issue, install the following components in the order listed below:

1. VS80-KB915364-X86-ENU.exe - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=8b05ee00-9554-4733-8725-3ca89dd9bfca&displaylang=en

2. WebApplicationProjectSetup.msi - http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/0/6/906064ce-0bd1-4328-af40-49dca1aef87c/WebApplicationProjectSetup.msi

Related Web Resources:http://www.devnewsgroups.net/group/microsoft.public.dotnet.framework/topic49512.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/asp.net/aa336618.aspx