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Visual Studio 2008 SP1 most peculiar installation known issue

by Miha Markič 12. August 2008 10:44

I was reading VS2008 SP1 known issues file and this issue struck me:

2.1.4 Visual Studio 2008 SP1 installation fails when the Windows Vista sidebar is enabled.
Visual Studio 2008 SP1 installation fails when the Windows Vista sidebar is on.
To resolve this issue:
1. Right-click the Sidebar icon in the notification area, at the far right of the taskbar.
2. Click "Exit".

How can Vista sidebar interfere with VS2008 SP1 installation? This has to be the most peculiar installation issue I have seen in a while. Well, it didn't complain when I installed the SP1.

Go figure.

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Comments (3) -

Andrej Tozon

8/12/2008 6:15:18 PM #

Yeah, this one caught my eye too. Some .NET Framework dependent, memory-leaking Sidebar Gadgets perhaps?

bojanv

8/12/2008 9:36:23 PM #

I didnt have any problems installing SP1. Maybe some custom made gadgets or sidebar.exe interfere in installation progress or download and they wrote a precaution message...

markoh

9/10/2008 4:18:58 AM #

Visual Studio installations are one of the most buggy installations from MS, especially Service Pack installations. I usually start it and leave it over the night only to come back and see that it paused almost at the begining of the process because of some strange reason.

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Miha currently works as a free lance consultant and software developer specialized in .net area.
He graduated in Computer and information science at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. He has accumulated experience in various programming languages such as Java, Visual Basic 3-6 (MCP), Visual C++, Delphi, C# and VB.Net through years.
He has experience in practically all (technical) stages of project development, including planning, framework development, user interface, business processes, as well as testing and documenting. He has worked on big and small projects in Slovenia and abroad (e.g. participated in completing level 3 IS for the Nucor steel plant, Hertford, USA).
Currently he enjoys programming in .net environment using C#. Since 2000 he has been active in Developer Express' DX Squad and has been ECDL trainer and tester. He also gives lectures on conferences and other events in Slovenia.

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