VS 2005 SP1 install always fails with corrupt cab file 'PCW_CAB_VS_10260'
I've downloaded VS 2005 SP1 perhaps 5 dozen times now. Almost always, the .exe never finishes extracting. Very, very frustrating in and of itself! On those very rare occasions when it does finish extracting and begins the install process, I'm ultimately greeted with this message every time:
"The cabinet file 'PCW_CAB_VS_10260' required for this installation is corrupt and cannot be used. This could indicate a network error, an error reading from the CD-ROM, or a problem with this package."
If I recall correctly, it's usually preceeded by "Error 1335."
McAfee AV is disabled by stopping all its services (I don't have the password to unlock its UI, and the network admins don't know it for some reason). I've varied: browsers, time of day, fresh boot or not, VPN on/off. I've ensured that as few programs as possible are running. I have plenty of free space, but I've defragged my drive just to be sure. I've crawled all over the net, but there are only two or three hits for problems with the cab file 'PCW_CAB_VS_10260', and all of them were resolved by simply re-downloading and retrying until the install worked. Heck, I've even downloaded the SP on my Mac and moved it to my work machine via a thumb drive.
Well, I'm at my wits end with this problem, so I'm writing here for help. I have a log file that I can share, but I don't see a way to do so here. Some details:
Windows XP Pro SP2
.NET Framework 2.0 w/ these patches applied:
- KB922770
- KB917283
VS 2005 Pro w/ these patches applied:
- KB910275
- KB925674
67 GB free space on HD
2 GB RAM
Please let me know if any others are needed. I'd be most grateful for any help at all.
Regards,
Craig
I am getting the same message. I checked the version and I am on
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Version 8.0.50727.762 (SP.050727-7600)
Microsoft .Net Framework 2.0.50727
Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 77626-009-0000007-41717
C#, C++, J#, and Web Developer are on the same version as VB 2005.
I do a Windows Update and it keeps telling me that I need to update with Visual Studio 2005 SP 1.
When I go to update and install it gives me the corrupt cab file message.
I had this problem and this worked for me:
Download VS2005 SP1 exe, burn it to CD, download it again, verify CD
Uninstall Visual Studio and it's co-installed packages
Run SFC /SCANNOW against windows CD to update your DLL cache
Install .NET Framework 2.0 separately
Install Visual Studio to your minimum custom requirements (Visual Basic in my case)
Load an example program and compile as check
Reboot system
Clean out (hidden) temp directory c:\Documents and Settings\Your Name\ Local Settings\Temp
Ensure 10GB free on drives targetted by install
Turn on system restore to allow backtracking to this point
Install VS2005 SP1 Service Pack 1
It takes about a day.
Lewis
Hi Craig
I downloaded twice because I am guessing that two separate downloads will not be corrupted in the same way, if that's the problem. I typed 'compare' into windows help and then compared the two in a command window using fc /b as per help under fc /?. Once verified on CD the file is good forever basically, and cannot itself be subsequently corrupted, by a virus, for example. I think the other two measures address the possibility that windows is using a mixture of incompatible dll versions during the update caused by the update, so causing a false message. I'm not really sure. It's all guesses basically. So add some more if you can find them! My install may have worked for another reason, or at random.
Lewis
