WinFX RTC December 2005 Not working with December Vista SDK
There's a problem with the WinFx RTC download for December 2005.
This happens with Both the SmartInstaller & the Full WinFX RTC download.
What gives?
The SDK fails with "Wrong version of WinFX" installed message.
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cicorias] at [2007-12-18]
This sucks. Guess having gone through complete de-install of November CTP doesn't work. I un-installed in the following order:
* Visual Studio 2005 Extensions for Windows Workflow Foundation
* Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Extensions for WinFX
* Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (5262.0)
* WinFX Runtime Components 3.0 - Beta 2
Any idea what other "remnants" of the November CTP would be causing this to fail? That is, the SDK install.
If I force it with this command, it gets installed:
E:\Setup>msiexec /package WinSDK-x86.msi /quiet /lv c:\out.log
I seem to be having the same problem. I think there are probably some remnants of an old WinFX CTP. I will try your silent install, see what that does.
I was getting errors if I ran setup.exe from the root of the SDK disk, but running WinSDK-x86.msi directly from the Setup folder worked fine for me.
I tried this and it won't work for me. It says invalid package.
Sam, the SDK team is looking into this problem. I'll let you know when we think we have a solution, or I may ping you for more details. Thanks for the feedback.Jason Sacks
Setup Program Manager
Windows SDK
Is there any way you can send me a copy of your log so it can help my team track down this problem?
jsacks<at>microsoft<dot>com
Jason Sacks
Setup Program Manager
Windows SDK
Guys,
Isnt the runtime components already installed present on Vista? You need to turn them "on" (i.e. install), but the MSI is already there... It should be in the Add/Remove Windows Components control panel (link is via the add/remove programs control panel applet). I am booted in XP right now so can't specify the exact steps.
Its in the same place you'd go to install II7 or other optional components. Once you enable the checkbox and click ok, it'll just run the MSI that's placed somewhere in your system drive. This is the same runtime as the MSDN download page, but I suspect it should install just fine.
The SDK itself had issues in installing (on Vista), but that's another story ....
Im experiencing the same problem. Downloaded that latest version of the winfx rtc package but the new sdk wont install because of a version missmatch. This is on a clean install with the rtm install visual studio 2005.
Folks, I'm using Windows XP SP2, not the Vista beta.
So, my silent install solution worked for XP, not Vista.
The problem I'm having is that I cannot install the WinFX extensions for Visual Studio 2005 - the installation fails saying I don't have the SDK installed - but I did just successfully install the SDK. In fact it's the first time I've had the December CTP install get that far! But I can't figure out why the WinFX extensions setup doesn't think I have the SDK installed? Frustrating.
I insalled (so far) in this order (and didn't have any previous betas or CTP's installed before)
- WinFX runtime
- Visual Studio 2005 (Team Suite RTM)
- Windows SDK (and the MSDN help)
So I'm *almost* there.. dang it.
Any ideas anyone?
I'm trying to get the common thread that's causing failure among you guys' posts. Do any of you have previous versions of the WinFX SDK installed on the machines on which you're running the installation? The WinFX SDK merged with the PSDK to become the Windows SDK, and I wonder if any of the problems you're experiencing are coming from outdated content. Perhaps you're using the last WinFX SDK release out there (the Beta 1?) which requires the Beta 2 version of .NET Framework that causes the problem. Make sure to uninstall the .NET Fx Beta 2 before installing. Instead, install the RTM version of the .NET Framework that you can get from Windows update or by installing the WinFX runtime.
I will pass on any and all logs received to our setup devs, and I do recommend using the command E:\Setup>msiexec /package WinSDK-x86.msi /quiet /lv c:\out.log to run the install. Please post if you have any further successes or failures.
Jason Sacks
Setup PM
Windows SDK
http://blogs.msdn.com/jsacks
Thanks Jason.
Yes, that command worked for me; I did have remnants of Beta 1 on the machine, although I did follow a structured "uninstall" of all bits beforehand.
I used the links from the page that listed all the bits necessary to install the december CTP.
I do see lot's of "remnants" of prior beta's on the file system.
However, I'm "working" ok at this point with the December CTP "Set" of all bits from the SDK up through the Visual Studio extensions.
It would be nice if there was another script posted that would do a more effective cleanup of all the remnants of past bits. Perhaps with the January Beta bits?
We definitely won't have anything for January, because it's strictly an update of some WinFX bits and nothing deep in the setup will change. We almost certainly won't have anything for February CTP either, because we're focused on getting custom setup options and the web setup to work for that release. However, it's definitely something I'll add to our setup work items list for the Beta 2 release scheduled for April.
An effective cleanup would be very nice to have, but I'd like first to make sure that you have more options for downloading than an ISO.
