VS 2005 SP1 Beta doesn`t want to install

I`m not commenting the decision to use windows installer patching system right now (long story short: 1GB of memory wasn`t enough), but after an hour or so the installer doing who knows what atm just died with a very informative message:

The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908.

The number was different the first time I think, when I ran out of free space. And as I click OK it just keeps poping again and again. Oh, wait... it`s stopped after 40- or 50-something clicks. Now, after some time, we have this:

Error 1935.An error occurred during the installation of assembly 'CppCodeProvider,Version="8.0.0.0",PublicKeyToken="b03f5f7f11d50a3a",FileVersion="8.0.50727.363",Culture="neutral",ProcessorArchitecture="MSIL"'. Please refer to Help and Support for more information. HRESULT: 0x8002802F. assembly interface: , function: CreateAssemblyCache, component: {5889F731-AF05-4410-80D2-06AF79DDE506}

I have VS 2005 Team Edition with C++ and C# installed. Minimum possible. No additional third-party components. Or rather I had. It doesn`t work now. Just won`t start.

No coding today I guess... thanks?

Here`s the very helpful log:

The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The arguments are: {3D121B74-4992-4345-8696-90CC5B7EFB10}, ,
The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The arguments are: {2F1F9D4D-9EE5-4A26-B5E3-B67E1B689CAA}, ,
The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The arguments are: {BCBF519C-D652-4447-A0E4-E72FE9DAD3C5}, ,
The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The arguments are: {FBA47DB3-7819-46F9-BCF1-0E93C69BEFEC}, ,
The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The arguments are: {B067B20B-1223-4003-BF40-694B6E5FEC7A}, ,
The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The arguments are: {049E4605-3F83-4F16-987C-45C583CBA73B}, ,
The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The arguments are: {6DC65433-9456-4F46-86A8-D4EAD32811C4}, ,
The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The arguments are: {D4E11CFF-0589-44BD-B6AE-E6CEAF8AA6C4}, ,
The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The arguments are: {0E6BE376-7D93-49C3-9116-E56A175EB051}, ,
The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The arguments are: {54A515BC-5DCD-4125-A877-357359D2D717}, ,
The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The arguments are: {9173B814-6483-4EB2-A344-D2AA940BBC80}, ,
The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The arguments are: {B05F61DB-39B8-4D38-A520-B5956C81BB01}, ,
The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The arguments are: {31CC7FD2-2E1E-45AB-A267-69F20DF508D3}, ,
The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The arguments are: {0E6E1F60-2C27-48BC-8026-5519BFF02E20}, ,
The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The arguments are: {3D5CAF58-5481-45FF-A4FA-BE4F44550417}, ,
The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The arguments are: {FB603825-921B-4781-9FF3-1B1800281E29}, ,
The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The arguments are: {371F4B83-759A-4574-855F-DE18A63573F1}, ,
The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The arguments are: {FFD69937-2416-44D2-901E-57F00D62D06E}, ,
The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The arguments are: {54AEE04D-8872-4EE5-94CA-641D767E4C12}, ,
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The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The arguments are: {00CAD5EA-0238-4D0F-8822-4AEBB3E77B6C}, ,
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The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The arguments are: {D825F1BA-87AB-11D5-A54F-0090278A1BB8}, ,
The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The arguments are: {D825F1ED-87AB-11D5-A54F-0090278A1BB8}, ,
The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The arguments are: {D825F1F0-87AB-11D5-A54F-0090278A1BB8}, ,
The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The arguments are: {D825F1C6-87AB-11D5-A54F-0090278A1BB8}, ,
The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The arguments are: {D6220C4E-1EAE-409E-9CDA-E9261F468476}, ,
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The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The arguments are: {B68B643F-A989-4510-9D98-0B2385E85ADF}, ,
The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The arguments are: {6869A081-1AFB-4EDB-A199-4FC08DB936E9}, ,
The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The arguments are: {1AC45EDE-AC1F-4BED-B8F1-A35668B65856}, ,
The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The arguments are: {22B9C588-49FB-417F-B893-EF1A81EC848C}, ,
The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The arguments are: {E1173109-2F77-400D-A406-6E4932F19AD7}, ,
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The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The arguments are: {AEE174BE-93C5-41AF-9406-025D51348E7A}, ,
The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The arguments are: {48367750-1453-403E-8B35-ED35EB621611}, ,
The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The arguments are: {95D411C6-F44F-43F9-86FB-7B0C31A295A5}, ,
The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The arguments are: {04FF7655-52B0-4558-8519-783AC044B671}, ,
The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The arguments are: {B1BE189C-054D-4195-9C26-49D28C20DE94}, ,
The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The arguments are: {9CCCD13F-2E88-4BFC-84EA-3B74BABA03F1}, ,
The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The arguments are: {C6E48989-CF90-4362-BB1F-76CD5837DF2E}, ,
The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The arguments are: {3E82C199-DC53-4992-A6A5-905D53F2DCE7}, ,
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The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The arguments are: {5DBAE291-E9E6-4577-9BD4-A0BC83DD1D5E}, ,
The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The arguments are: {537413AF-7177-41AB-BD2E-994C0B07FBC1}, ,
The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The arguments are: {0E0F1A00-030B-47D3-AFDE-2D9D00D3B2C0}, ,
The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The arguments are: {25F76DA8-D13A-49E2-B194-14E24D22B8C4}, ,
The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The arguments are: {741E4EA0-3C02-4305-9A8B-E1BA50652D22}, ,
The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The arguments are: {7AA2DD18-508F-4A49-80D0-56F83E57942F}, ,
The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The arguments are: {C36BB0F7-65CD-42A0-AC5D-21495BA312FD}, ,
The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The arguments are: {B7FCEEB4-066B-4A2F-B5FF-1E072FA19D5A}, ,
The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The arguments are: {692AAFD0-A89D-4DDA-AA85-E529B871A47E}, ,
The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The arguments are: {CD0037F7-646B-49AA-A4CB-9C90C8159BBF}, ,
The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The arguments are: {B3D1770E-434E-43B6-AA9A-CEAD9F6AA799}, ,
Error 1935.An error occurred during the installation of assembly 'CppCodeProvider,Version="8.0.0.0",PublicKeyToken="b03f5f7f11d50a3a",FileVersion="8.0.50727.363",Culture="neutral",ProcessorArchitecture="MSIL"'. Please refer to Help and Support for more information. HRESULT: 0x8002802F. assembly interface: , function: CreateAssemblyCache, component: {5889F731-AF05-4410-80D2-06AF79DDE506}
=== Logging stopped: 27/09/2006 15:15:45 ===

[16842 byte] By [DayeRev] at [2007-12-24]
# 1

Guess what... VS 2005 won`t reinstall

[09/27/06,16:25:32] Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0: [2] Error code 1603 for this component means "Fatal error during installation." [09/27/06,16:25:33] Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0: [2] Setup Failed on component Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 [09/27/06,16:25:42] setup.exe: [2] ISetupComponent::Pre/Post/Install() failed in ISetupManager::InstallManagerHelper() with HRESULT -2147023293. [09/27/06,16:25:42] setup.exe: [2] Component error string not specified in ISetupManager::AddToActionResultCollection() [09/27/06,16:25:47] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 is not installed. [09/27/06,16:25:47] VS70pgui: [2] Unknown component status forMicrosoft Document Explorer 2005 [09/27/06,16:25:47] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Developers - ENU was not attempted to be installed.?!
DayeRev at 2007-10-8 > top of Msdn Tech,Visual Studio,Visual Studio Setup and Installation...
# 2

Tried to reinstall the framework separately, but got 25007 error. Tried stuff mentioned here. Didn`t work.

Great.

DayeRev at 2007-10-8 > top of Msdn Tech,Visual Studio,Visual Studio Setup and Installation...
# 3

The error in detail from the log. Maybe it`ll help in some way.

09/27/06 17:16:08 DDSet_Entry: InstallAssembly started
09/27/06 17:16:08 DDSet_Status: CustomActionData: C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Microsoft.VisualBasic.Vsa.dll;28672
09/27/06 17:16:08 DDSet_Status: Loading mscoree.dll
09/27/06 17:16:08 DDSet_Status: Loading fusion.dll using LoadLibraryShim()
09/27/06 17:16:08 DDSet_Error: Error occurred while initializing fusion. Setup could not load fusion with LoadLibraryShim(). Error: The handle is invalid.

MSI (s) (80!F8) [17:16:14:831]: Product: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 -- Error 25007.Error occurred while initializing fusion. Setup could not load fusion with LoadLibraryShim(). Error: The handle is invalid.

Error 25007.Error occurred while initializing fusion. Setup could not load fusion with LoadLibraryShim(). Error: The handle is invalid.

09/27/06 17:16:14 DDSet_CARetVal: 25007
09/27/06 17:16:14 DDSet_Exit: InstallAssembly ended with return value 1603

DayeRev at 2007-10-8 > top of Msdn Tech,Visual Studio,Visual Studio Setup and Installation...
# 4

And I can`t submit feedback because I get this error:

The system has encountered an unexpected error. We apologize for the inconvenience. The issue will be addressed as quickly as possible.

If this error continues, click the Contact Us link at the bottom of the page to report the issue and include this error ID in your e-mail: 02866d51-2413-4141-a455-70a82d5a9a82

Not my day. Definitely.

Cheers, MS...

DayeRev at 2007-10-8 > top of Msdn Tech,Visual Studio,Visual Studio Setup and Installation...
# 5

lot`s of help these forums are... reinstalled windows

no way am I even thinking of installing sp1 now

DayeRev at 2007-10-8 > top of Msdn Tech,Visual Studio,Visual Studio Setup and Installation...
# 6

remember, it is in beta....that is what beta is, still under development, with bugs and not entirely supported.

You also could have restored your system back to the time where you did not install SP1 beta, that is, if you were running Windows XP

ahmedilyas at 2007-10-8 > top of Msdn Tech,Visual Studio,Visual Studio Setup and Installation...
# 7
Well I have the same problem with the release version - do we have a fix?
krymium at 2007-10-8 > top of Msdn Tech,Visual Studio,Visual Studio Setup and Installation...
# 8

Same thing here, it killed my VS installation and aslo Office 2007 and msnmessenger, any solutions for this?

Thanks

Gabo at 2007-10-8 > top of Msdn Tech,Visual Studio,Visual Studio Setup and Installation...
# 9

I finally fixed it by repairing my VS installation from the CD - had tried repairing Windows and all sorts of stuff before that. Off course check if you have a restore point to go back to before that since that might be easiest. My hunch is I could also have got away with reinstalling just the .NET 2.0 SDK - I had tried the .NET redistributable but it didnt stirke me to try the full SDK and thats what I think the VS repair process will use.

Good luck.

krymium at 2007-10-8 > top of Msdn Tech,Visual Studio,Visual Studio Setup and Installation...
# 10
Same thing for me with the release version. Totally messed my PC. Avoid SP1 at all costs is my advice. (Why the hell does it need 2GB free on C:\ anyway?)
bschaldon at 2007-10-8 > top of Msdn Tech,Visual Studio,Visual Studio Setup and Installation...
# 11
Same thing happened to me with final version. I can't even start visual studio now. Don't install SP1. It takes HUGE time to install too.
deltasquare4 at 2007-10-8 > top of Msdn Tech,Visual Studio,Visual Studio Setup and Installation...
# 12

Thanks for the tip, I'll keep it in mind for the future. While trying to recover my machine I ended up destroying it and I just finished reinstalling it (~12 hours of my life that are never coming back ).

The VS SP1 installed ok on a brand new machine but it took me around 3 hours to get the thing done, also, when I installed Resharper 2.5 after applying the SP, it took me another 3 hours.

I can't get the installer to work on a Win2003 Virtual PC image that I'm running and every attempt takes 2 hours before it fails. I think that the VS Team, should ship a new version of VSTS rather than this dodgy "Service Pack".

Gabo

Gabo at 2007-10-8 > top of Msdn Tech,Visual Studio,Visual Studio Setup and Installation...
# 13

It happened to me as well with the release version of SP1. Not only was my VS2005 Team System for Software Dev dead, but my .NET Framework 2.0 was also dead. By dead I mean nothing that uses .NET 2.0 worked, including IIS and win apps, oh and MSN messenger as well.

I tried repairing VS2005, but that did not work since the installer would fail (does it also use the .NET 2.0 Framework ?)

I was able to uninstall VS2005, but then I could not re-install it, I would get an error during installation.

I couldn't repair just the .NET Framework 2.0. I was able to uninstall it, but then I couldn't reinstall it

Finally I got everything to work by doing the following (as mentioned from another post)

  1. Uninstall VS2005
  2. Uninstall .NET Framework 2.0
  3. Delete the Policies folder from c:\Windows\WinSxS\
  4. Install .NET Framework 2.0 (SDK is not necessary at this point)
  5. Install VS2005
  6. Reapplied SP1 and it worked!!!
  7. Success (hopefully)

One finally note, everytime you run VS SP1 it creates a huge a$$ file in the c:\Windows\Installer folder about 460MB!! I attempted to run the SP1 3 times so guess what there goes about 1.5 GB even after you cancel it does not clean it up.

It is safe to delete the file manually, but I wouldn't suggest it after a successful SP1 installation.

Hope this helps,
Perry

Perry at 2007-10-8 > top of Msdn Tech,Visual Studio,Visual Studio Setup and Installation...
# 14
Thank you, Perry.

Your advice saved me a day of a full system reinstall! Worked like a dream.

I couldn't believe MS could release such a buggy patch. Although the problem was reported for SP beta version, it persists in release and it's really terrible. What could be easier than to inform about the space needed before performing an update?

And all that file copying makes me sick. First, VS80sp1-KB926601-X86-ENU.msp is unpacked to %TEMP%/ZNW(RANDOM) folder, then copied to %TEMP%/(RANDOM).msp, then copied again to %WINDOWS%/Installer... Voila, 1.5 Gigs off! And a fourth copy is in memory! VS80sp1-KB926601-X86-ENU.exe takes up to 512Mb of RAM!

It's just sick! I can't believe there was a time I considered my 850Mb Quantum to be a hot drive! I mean nowadays when the disk space *seems* to be no longer a problem, nobody cares about it any more... And it's really pity, especially when I'm counting my growing %WINDOWS% folder gigabytes :( And that's all soused with something called "new technologies"...

VladimirZinchenko at 2007-10-8 > top of Msdn Tech,Visual Studio,Visual Studio Setup and Installation...

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