Hotfix for Installing ASP.NET MVC With Azure, Power Commands, or Resharper

• Mar 06, 2009
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Yesterday, I wrote about troubleshooting Windows MSI Installers and talked about the pain we here feel when an installation fails. Turns out, it’s not always our fault. ;) It appears there’s a hotfix released for Visual Studio which addresses a problem with installing ASP.NET MVC when you have a third party add-in installed. I mentioned the three above because they are among the most commonly used add-ins which run into problems.

You can read about the Hotfix on the Visual Web Developer blog or simply go here to download it.

Note, that this doesn’t solve the problem for all add-ins. For example, someone reported an installation failure when they had Clone Detective installed. Uninstalling Clone Detective, installing ASP.NET MVC, and then reinstalling Clone Detective solved the problem. We’re still looking into why our installers are having problems with these add-ins.

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Steve Sheldon Mar 06, 2009 9:59 AM

# re: Hotfix for Installing ASP.NET MVC With Azure, Power Commands, or Resharper

Is this applicable to Windows 7 beta? Or does the hotfix installer work?

haacked Mar 06, 2009 10:50 AM

# re: Hotfix for Installing ASP.NET MVC With Azure, Power Commands, or Resharper

@Steve good question. I'm not sure.

Thomas Freudenberg Mar 07, 2009 6:13 AM

# re: Hotfix for Installing ASP.NET MVC With Azure, Power Commands, or Resharper

Unfortunately the patch denies to work on Windows 7 beta

volkan uzun Mar 08, 2009 3:05 PM

# re: Hotfix for Installing ASP.NET MVC With Azure, Power Commands, or Resharper

visual studio 2008 started crashing at random times, roll back the hotfix, everything is working fine again.

Robin Clowers Mar 10, 2009 7:48 AM

# re: Hotfix for Installing ASP.NET MVC With Azure, Power Commands, or Resharper

You're a lifesaver Phil! I ran into this when I tried to install RC 1 and never had a chance to figure it out. This post saved me some serious frustration, thanks for taking the time to write it up.

John Mar 17, 2009 10:45 PM

# re: Hotfix for Installing ASP.NET MVC With Azure, Power Commands, or Resharper

I was able to resolve it by uninstalling Power Comands and then reinstalling...

Darren Mar 21, 2009 9:48 PM

# re: Hotfix for Installing ASP.NET MVC With Azure, Power Commands, or Resharper

This hotfix never finished installing and put my machine in a perpetual restart. It will restart show configuring updates: stage 3 of 3 and when it gets to 100% is says shutting down. I have gone through this routine about 10 times so far. I cannot even start in safe mode. When trying to start in safe mode it immediately says "shutting down". I need help ASAP!

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