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jan - 10 Apr 2008 14:35 GMT

we have a project package that reads from the HKLM\Software registry tree,
the same code runs in vs2005 and vs2008 for this. On Vista, when I run VS as
normal user (not admin) and view with procmon, I see that opening the key
works in VS2005 but fails with 'access denied' in VS2008. Is there a
difference in the way both VS's handle packages?

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Wen Yuan Wang [MSFT] - 11 Apr 2008 12:32 GMT

Hello Jan,

It sounds the project package works fine with VS 2005&Vista, but failed on
opening "HKLM\Software" registry tree with VS 2008&Vista. If I
misunderstood anything here, please don't hesitate to correct me.

Most VSPackages that work in Visual Studio 2005 will continue to work in
Visual Studio 2008 without modification. Most services, entry points, and
events maintain compatibility, but there are some exceptions, which are
listed later in the following topic.
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb166245.aspx
[Migrating VSPackages to Visual Studio 2008]

For your case, could you let me know which specific registry key did VS
2008 try to open?
Is it ""HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8"?
I will appreciate if you can send me your procmon trace log. This could
help on research very much. My email address is v-wywang@microsoft.com

Have a great day,
Best regards,
Wen Yuan
Microsoft Online Partner Support
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jan - 14 Apr 2008 16:16 GMT

hadllo Wen,

thanks for your offer, but I found what is wrong: the wizards definition
file (x.vsz) holds a version number that should be 9.0 for VS2008. We still
had 8.0 there, so it worked as long as VS2005 was also installed on the
system. Nothing to do with Vista or Server 2008!

Regards,
Jan

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Wen Yuan Wang [MSFT] - 15 Apr 2008 09:10 GMT

Hello Jan,
Thanks for your reply.

I'm glad to hear this great news.
It seems the wrong version number which defined in x.vsz file results the
issue. You figured out the root cause, and resolved the issue.
If you face any further issue, please feel free to let us know again. :) We
are glad to assist you.

Have a great day,
Best regards,
Wen Yuan

Microsoft Online Community Support
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