Good Evening Ladis and Gentlemen,

I have what seems to be an insurmountable problem.

I am desparate to find an answer, is there anyone who can
help please.

I am a Delphi/Java/XML developer and just got a good look
at Visual Stuio and C#. It looks absolutely magic, and I
want to try it but cannot get it to work.

Software: Visual studio .NET 2003 enterprise architect,
from my MSDN universal disks.

Configuration: Window 2000 Pro (SP4 with all security
updates applied up to yesterday 25-Nov-03)
IE6.0 With all security updates applied.
2.5GHz P4. Plenty of disk, 1Gb Ram.

Problem: Whenever I try to create a new project I get the
error: 'Library not registered' (C# console app and C#
windows app). I tried several C# project types, all failed
in some way or another, some more spectacularly than
others, usually with 'Library not registered'.

Also the 'Library not registered' dialog does not say
which library is not registered (Come on guys, give me a
clue!).

As it stands, the software is useless to me. We have 2
MSDN licenses in the office and the other guy has had only
minor problems, nothing like this (his system is similar
to mine).

I am totally stuck and about to walk away from Visual
Studio, not to mention seriously disgusted (polite word!)
that I can't get this stuff to work.

What I have done? or not done?

Please can you read the items below to see what I have or
have not done, as I believe that I have done all that I
can do:

1) I did an install with all components enabled.
2) Got 'Library not registered'
3) Tried a 'Repair' but got the same error.
4) De-installed
5) Installed with all components enabled.
6) Got the same error.
7) Found an article that recommended running regsvr32 on
csproj.dll, did that, but it made no difference.
8) Found MS knowledge base article 823244 this recommended
a re-install.
9) De-Installed.
10) Re-installed only  Visual C#.NET, Visual C++.NET,
Visual Studio analyzer, MS application centre test. (No
Crystal reports or any other languages).
11) Got the same error.
12) Found MS knowledge base article 268553, this is
related to Crystal reports, but what the heck.... I
updated my registry anyway.
13) Got the same error. Had a good cuss!
14) De-Installed, and had a think.
15) Disabled all anti virus software (Nortons 2002) and re-
installed as step 10). The installer window said there
were no errors, I checked the log file and no errors were
reported.
16) Got the same error when I tried to create a new
project.
17) Posted this message and pondered if rebuilding my
entire PC was what it needs.

Thank you in advance, I am now going to bed (it's evening
in Australia and I am feeling my age).

It may take time for me to reply to any postings, I am not
rude, it's just that I only get to check my mail at night.

Andrew Bools.