Visual Studio is configuring the environment for first time use.

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josh@srmacpa.com - 28 Aug 2006 15:33 GMT

Every time I start VS it gives me the "Microsoft Visual Studio is
configuring the environment for first time use. This might take a few
minutes." dialog box.

Is there any way to change this?

Josh

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Carlos J. Quintero [VB MVP] - 29 Aug 2006 09:43 GMT

When VS starts for the first time, it has to create some folders,
registrykeys, commands, etc. for the current user (the installation created
things for all users). Somehow, the changes are not persisted on your
machine and VS thinks that it must do again. You can use registry and disk
monitors from www.sysinternals.com to see what changes are performed and
figure out why they are not there the next time.

An important detail is if it happens each time that you use VS in the same
session or only after you log off and then log on.

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> Every time I start VS it gives me the "Microsoft Visual Studio is
> configuring the environment for first time use. This might take a few
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> Josh

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Gerry Hickman - 29 Aug 2006 22:25 GMT

Hi,

> When VS starts for the first time, it has to create some folders,
> registrykeys, commands, etc.

Yes, but only Microsoft could create a client app that takes multiple
numbers of minutes to write a handful of settings to a user profile.
Have you seen that one for HTML Help first time use? How could anyone
write such inefficient software? Has anyone tried leaving FileMon and
RegMon running unfiltered while running a Vista session?

> An important detail is if it happens each time that you use VS in the same
> session or only after you log off and then log on.

It sounds like his profile is either corrupt or the app may be having
trouble writing to HKCU or the profile's FileSystem. I'd suggest
creating a new login account on the same machine and try again. Does
this solve the "first time use" behaviour?

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Carlos J. Quintero [VB MVP] - 30 Aug 2006 10:18 GMT

Hi Gerry,

> Yes, but only Microsoft could create a client app that takes multiple
> numbers of minutes to write a handful of settings to a user profile.

Agreed.

> Have you seen that one for HTML Help first time use? How could anyone
> write such inefficient software?

Properly speaking you are referring to MS Help2. In fact, HTML Help
(standalone .chm files) were quite good and fast. But I agree, for the sake
of integration they have created a help system that a) Causes very annoying
delays in the first use while merging and b) It is very difficult to create
for content authors (VSHIK SDK). So I personally avoided it in my add-in and
used .chm file.

In fact it seems that even MS stopped further development of MS Help 2 to
concentrate on the new help system of Longhorn (Vista):

http://helpware.net/htmlhelp/basics.htm

Hopefully they come with something much faster, better and easy to create.

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Gerry Hickman - 30 Aug 2006 23:45 GMT

Hi Carlos,

>> Yes, but only Microsoft could create a client app that takes multiple
>> numbers of minutes to write a handful of settings to a user profile.
>
> Agreed.

Cool.

>> Have you seen that one for HTML Help first time use? How could anyone
>> write such inefficient software?
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> for content authors (VSHIK SDK). So I personally avoided it in my add-in and
> used .chm file.

Apologies! Yes, I should have made it clear I'm referring to HTML Help
v2 (or what ever it's called). However, even HTML Help v1 had problems.
Only Microsoft could create a simple HTML browser that then needs
multiple security patches and registry hacks to make it work properly in
a multi-user networked environment. Will they ever learn that (just like
ActiveX) exposing attack surfaces of their flakey o/s to the world-wide
internet through a browser that's part of that same o/s is not a good idea?

"Will they ever learn..." let's have a quick look at Vista... Oh Dear!

Hang on, maybe it will magically be fixed one day before release.

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