Has anyone successfully set a file condition?
I include an MDB in our installation.  Upgrade installations may overwrite
previous versions.  I'm using the following in the Condition property of the
MDB file: ProductVersion < 1.0.9.  That alone, and a change of the version in

I need at least MDAC 2.7.  I'd love to make MDAC 2.8 a Prerequisite, but I
can't because MDAC 2.8 doesn't install on Windows XP SP1.  You're required to
load SP2, an onerous requirement we do not want to impose on our users.  I'd
like to add MDAC 2.7 as a Prerequisite, but I ...

I include .NET Framework in our install.  Execution of the .NET Framework MSI
may require a reboot, depending upon the current operating system version.  
If a reboot is required, once the machine is back up, the setup.exe the user
began to install my app attempts to continue by ...

After installed VS 2005 the SQL Server 2005 Express also installed, and in
the Start| All Programs | Microsoft SQL Server 2005
How do I uninstall that ?

Is it possible to setup VSTS (single-server installation), VS 2005 and
BizTalk 2006 on the same physical machine?
I'm specifically concerned that VSTS and BizTalk will conflict in their use
of SharePoint.

Although I have seem similar threads they don't seem to help. I have VS2002,
2003 & 2005 (Team Edition for Software Developers) on my machine. Even
though I installed the MSDN library at the same time as the last (VS2005)
install, and have subsequently installed each Library ...

I have a couple of general questions about the TFS Builds.
1) Can TFS Builds be setup to build VB 6.0 applications?
2) Can the built order of applications be changed?
3) What topics under TF Build can I read to find more information about the

I imagine it's possible to add another "Configuration" to VS2005 - as
opposed to just the "Release" and the "Debug" configurations.. Well.. And I
can in fact do just that.. But does anyone know how I can have this new
Configuration actually have any effect?

I have just installed Visual Studio 2005 Professional - I already have the
Web Developer Express Version installed. I was surprised that I was not
asked to activate the product ??
Does this sound right? I am wondering if I have installed it correctly.

Just installed VS2005; Looks like some cool stuff here. One problem so
far:
Building parallel projects using "Multiprocessor Builds" works fine
when I choose Build or Rebuild from the Build menu (or the Solution

I'm using Visual Studio 2005. Is it possible to set up a prerequisite
(for Windows Installer 2.0) so that it doesn't download and/or try to
install the item, but rather simply outputs a message stating that it
needs to be done?

When I try and add a new Item to the tool box by selecting "Choose
Items..." VS 2005 appears to hang. It comes back to life after about 10
minutes, at which point I can add the new items.
If I repeat the above steps the outcome is always the same!

I have encountered the following error while trying to install Visual Studio
2005 Teams Edition, while installing the Document Explorer 8.0 component.
Error Message:
Error 1935. An error occurred during the installation of assembly

I have a setup which prefers that Word not be running during the
installation (a .Net Word add-in).  I have noticed that many programs can
detect running processes and prompt the user to end the programs, generally
with retry/ignore/cancel as the buttons available to the user.  ...

1. I made a project on c# and made a set up project for it.
2. I made this project on vs2003 with .net 1.1
I can install this msi file on machines with vs2003 installed in them.
But I cant seem to get them working or installed on laptops or non