I have Vista Enterprise with Office, sql server 2000 and sql server 2005 on a
Toshiba Tecra notebook.  When installing VS Orcas Beta 1 I'm getting an error
installing .Net Framework 3.5:
[04/26/07,08:02:56] Microsoft .NET Framework v3.5: ***ERRORLOG EVENT*** :

Which is the best way to build an installer for my .NET application? Setup
project or Setup wizard? I have tried the MSDN help and googling about this
but haven't found any good information on how to do. Where can I find
information about this? Links? Books?

Is there an option in VS to set it so that builds use the source file
date/time as the (modified) date/time of the.OBJ file?
Why that is important, because say I do a build and forgot to check for any
source control changes, so I get latest version of items from source control

I have problems installing VS2005 on Windows XP professional.  I
installed it on to D:\ProgramFilesD.
There are 12 GB free disk space in D drive.  I logged on as
administrator to install VS2005.

I have installed VS2005 on the E: drive of a Windows 2003 server machine.  
The E: has over 32 GB free space.  When I try to install VS2005 SP1 it fails
and says there is not enough disk space.  The C: drive is only 8GB and has
the OS.  How much space does SP1 require on the C: ...

I've had a lot of trouble installing VS2005 on a VISTA enviroment. Fisrt I
had to find the adminitstrator account to install VS2005 (again), then I had
to install SP1 AND SP! for Vista (was I stupid that I thougt it was a
choice). We need both. And last thing is an error running ...

I've just bought a copy of Visual Studio 6.0 Enterprise edition from
eBay.  It was advertised as an 'Authentic' copy but what has turned up
is a CDR.
However, included with the disc is an original Microsoft COA (metallic

We added an installer class to the application and we need to know the
install directory of the application. We have create a Install Custom Action
and we have  set the CustomActionData to /Destination=[TARGETDIR] in order
pass the information to the installer.

When using update.microsoft.com to install VS 2005 - SP1 for VS2005 pro I
got a failure notice:
Installation Failure
Error Code: 0x800B0003  

When I chose to apply VS 2005 SP1 using Windows Update, it failed.
I then downloaded the SP from Microsoft site and when I ran it, I got the
message, "The installation source for this product is not available. Verify
that the source exists and that you can access it."

In VS .net 2005 I'm building an install package for a website that requires
SQL server or SQL express to operate.  In the deployment package's Project
properties I specified SQL 2005 express as a prerequisite in a bootstrap
deployment for the website.

I want to make a virtual directory in a web deployment package and not copy
any files over but reference all the files and folders that are alread on the
system.
Right now I do it manually in IIS manager with the wizard but I would like

Our application is installed in the programs files directory and the
application needs to write in this directory. However, if the current windows
user has limited rights (not an administrator) the program will be fail
because of insufficient rights.

..And I can't seem to complete the installation procedure. First off I
couldn't proceed because the installer failed trying to install .Net
Framework 2.0 Beta 2. So I downloaded it seperatly and installed it without
problems. I then tried to run the Studio installer again and ...

I created a consol project soulution from existing code.  In the solution
explorer add menu it shows add folder instead of add filter, why?  I really
want to add a filter instead of a folder.
Ideas?