Microsoft KB Archive/317417

= FIX: Add-ins, macros, and Forms Designer do not work after the removal of a Visual Studio .NET product =

Article ID: 317417

Article Last Modified on 1/20/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q317417



SYMPTOMS
Macros, add-ins, and the Forms Designer do not work after you remove one Visual Studio .NET Edition from a multiple-edition installation.



CAUSE
The Visual Studio .NET removal program may delete the Office.dll and Envdte.dll files from the c:\Winnt\Microsoft.Net\Framework\v1.03705 folder, or delete entries in the Global Assembly Cache (GAC) for these components, or both. Additionally, the removal program deletes the Sn.exe file from \Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\FrameworkSDK\bin\sn.exe.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, repair the installation by following these steps.

NOTE: Because there are several versions of Microsoft Windows, the following steps may be different on your computer. If they are, see your product documentation to complete these steps.


 * 1) Click Start, click Control Panel, and then click Add or Remove Programs.
 * 2) Select the Microsoft Visual Studio .NET product that is installed. Expand the item to display a button.
 * 3) Click the Change/Remove button. The Visual Studio .NET Setup dialog box appears.
 * 4) Click Item 2, Visual Studio .NET. The Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Maintenance dialog box appears.
 * 5) Select Repair/Reinstall. After the repair process is completed, Office.dll and Envdte.dll will be correctly installed and registered in the GAC.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This bug was corrected in Visual Studio .NET (2003).



Steps to Reproduce Behavior

 * 1) On a clean computer, install Visual Studio .NET Professional.
 * 2) Install Visual Studio .NET Enterprise.
 * 3) Confirm that macros, add-ins, and the Forms Designer work correctly.
 * 4) Remove Visual Studio .NET Enterprise.
 * 5) Verify that the macros, add-ins, and the Forms Designer do not work.

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