Microsoft KB Archive/814327

= Migration wizard appears when you install and then start Visual Studio .NET 2003 =

Article ID: 814327

Article Last Modified on 5/11/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Enterprise Architect
 * Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Enterprise Developer
 * Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Academic Edition

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SYMPTOMS
When you run Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 for the first time after you install the program, a migration wizard for upgrading the settings from Visual Studio .NET 2002 to Visual Studio .NET 2003 appears. This behavior occurs regardless of whether Visual Studio .NET 2002 was ever installed on the computer.



CAUSE
When you install Visual Studio .NET 2003, the following registry entries are created:

The second registry entry refers to Visual Studio .NET 2002. Typically, this entry is created only when you install Visual Studio .NET 2002.

When you start Visual Studio .NET 2003, the second registry entry indicates that you are upgrading from the earlier version of the program. Therefore, Visual Studio .NET 2003 starts the migration wizard.



RESOLUTION
If you do not have to migrate settings from Visual Studio .NET 2002, you can safely ignore the migration wizard.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.

