Microsoft KB Archive/307420

= BUG: Setup fails when you install Visual Studio 2005 or Visual Studio .NET over a terminal service session from a mapped drive =

Article ID: 307420

Article Last Modified on 2/11/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition
 * 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
 * Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002 Enterprise Architect
 * Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002 Enterprise Developer
 * Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002 Academic Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic .NET 2003 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic .NET 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual C++ .NET 2003 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual C++ .NET 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual C# .NET 2003 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual C# .NET 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual J# .NET 2003 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual J# .NET 2003 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q307420





SYMPTOMS
When you try to run Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 or Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Setup from a terminal service session and the setup files reside on a mapped drive, you may receive the following error messages in both Visual Studio 2005 or Visual Studio .NET Setup and the Windows Components Update:

&quot;Microsoft Visual Studio .Net

Windows Component Update

SETUP FAILED

The following components failed to install:

Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Web Extensions Client

Setup Runtime Files

Microsoft Visual Studio .Net

Setup Failed

There were errors during setup.&quot;

The setup log named Baserrorlog.txt displays the following error message for the Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Web Extensions Client and Setup Runtime Files components: The system cannot find the path specified. During the Visual Studio portion of the Setup routine, Setup fails shortly after you receive the End User License Agreement screen. The following information appears in the setup log named VSMSILog*.txt: MSI (c) (D4:00): MainEngineThread is returning 3



CAUSE
You cannot install certain Windows Update components and Visual Studio components from a mapped drive.



RESOLUTION
Use the Universal Naming Convention (UNC) to install Visual Studio 2005 or Visual Studio .NET.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



Steps to Reproduce Behavior
To reproduce the problem, follow these steps:
 * 1) Use a terminal service session to log on to a Windows 2000 Terminal Server as a member of the Administrators group.
 * 2) Map a drive on the terminal server to a location on the network where installation files for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET are located.
 * 3) In Control Panel, click Add/Remove Programs, and then install Visual Studio 2005 or Visual Studio .NET from the files on the mapped drive.

Additional query words: terminal server setup failed

Keywords: kberrmsg kbtshoot kbbug kbnofix kbsetup kbvs2002sp1sweep kbvs2005applies kbvs2005swept KB307420

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