Microsoft KB Archive/884469

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A dialog box appears every time that you start Visual Studio .NET or Visual Studio 2005 or MSDN Library for Visual Studio .NET or Visual Studio 2005

Article ID: 884469

Article Last Modified on 3/7/2006

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APPLIES TO

• Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Standard 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
• MSDN 2003 Universal Edition

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SYMPTOMS

When you start Microsoft Visual Studio .NET or Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, or when you start Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Library for Visual Studio .NET or for Visual Studio 2005, a dialog box may appear that contains the following message:

Please wait while Windows configures Product Name

Note Product Name is the placeholder for the name of the product.

CAUSE

The Mso.dll file is not updated correctly when Visual Studio .NET or Visual Studio 2005 is installed, or when MSDN Library for Visual Studio .NET or for Visual Studio 2005 is installed. Therefore, the dialog box appears every time that you start Visual Studio .NET or Visual Studio 2005, or you start MSDN Library for Visual Studio .NET or for Visual Studio 2005.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, you must delete the Mso.dll file and then repair Visual Studio .NET or Visual Studio 2005. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Delete the Mso.dll file. This file is located in the following folder:

   Drive:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Office10

   Note Drive is a placeholder for the disk drive where Visual Studio .NET or Visual Studio 2005 is installed.
2. Repair the Visual Studio .NET or Visual Studio 2005 installation.
   
   Note If Visual Studio .NET or Visual Studio 2005 is not installed on your computer, install Visual Studio .NET or Visual Studio 2005.
3. After the installation process has completed, start Visual Studio .NET or Visual Studio 2005, or start MSDN Library for Visual Studio .NET or for Visual Studio 2005.

You do not receive the dialog box that is mentioned in the "Symptoms" section.

REFERENCES

For additional information, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

313900 FIX: A Windows Installer Repair dialog box appears when you start Visual Studio .NET

266465 How to perform a parallel installation of Windows 2000 or Windows 2003

238359 Differences between manual and fast repair in Windows

Keywords: kberrmsg kbtshoot kbprb kbvs2005applies kbvs2005swept KB884469

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