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Unable to update visual studio installer

Wanted to add this question to the pool in case someone has the same problem I was unable to update Visual Studio 2017 on Windows 7 and got the following error: Unable to install the files to target location. Error: The folder 'c:\Program Files…
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I installed MAUI on VS but I can't find NuGet packages in the MAUI project

I installed MAUI with Visual Studio Installer (I ticked the ".NET Multi-plateform App UI development"). Then when i create a MAUI project it creates well but all the references of MAUI are missing. The error is Error CS0234 Type or namespace name…
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Supply path variable during setup

I apologize if this is the wrong place to ask this. I am new to creating installation packages for my programs. I have a small file system watch program I wrote when they took out all the fax machines and now everything arrives electronically to a…
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visual studio 2022 version 17.6.1 setup completed with warnings

Visual studio 2022 update issue. Visual Studio 2022 update 17.6.1 returns this error: setup completed with warnings and the package which is causing this error is Incredibuild I tried to redo it but it seems not possible.
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Visual Studio Installer not copying all files from publish directory

I have an issue with the Visual Studio installer extension. I need to copy files from a subfolder to the output root folder when creating an installer package. Since the installer project uses the "Publish Items from Projectname (Active)" output, I…
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Difference between "Programme" (german for Program Files) and "Program Files"?

I created a Visual Studio project and built an installer for it. The installer uses as default location "C:\Programme\m-tec". Normally it uses the "Program Files" folder ("Programme" means "Program Files in German). But suddenly the installer…
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How to create an Installer and search the programm in Windows Search bar?

I developed a Windows Forms Application in Visual Studio. After finishing it, i created an installer with the "Microsoft Visual Studio Installer Projects 2022". The project contains multiple single projects. Background is, that one is for logging in…
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Visual Studio Installer project -> Ref external file from [SourceDir]

Hi I'm using Visual Studio Installer project extention and I need to setup as it will copy an external file from .msi [SourceDir] (wherever the msi is running from) to the Output directory. It's a license file which is generated outside of…
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Unexpected token '-property' in expression or statement

Hi everyone I am trying to fetch the version of Microsoft Visual Studio components from powershell I tried "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vswhere.exe" -property catalog_productDisplayVersion command But its working only on…
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VSTO can not installed with Visual Studio 2022 Installer

I rent absolutely free Edition Windows 10 Pro Version 20H2 Installed on ‎2/‎7/‎2023 OS build 19042.1706 Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.4170.0 With Excel installed and Activated by hosting provider Microsoft Office LTSC…
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Solidworks Plug-In recognized by Solidworks but doesn't display

I have created a solidworks plugin and it works perfectly when I build and run on my computer but when I attempt to load it onto another computer with my installer, it fails to display. The plug-in is recognized and is displayed on the list of…
Vishnu Murali
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Visual Studio Installer stuck at Windows SDK

my Visual Studio Installer has been stuck on this screen for a long time. I tried to install "Desktop Development with C++" and its tools but it's stuck on Windows SDK (package 426 out of 427). . I looked on Google and one solution told to check for…
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C# Winforms autoupdate check

I am trying to make autoupdate check and upgrade procedure (now from location on shared drive, in future maybe from server). I have created "Visual Studio Installer" project that creates setup and it is possible to install the app. Also I have…
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Failed to uninstall Microsoft visual studio ide

After failing to update and launch VS installer, I decided to reinstall Microsoft Visual Studio. Neither setup.exe nor InstallCleanup.exe worked for me, so I decided to delete all files in the Microsoft Visual Studio folder, leaving nothing but the…
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I want to update an windows application while the older version of the same app is installed and running using visual studio installer

I want to stop an application while update the same app with updated version. I can able to update the application when manually stop the application in task manager. But I want to do the same process while installing the new version using visual…
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