VS 2010 Ultimate RC crashes

I installed RC Ultimate working fine till yesterday. Suddenly today I got the problem as Microsoft Visual Studio has encountered a problem and needs to close.


As the restart check box is checked the message is continuous and annoying.

I rebooted the system, reset the settings reset user data tried different scenarios.
But none of them worked. Suddenly I remembered that I have turned on handwriting settings in the morning for some reason.

So I just removed the hand writing settings and open the visual studio. I didn't even restart the system.



It worked.When I add the handwriting settings the problem again araises.Hope this is bug in RC2 and will be fixed by RTM.

I am using Windows XP SP3 running in my box.

So please be sure to check handwriting settings when ever your VS2010 crashes.

VS2010 RC1 installation steps

I downloaded VS2010 RC1 Ultimate edition from MSDN.It took 12 hours to download 2.25 GB whole set up pack.

If you are installing in windows XP box you should have windows xp service pack3 as prerequisite.Otherwise you get the following error.

Windows XP SP3 Required Error


If you don't have windows xp service pack3 (360 MB in size) please download and install from the following link.

Windows XP SP3 Installation Steps








Very important thing is to remove the Handwriting settings in the language settings to avoid Data Execution Prevention (DEP) Error.

To fix or resolve the issue related to DEP go to ControlPanel->and then double-click Regional and Language Options.
On the Languages tab, under Text services and input languages, click Details.
Under Preferences,select Handwriting settings and remove it.

After the .NET Framework 4.0 is installed you need to restart the system and again it will continue the installation.
Make sure that you have atleast 7GB free space in your system

These are the components are installed in my box

1. VC 9.0 Run time (X86)
2. VC 10.0 Run time (X86)
3. Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0
4. Microsoft Visual F# 2.0 Runtime
5. Microsoft Visual Studio Macro Tools
6. TFS Object Model (X86)
7. .NET Framework 4 Multi Targeting Pack
8. Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate RC
9. Microsoft Web Deployment Tool(x86)
10. Microsoft ASP.Net MVC 2 – VS 2010 tools
11. Microsoft ASP.Net MVC 2
12 .Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Office Runtime (x86)
13. Microsoft Office Developer Tools (x86)
14. Dotfuscator Software Services - Community Edition
15. Crystal Reports Templates for VS 2010
16. Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP2(x86) ENU
17. Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 Tools for SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP2 ENU
18. Microsoft Sync Framework Run time V 1.0(x86) ENU
19. Microsoft Sync Services for ADO.Net V 2.0 (x86) ENU
20. Microsoft Sync Framework Services V 1.0 (x86) ENU
21. Microsoft Sync Services SDK V 1.0 (x86) ENU
22. Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 performance collection tools(x86)
23. Microsoft SQL Publishing wizard 1.4
24. Microsoft SQL Server System CLR Types
25. Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Management Objects
26. Microsfot SQL Server 2008 Express Service Pack1 (x86)
27. Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Data-Tier Application Framework
28. Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Data-Tier Application Project
29. Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Transact SQL language service
30. Microsoft SharePoint Developement Tools
31. Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 & ADO.NET entity Framework Tools
32. Microsoft Help Viewer 1.0 (x86)

VS2010 RC1 Ulimate Installation Steps












Now you have successfully installed the setup restart the system and start working on it.

Please feel free to share your installation experiences as well.

Uninstalling VS2010 Beta2

VS2010 Beta2 Installation Steps

Go to Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs and click on VS2010 Professional Beta 2 Remove/Repair. Click on Remove Option. It took me almost 1 hour to uninstall VS 2010 Beta 2 from my box.

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Step2


Step3


Step4


Step5


The set up will uninstall the following components.
1. Microsoft Help 3.0 Beta2
2. Microsoft VS2010 ADO.Net Entity Framework Tools
3. Microsoft Sharepoint Development Tools
4. Microsoft Sync Framework SDK V 1.0(X86) ENU
5. Microsoft Sync Framework Services V1.0 (X86) ENU
6. Microsoft Sync Framework for ADO.Net V 2.0
7. Microsoft Sync Framework Runtime V 1.0(X86) ENU
8. VS2010 Beta 2 Tools for SQL Server Compact ENU
9. Crystal Reports Template for VS2010
10. Dotfuscator Software Services – Community Edition
11. Microsoft Development Tools for VS 2010 (X86)
12. VS2010 Tools for Office Runtime Beta 2 (X 86)
13. Microsoft ASP.Net MVC 2
14. Microsoft ASP.Net MVC 2 – VS 2010 tools
15. Microsoft VS 2010 Professional Beta 2
16. .NET Framework Multi Targeting Pack
17. Microsoft Visual Studio Macro Tools
18. Microsoft Visual F# 1.0 Runtime
19. VC 10.0 Runtime (x86)

If you observe, its exact reverse engineering of the installation.

How ever this did not uninstall these following components
1. The .NET Framework version 4 Extended Beta 2
2. The .NET Framework version 4 Client Profile Beta2
3. SQL Server 2008 Native Client
4. Silverlight 3 SDK



I uninstalled manually the .NET Framework version 4 Extended Beta 2 & the .NET Framework version 4 Client Profile.But how ever, when you install VS2010 RC1 it seems that it will upgrade the frame work even if you don't uninstall.

You have to first uninstall .NET Framework Extended Beta 2 before you uninstall
The.NET Framework version 4 Client Profile Beta2.Otherwise or if you try to do reverse, it gives the following warning message.

Uninstall .NET Framework Extended Beta 2 warning Message:


If you have installed VS2010 some of the following components also will be still shown in your control panel as these things will not get uninstalled. Some of the components will remain “installed” but you can’t uninstall them. This is known Windows ARP window refresh issue. Please hit F5 (Refresh), or close/reopen Address Resolution Protocol (ARP), the entries should disappear.
If you still see the entries in the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) table, please collect setup logs.
These components may not get uninstalled after the uninstall.

a.Web Deployment Tool
b.Visual Studio 2010 Tools for SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP2
c.SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP2
d.SQL Server 2008
e.SQL Server 2008 Native Client
f.SQL Server 2008 R2 Management Objects
g.SQL Server System CLR Types
h.The .NET Framework version 4 Language Pack

All the existing applications that are running on .NET Framework4 cease to function after uninstall. That gives the warning message.

Warning message for removing .NET Framework 4


Remove .NET4 Extended Beta 2





Remove .NET 4 Client Profile Beta2






Now we have successfully uninstalled VS2010 Beta2 from the box.
Next post -> Install VS2010 RC1

MSDN resource for prerequisites and uninstall components

Reference : HimaBindu Vejella (http://himabinduvejella.blogspot.com)

VS2010 RC Available for download

Much Awaiting VS2010 RC2 ia available for download now.
This is only available to MSDN subscribers and will be available to public by
February 10th 2010. This RC includes go-live licence for deployment in prodcution environments.
Seems that performance issues are improved as per our feedback.But we need to download ,install,check and see
how fast it is. I am planning to play with it during week end if I get some time.
Seems that MS VS201 Product team working closely with 3rd party
companies that have popular Visual Studio add-ins
(such as Resharper, CodeRush, Whole Tomato, etc) to make sure
the environment works well
VS2010 RC2 comes with ASP.NET MVC but it don't inlcude ASP.NET MVC R2.
If you want to work with ASP.NET MVC R2 ,you have to install it seperately.

Note
Uninstalling VS2010 Beta 2 don't install .NET Framework 4 automatically.
You need to manually uninstall the framework components and install RC2.
Seems that the performance feedback on VS2010 RC2 is good.

VS2010 - The application cannot start

Today I came to know one more Tip on VS2010 IDE
I am working on VS2010 and trying to perform some operations, code fast all of sudden I got black screen saying that
"The application cannot start".


Immediately I ran devenv/ resetsettings. But this didn't work.
I have VS2005 and VS 2010 installed side by side in my system.
Thanks to Visual Studio blog for the solution.

Cause
Since I have two IDEs running side by side, this issue might be due to importing a non-true Type font from of Visual Studio 2005.

Solution
go to command prompt and run "devenv /resetuserdata".
This worked for me in Beta2.
Microsoft acknowledges that this bug has been fixed in RTM

Visual Studio 2010 Series

DotnetSlackers has published my articles on VS2010, please check this link that explains on VS2010 new features.
The features are explained in a very clear manner to be understandable to the beginner also.

VS2010 IDE enhancements are explained in detail

The features of Code improvements, Code intellisence, Consume first, Pascal Casing search and intellisense, Call Hierarchy ,Highlight references are explained in depth.

VS2010 series of articles
Part2
In this article I explained Multi monitor support, Multi targeting, Parallel Development, Side by Side execution, Backward compatibility and SqlServer 2008 integration.

Part3
Part 3 In this article I am going to explain Add Reference enhancements for developers, Windows 7 support for developers, Share Point 2010 enhancements , Office Business Application Support, Cloud Development, Document Map Margin and Visual Studio 2010 Tips.

Please feel free to tweet or dig this, feedback on the article, if you find that article is interesting.

This is because of my hard work and time that I have spent on this during weekends.
I am thankful to my family, parents and in-laws, friends who is constantly supporting and encouraging me.

[UPDATE]
I am very happy to share that These articles are featured in MSDN

VS2010 Installation Steps

Download from the following link Vs_Proweb 4.40 MB in size maximum takes 5- 10 minutes or less than that to download.

Windows installer 3.1 or higher is required to install the setup
If you don't have it download here



If you don't want all the components to be installed you can select the required components You can install Custom/Full editions after agreeing terms and conditions
These are the components that will install along with the setup

1.MS Application Error Reporting
2.VC 9.0 Run time (X86) ,VC 10.0 Run time (X86)
3.NET Framework 4.0 Beta 2
4.Microsoft Windows Installer 4.5(x86)
5.Windows Installer 4.5 update(x86)
6.Microsoft ASP.Net MVC 2 – VS 2010 tools
7.Microsoft ASP.Net MVC 2
8.Microsoft Silverlight
9.MSSL3 SDK
10.VS2010 Tools for Office Run time Beta 2 (X 86)
11.Microsoft Development Tools for VS 2010 (X86)
12.Crystal Reports Template for VS2010
13.MS Compact 3.5 SP2 Beta
14.VS2010 Beta 2 Tools for SQL Server Compact
15.Microsoft Sync Framework Run time V 1.0
16.Microsoft Sync Services for ADO.Net V 2.0
17.Microsoft Sync Framework Services V 1.0
18.Microsoft Sync Services SDK V 1.0
19.MS SQL Publishing Wizard 1,4
20.SQL Server System CLR Types
21.SQL Server 2008 Release2 Management Objects
22.Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express SP1 Upgrade
23.Data tier Application Component Framework
24.Microsoft Sharepoint Development Tools
25.Data –tier Application component Project System
26.T-SQL language Service
27.Microsoft VS 2010 ADO.Net Entity Framework Tools
28.Microsoft Help 3.0 Beta 2




You are required to restart the system, thrice,(after windows installar updates) where it will continue installing after restart



It took almost 6 hours for me to complete installation.

When you open VS2010 first it configures the settings to load IDE






System Requirements:
VS 2010 system components and requirements:

Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003; Windows Server 2008; Windows Vista; Windows XP
Computer that has a 1.6GHz or faster processor
Visual Studio 2010 can be installed on the following operating systems:
Windows Vista (x86 or x64), all editions except Starter Edition Windows XP (x86 or x64), Service Pack 2 or later, all editions except Starter Edition
Windows Server 2003 (x86 or x64), Service Pack 1 or later, all editions
Windows Server 2003 R2 or later (x86 or x64), all editions
Windows Server 2008 (x86 and x64) or later (all editions)
Windows Server 2008 R2 RC (x64) Enterprise Edition
Windows 7 RC (x86 and x64) Ultimate Edition
1024MB RAM
3GB of available hard disk space 5400 RPM hard disk drive
DirectX 9-capable video card that runs at 1280 x 1024 or higher display resolutionVS2010 occupies 1700 MB of your system

VS2010 IDE Enhancements