Problem installing Visual Studio 2005 extension (WCF & WPF)
I had this problem when I tried to install the Visual Studio 2005 extension for .Net Framework 3.0 (WCF & WPF), I got a message that a prerequisite is missing.
It said that I need the .Net Framework 3.0 runtime.
Well, actually I have installed this .Net Framework 3.0 runtime but then I realized that my .Net Framework 3.0 runtime has already been updated to .Net Framework 3.0 Service Pack 1.
It looked like the installer cannot recognized the .Net Framework 3.0 Service Pack 1 as .Net Framework 3.0 runtime.
Basically, what I needed to do is just do the following:
- Uninstall .Net Framework 3.0 Service Pack 1 runtime
- Install .Net Framework 3.0 without Service Pack 1
- Install the Visual Studio 2005 extension
- Install the Service Pack 1 for .Net Framework 3.0
Honestly, I am kind of lazy to perform all these things, it takes a lot of time.
I found an interesting posting inside the MSDN forum.
According to this post, I can install the Visual Studio 2005 extension from the command line and skip the checking for the prerequisite.
All I need to do just run this command from the command line:
msiexec /i vsextwfx.msi WRC_INSTALLED_OVERRIDE=1
And continue the installation step as usual.
Happy Programming...