PostSharp

[henrik]

Hi,

How does the PostSharp setup determine where to find Visual Studio?

I was trying to install PostSharp, but the setup fails. After enabling logging, I found something that looks odd:

Property(S): ProgramFilesFolder.3643236F_FC70_11D3_A536_0090278A1BB8 = C:\Program\
Property(S): VS7.3643236F_FC70_11D3_A536_0090278A1BB8 = C:\Program\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\
Property(S): VSCommonFiles.3643236F_FC70_11D3_A536_0090278A1BB8 = C:\Program\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Common7\
Property(S): CommonIDE.3643236F_FC70_11D3_A536_0090278A1BB8 = C:\Program\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Common7\IDE\

Odd, because I don't have that directory and never have had it AFAIK. It should be C:\Program\Microsoft Visual Studio 8...

Any clues?

Edit: attached install log

[gfraiteur]

Henrik,

I guess this is due to a merge module provided by Microsoft (the one installation PostSharp help into VS collections). Can you file a bug on http://www.postsharp.org/tracker?

Thank you.

Gael

[henrik]

The installer worked when I created a new windows account and ran it from within that account. Apparently there is something wrong with the user environment...

This was after scanning the entire registry, and all files on the hard drive to find that folder name. The only place I found it was inside the install log...

Edit:
After installing from this other account, I now have the directory C:\Program\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Common7\IDE. But it is empty... (all of them are empty)
I'm really confused... but postsharp works now, so I'm happy anyway

[gfraiteur]

Strange. I will have a closer look at it when I'll have some time. It's on my stack .

There is now a "binary-no installer" distribution for rare cases when the installer fails.

Gael