Setup provides a number of parameters that can be used in combination during silent install. It is required that a space is used to separate the parameters. For example, if you install the MSDN Library via command line using the following parameters:
setup.exe /q/full
the setup UI will not be suppressed and will install all features.
To resolve this issue:
In order to install all features silently, use the following command line:
setup.exe /q /full
To install the minimum feature set silently, use the following command line:
setup.exe /q
MSDN Library Setup may hang when installing on a Windows Vista or Longhorn Server if Visual Studio is open while setup is running.
To resolve this issue:
In order to successfully install the MSDN Library, Visual Studio or any other application that uses Document Explorer must not be running at that time. If the MSDN Library setup is hung, please use the following steps:
The Release Candidate build of MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2008 must be uninstalled prior to installing the RTM version of MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2008.
There is a known issue in the the Release Candidate build of MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2008 that prevents MSDN Library Setup from being run in Maintenance Mode and also prevents it to be uninstalled via Setup.exe.
To resolve this issue:
In order to uninstall the Release Candidate version of MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2008, type the following command line.
Msiexec /x {3A762A82-618D-3CAA-B847-D074ABFA0B2E}
This will run the Windows Installer package for MSDN Library directly and uninstall it.
SQL Server Compact 3.5 and Synchronization Services for ADO.Net v1.0 Books Online and Samples are available as Web download only and do not ship in-the-box with Visual Studio 2008.
To resolve this issue:
Download SQL Server Compact 3.5 Books Online and Samples from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=96191 and download Synchronization Services for ADO.Net v1.0 Books Online and Samples from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=80742.
To add SQL Server Compact 3.5 and Synchronization Services for ADO.Net v1.0 Books Online to the Visual Studio Combined Help Collection follow the steps given below:
1. Click Start, point to All Programs, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, and then click Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Documentation.
2. In the Visual Studio Combined Help Collection, click Help and then click Index.
3. In the Look for box, enter collection manager, and then click the Help entry under collection manager in the Index.
4. In the Combined Help Collection Manager topic, select SQL Server Compact 3.5, and then click Update VSCC.
5. In the two dialog boxes that open, read the requirements, and then click OK.
6. Close and reopen the Visual Studio Combined Help Collection. SQL Server Compact Books Online is now available in the Table of Contents, Index, Search, and F1 Help for code and the user interface.
3.1. Visual Studio Readme: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=102508
3.2. Visual Studio Express Edition Readme: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=102509
3.3. .NET Framework Readme:http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=1102511
3.4. Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Readme: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=102510
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