In my previous post I reported my problems installing MVC3 in my machine. That led me to further investigation as that worked perfectly in my co-workers’ machines.
I tried to repair Visual Studio 2010 and told me that it had troubles with vs_setup.msi… strange. Looking around I found a post that led me to an explanation of the msiinv.exe tool.
It took me a while to get the tool as the author’s site is broken, but Stackoverflow came on rescue.
Then, I ran the tool:
msiinv -p > msiinv.txt
Then opened the file and… surprise!
Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional - ESN
Product code: {725041D1-9F45-30D3-A78E-DF08C4E1A297}
Product state: (1) The product is advertised, but not installed.
Package code: {9E58363D-E4A9-49D3-82B7-42584AFCA9E7}
AssignmentType: 1
Language: 3082
Package: vs_setup.msi
0 patch packages.
Strange. I tried to fix it with MSI:
msiexec /f {725041D1-9F45-30D3-A78E-DF08C4E1A297}
It asked me for the vs_setup.msi, it’s in the root of the Visual Studio 2010 DVD in case it’s not found automatically. Magically it worked and now it’s installed:
Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional - ESN
Product code: {725041D1-9F45-30D3-A78E-DF08C4E1A297}
Product state: (5) Installed.
Package code: {9E58363D-E4A9-49D3-82B7-42584AFCA9E7}
Version: 10.0.30319
AssignmentType: 1
Publisher: Microsoft Corporation
Language: 3082
Installed from: D:\VS2010\
Package: vs_setup.msi
Help link: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=133405
Local package: C:\Windows\Installer\3f3bc84.msi
Install date: 2011\01\14
0 patch packages.
Great! Now the ASP.NET MVC3 RTM setup package worked like a charm.
