WinFX runtime beta2 installation fails

Published 06-03-2006 6:11 PM
I am upgrading my WinFX installation (including the VS tools, the SDK, etc... quite a painful process) to the latest version, which at this time is the beta2 version. But the runtime fails to install and crashes!

When looking at the error message that the installer wants to send to Microsoft you see something about a file not being signed correctly (this message can also be found in the logfile the installer wants to attach). Seems that the WinFX installer wants to install the localized dutch files for the WinFX runtime... but Microsoft is saying they will only support German and Chinese until RTM. Weird stuff.

Anyway, if you run into a failing install, try downloading the full WinFX redistributable (I didn't even knew this one existed). It can be found on the same download page as the regular internet install, under the heading "Instructions" and is called "winfxrc.exe".
by Waseem Sadiq

Comments

# Sander van Vliet said on Tuesday, June 06, 2006 1:56 AM

This has almost always something to do with a not fully uninstalled previous version. Though it can be _any_ beta software and not just the one you're trying to update. As you said, it's a painfull process :-/

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