The strange case of "Error 1606: Could not access network location VS Developers" installing SP1 of Visual Studio .NET 2003

September 3, 2011

At the time of this writing there are three Visual Studio versions out there (VS 2005, 2008 and 2010) that support .NET Framework 2.0 and with an extensibility model that allows you to create a single binary add-in dll to target all of them (see HOWTO: Create an add-in that targets several Visual Studio versions […]


MZ-Tools Articles Series: PRB: Uninstaller of add-in for current user fails if Visual Studio set to execute as administrator

September 1, 2011

Another problem that can happen to an uninstaller of add-ins for the current user (not for all users) specially in Visual Studio 2005 (which require admin rights): PRB: Uninstaller of add-in for current user fails if Visual Studio set to execute as administrator http://www.mztools.com/articles/2011/MZ2011022.aspx This issue affects these articles: HOWTO: Create a setup for a […]


MZ-Tools Articles Series: PRB: Uninstaller does not remove commands of add-in if uninstalled from another user account

September 1, 2011

After all these weeks creating installers and uninstallers for add-ins, either for all users or for the current user, either using InnoSetup or MSI (through WiX), I have found quite a few issues. This is one of them: PRB: Uninstaller does not remove commands of add-in if uninstalled from another user account http://www.mztools.com/articles/2011/MZ2011021.aspx This issue […]