Any Tips for Installing Visual Studio 2010?
by Charlie Patterson · in Torque Game Builder · 02/02/2013 (11:07 pm) · 6 replies
In case anyone has had this issue (yes I checked Google for about an hour and found nothing useful)...
I've been using Visual Studio 2008 Express, and now I want to use Visual Studio 2010 Express. I installed it, tried to start it, and got the error
Invalid license data. Reinstall is required.
Huh. Doubtful, I went ahead and re-installed it, then uninstalled it and re-installed it. Same error.
I find it hard to believe that Visual Studio is busted like this, but I'm getting no online love. A few posts here and there about the problem and how Microsoft won't respond.
I've been using Visual Studio 2008 Express, and now I want to use Visual Studio 2010 Express. I installed it, tried to start it, and got the error
Invalid license data. Reinstall is required.
Huh. Doubtful, I went ahead and re-installed it, then uninstalled it and re-installed it. Same error.
I find it hard to believe that Visual Studio is busted like this, but I'm getting no online love. A few posts here and there about the problem and how Microsoft won't respond.
#2
Maybe it *is* a trap to get you so frustrated you just buy the product. For people like me, though, it makes me assume I'll pay and end up with a product that doesn't work and nowhere to turn. :P
02/03/2013 (10:49 am)
Thanks @max, but no dice. I went and found "vsexpress.exe" and still get the bad license dialog.Maybe it *is* a trap to get you so frustrated you just buy the product. For people like me, though, it makes me assume I'll pay and end up with a product that doesn't work and nowhere to turn. :P
#4
02/03/2013 (1:15 pm)
I guess you have tried to manually clean out the registry. Maybe you should try VS Express 2012? 
#5
What I did was I got ahold of CCleaner:
www.piriform.com/ccleaner/update?v=3.27.1900&l=1033
and cleaned the Registry a few times.
I also used AVS Reg Cleaner because I don't always trust one product to clean the entire mess.
www.avs4you.com/AVS-Registry-Cleaner.aspx
When I was satisfied with the reg clean, I also scanned my Control Panel > Uninstall Programs section for any Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable and Runtime programs and Unistalled all of those as well.
I also cleaned out start programs to eliminate errors from removing the runtime programs.
After all this I did a cold reboot. Visual Studio installed and runs without any complaints.
It was an aggressive approach, more than I needed, I am sure.
02/03/2013 (2:52 pm)
I recently had similar issues installing VS2010 I was about to format my drive because it was so frustrating.What I did was I got ahold of CCleaner:
www.piriform.com/ccleaner/update?v=3.27.1900&l=1033
and cleaned the Registry a few times.
I also used AVS Reg Cleaner because I don't always trust one product to clean the entire mess.
www.avs4you.com/AVS-Registry-Cleaner.aspx
When I was satisfied with the reg clean, I also scanned my Control Panel > Uninstall Programs section for any Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable and Runtime programs and Unistalled all of those as well.
I also cleaned out start programs to eliminate errors from removing the runtime programs.
After all this I did a cold reboot. Visual Studio installed and runs without any complaints.
It was an aggressive approach, more than I needed, I am sure.
#6
@Max, thanks! I have successfully installed VS2012 so I guess I'll stay there and not worry about it. It seems odd that MS would let this bug linger. Meanwhile, is it just me or does VS2012 look like X windows circa 1992? :P
@Scott, heh. I may try some of those programs, but I'm not ready to take a chance nuking my entire system with a registry super cleaner. :)
02/03/2013 (7:50 pm)
Thanks @David. I foolishly had tried all the tips in that stackoverflow article, figuring they wouldn't work. They didn't.@Max, thanks! I have successfully installed VS2012 so I guess I'll stay there and not worry about it. It seems odd that MS would let this bug linger. Meanwhile, is it just me or does VS2012 look like X windows circa 1992? :P
@Scott, heh. I may try some of those programs, but I'm not ready to take a chance nuking my entire system with a registry super cleaner. :)
Torque Owner Max Kielland
MK Development
I got the same message after a while. It turned out that even if I had downloaded the free version of Visual Studio Express, it installs and register file extensions to a full version trial copy.
Go to your start menu and type "vs express" to start the free express version. This is probably one of Microsoft's nasty trick to get you to buy the full version.
Hope it helps.
If anyone wants to have the project files for VS Express 2012, let me know.