Publish error VS2005 win forms app.

Question

Hi,

I am trying to publish to a FTP site using VS2005. This worked before and now having come back to it some months later dos not work.

The error is

Error 3 Could not find required file 'setup.bin' in 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\Bootstrapper\Engine'.

I also get this warning

Warning 2 Item 'Microsoft.Net.Framework.2.0' could not be located in 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\Bootstrapper'.

Any ideas??

Malcolm

Answer 1

That error suggests that your Visual Studio install is corrupted. That particular file is part of the 2.0 redistributable and is included with the default install. If it's missing that's a pretty bad sign.

Your best bet at this point is repairing your Visual Studio install via Add Remove Programs.