How to troubleshoot installation or upgrade issues in Visual Studio?
This troubleshooting guide includes step-by-step instructions that should resolve most installation issues. Open the Visual Studio Installer, and then click Report a problem to open the Visual Studio Feedback tool. Give your problem report a title, and provide relevant details.
How to get rid of Visual Studio installer?
Close the Visual Studio Installer. Delete the Visual Studio Installer directory. Typically, the directory is C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft Visual StudioInstaller. Run the Visual Studio Installer bootstrapper.
Is there an executable for Visual Studio installer?
The Visual Studio Installer bootstrapper is a minimal light-weight executable that installs the rest of the Visual Studio Installer. Deleting Visual Studio Installer files and then rerunning the bootstrapper might solve some update failures.
How to troubleshoot an installation or upgrade issue?
This troubleshooting guide includes step-by-step instructions that should resolve most installation issues. The following steps are optimized for a typical online installation. For an issue that affects an offline installation, please see How to troubleshoot an offline installation.
How to upgrade Visual Studio 2012 to SP 2013?
Now in order to upgrade to SP 2013, I upgraded the project containing the site definition in Visual Studio 2012. I created a new WSP and deployed it to 15 hive. I can see the webtemp_siteDefinitionName.xml file in \\15\\TEMPLATE\\1033\\XML.
Why is there an upgrade error in SharePoint Server?
This error indicates that a third-party content type was added to the specified site in SharePoint Server 2010. During upgrade to SharePoint 2013 its name conflicted with the default content type by the same name. Rename the third-party content type in the specified site to a different name and run upgrade again.
How to report a problem with Visual Studio?
See How to get the Visual Studio installation logs for details. Open the Visual Studio Installer, and then click Report a problem to open the Visual Studio Feedback tool. Give your problem report a title, and provide relevant details.
What to do when you get error another setup is already running?
If you receive this error even when there is only one instance of Visual Studio open, try restarting your machine to end the processes that can cause this issue. If restarting your machine does not resolve the problem, try the following: Open Task Manager. Look for the process msiexec.exe.
Where can I find the Visual Studio installer bootstrapper?
Search on your error message with the Visual Studio Developer Community. Other members of the community might have documented a solution to your problem. The Visual Studio Installer bootstrapper is a minimal light-weight executable that installs the rest of the Visual Studio Installer.