VS doesn't start, all of a sudden - "Cannot find one or more components. Please reinstall the application." [modified]
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So I just rebooted. Before the reboot, I was running VS 2008 just fine. After the reboot, I get the dreaded "Cannot find one or more components. Please reinstall the application." I've not uninstalled anything that VS might shout at. I hate this. I hate VS. I hate MS. Any clues? :(( EDIT - a clarification: VS tells me absolutely nothing more than the above Cannot find one or more components. Please reinstall the application.
-- Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time - Bertrand Russel
modified on Monday, November 2, 2009 4:25 AM
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So I just rebooted. Before the reboot, I was running VS 2008 just fine. After the reboot, I get the dreaded "Cannot find one or more components. Please reinstall the application." I've not uninstalled anything that VS might shout at. I hate this. I hate VS. I hate MS. Any clues? :(( EDIT - a clarification: VS tells me absolutely nothing more than the above Cannot find one or more components. Please reinstall the application.
-- Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time - Bertrand Russel
modified on Monday, November 2, 2009 4:25 AM
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Johann Gerell wrote:
I get the dreaded "Cannot find one or more components. Please reinstall the application."
Johann Gerell wrote:
Any clues?
Well without giving us a clue, no. What components is it complaining about?
Thanks for the reply - I wouldn'thave asked the question if VS had given me any clue whatsoever in the first place... :sigh: It tells me absolutely nothing more than "Cannot find one or more components. Please reinstall the application." I was hoping someone had seen it recently due to some mysterious behind-the-back auto-update of some important file when Windows update kicked in some night or so.
-- Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time - Bertrand Russel
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So I just rebooted. Before the reboot, I was running VS 2008 just fine. After the reboot, I get the dreaded "Cannot find one or more components. Please reinstall the application." I've not uninstalled anything that VS might shout at. I hate this. I hate VS. I hate MS. Any clues? :(( EDIT - a clarification: VS tells me absolutely nothing more than the above Cannot find one or more components. Please reinstall the application.
-- Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time - Bertrand Russel
modified on Monday, November 2, 2009 4:25 AM
Problem Solved. Found http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/vssetup/thread/76713427-0daa-4907-a017-633ad258a5af[^] with the title "Cannot find one or more components" Error When Executing Visual Studio 2008. I looked in my Explorer and found an empty C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.VC90.ATL_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.30729.4148_x-ww_353599c2 with modification time this morning. Smells Windows auto-update... I copied atl90.dll from a parallell directory and then it worked. But I still hate MS.
-- Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time - Bertrand Russel
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Thanks for the reply - I wouldn'thave asked the question if VS had given me any clue whatsoever in the first place... :sigh: It tells me absolutely nothing more than "Cannot find one or more components. Please reinstall the application." I was hoping someone had seen it recently due to some mysterious behind-the-back auto-update of some important file when Windows update kicked in some night or so.
-- Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time - Bertrand Russel
Johann Gerell wrote:
It tells me absolutely nothing more than "Cannot find one or more components. Please reinstall the application."
My apologies. Usually when a poster says this, it means they did not read the error message, and could not be bothered to rerun the test to reproduce it. I've not had this with any of my own systems.
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Johann Gerell wrote:
I get the dreaded "Cannot find one or more components. Please reinstall the application."
Johann Gerell wrote:
Any clues?
Well without giving us a clue, no. What components is it complaining about?
Problem solved. See parallel post.
-- Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time - Bertrand Russel
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Johann Gerell wrote:
It tells me absolutely nothing more than "Cannot find one or more components. Please reinstall the application."
My apologies. Usually when a poster says this, it means they did not read the error message, and could not be bothered to rerun the test to reproduce it. I've not had this with any of my own systems.
No problem. I've had my share of questionees not giving enough background, so I can recognise your standpoint.
-- Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time - Bertrand Russel
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Problem Solved. Found http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/vssetup/thread/76713427-0daa-4907-a017-633ad258a5af[^] with the title "Cannot find one or more components" Error When Executing Visual Studio 2008. I looked in my Explorer and found an empty C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.VC90.ATL_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.30729.4148_x-ww_353599c2 with modification time this morning. Smells Windows auto-update... I copied atl90.dll from a parallell directory and then it worked. But I still hate MS.
-- Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time - Bertrand Russel
THANK YOU! You put an end to a total of a day's worth of needlessly wasted time. @MS VS Team: if you are listening (and even if you aren't), change the dialog to tell us which components are missing, or put the list in some kind of easy to find log file.