I have sent the files directly to support. However, just to reiterate, the error also comes up when I start VS 2019 without a project so I am not sure it is dependant on the project.
I am not sure if this is relevant or not but, because the project I am using requires it, I am always starting VS 2019 with elevated permissions. I am not sure if the extension information or some other information is stored elsewhere when you do that.
So with the application uninstalled, I don't have that location. Here is my extensions folder: Screenshot 2024-10-01 160513.png
Interestingly I have another profile on my machine for my Microsoft account (although I only use my local login) which has the following folder: Screenshot 2024-10-01 ...
I uninstalled it and planned to go into an VS2019 without a solution open to see if that made a difference. On starting VS2019 I can the same error message coming up:
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That would imply that it did not uninstall correctly. When I check in the extensions list it is ...
I have had this several times in the past and regularly have to repair Visual Studio. There must be something else going on as it is always a problem with Advanced Installer and no other extension. It is a really time consuming problem to fix given that repairing VS is not a small task. I wish AI ...
I am not sure what happened but I removed the component from the AI build and added it back again. Now when I run the installer it behaves as it should.
Annoying that I could not get to the bottom of why it would not uninstall but pleased that it is working now.
I have an installer that I have been using for many years. It consists of about 15 different dlls most of which are added to the GAC by adding them via the Assemblies area of AI.
Previously whenever I have installed and then uninstalled the product all of the dlls have been removed too. I have ...
I managed to resolve this by repairing both versions of Visual Studio.
One thing that was not obvious was that even though they were both repaired the projects still showed as being incompatible. I had to reload them inside the solution for them to be recognised.
Relatively recently my AI installer project stopped being compatible inside both Visual Studio 2019 and 2022 (I use both for different projects). I cannot work out why. In response I upgraded my AI to the latest version and there are no new versions of VS to upgrade to.