Installing VC9 took me about 16 hours, fully engaged.
Initially it was all: type in the product key,
try something different, watch it crash .. repeat.
After surfing the “ inter webs ”, I knew to unZip WebDesignerCore.EXE,
so that that part of the install wouldn't just fail silently.
From there, I ( rightly ) decided I to uninstall Office 2007.
Office 2007 wouldn't uninstall, of course,
but “ Windows Install Clean Up ” did the trick for me.
Thank God for blogs .. if they only knew who was reading them.
Sadly, very sadly, Google Groups ( UseNet ) is Poorly indexed,
seldom can I find stuff that I absolutely know is there,
especially if its older than a year or so.
Google Groups' phrase searchs Fuck Up plain and simple.
The web ( HTML ) is much better indexed,
but it's ( relatively ) outdated .. and not as professional.
I bet MicroSoft could kick Google's ass ( and more ),
if it could do a better job indexing UseNet.
Meanwhile, we can feel good about being on such an exclusice network.
I spent hours getting these file associations to work again:
“ www.Cotse.NET/users/jeffrelf/_Crap_.REG ”.
VC8 was intalled at “ Studio 8/ ” so I just did a search and replace,
making the associations “ Studio 9/ ” .. it was Many hours
before I realized that it's now: “ ...Studio 9.0/ ” .. Do-o-oh !
Oddly, you don't get a 32 bit “ CL.EXE ” unless you do a full install.
Of all the things one might omit from a “ C++ only install ” ..
why omit CL.EXE ! ? Link.EXE and all the other suff were there.
This bug was caught in Beta testing, but not fixed.
