Can't Change Installation Drive for new install of Visual Studio Professional 2005

11 Mar 2006 6:39 AM

Krazy Katt

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I am trying to install the MSDN version of Visual Studio Professional
2005 and the goddamn install won't let me change the installation drive
-- it shows that everything will be installed to C: but I don't have
enough space on C and I want to install to a different hard-drive but
the damn install doesn't allow me to change the drive.

Has anyone experienced this before????

HELP PLEASE!

11 Mar 2006 11:58 AM

Ken Tucker [MVP]

Hi,

If install the default components you can not select the install
path. Try clicking on the options to select components to install. I think
you can select the path then.

Ken
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> --
>
> I am trying to install the MSDN version of Visual Studio Professional
> 2005 and the goddamn install won't let me change the installation drive
> -- it shows that everything will be installed to C: but I don't have
> enough space on C and I want to install to a different hard-drive but
> the damn install doesn't allow me to change the drive.
>
> Has anyone experienced this before????
>
> HELP PLEASE!

11 Mar 2006 5:05 PM

Krazy Katt

Ken Tucker [MVP] wrote:

> Hi,
>
> If install the default components you can not select the
> install path. Try clicking on the options to select components to
> install. I think you can select the path then.
>

Thanks Ken, well, here's where it gets weird again -- I can change the
path for some components, but not all (for example C++ I can change the
location for, but not VB) -- however I was able to move enough
components that I had enough space on my C drive.

Thanks again,

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> Ken
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> "Krazy Katt" <n6dqb7s***@sneakemail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23zd1SaNRGHA.3972@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> >
> >
> > --
> > I am trying to install the MSDN version of Visual Studio
> > Professional 2005 and the goddamn install won't let me change the
> > installation drive -- it shows that everything will be installed to
> > C: but I don't have enough space on C and I want to install to a
> > different hard-drive but the damn install doesn't allow me to
> > change the drive.
> >
> > Has anyone experienced this before????
> >
> > HELP PLEASE!

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11 Mar 2006 5:38 PM

Krazy Katt

Krazy Katt wrote:

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> Ken Tucker [MVP] wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > If install the default components you can not select the
> > install path. Try clicking on the options to select components to
> > install. I think you can select the path then.
> >
>
> Thanks Ken, well, here's where it gets weird again -- I can change the
> path for some components, but not all (for example C++ I can change
> the location for, but not VB) -- however I was able to move enough
> components that I had enough space on my C drive.
>
> Thanks again,
>
>
> > Ken
> > -----------
> > "Krazy Katt" <n6dqb7s***@sneakemail.com> wrote in message
> > news:%23zd1SaNRGHA.3972@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > I am trying to install the MSDN version of Visual Studio
> > > Professional 2005 and the goddamn install won't let me change the
> > > installation drive -- it shows that everything will be installed
> > > to C: but I don't have enough space on C and I want to install to
> > > a different hard-drive but the damn install doesn't allow me to
> > > change the drive.
> > >
> > > Has anyone experienced this before????
> > >
> > > HELP PLEASE!

Found out why I was having problems changing locations even after Ken's
help -- I wasn't installing VS.NET 2005 , I was installing VS.NET Pro
2002!!!! I downloaded the wrong one ...

Thanks again all!

All seems well now...

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