Uninstall CF 2 SP 1 from workstation, reinstall original CF 2?

[Jarod]

Hello,

I installed the VS CF 2 SP 1 developer patch from this article

http://blogs.msdn.com/netcfteam/archive/2006/08/04/688766.aspx

Unfortunately the service pack introduces a completely unacceptable
bug. The keyboard icon disappears when a message box is displayed and
remains gone even when the message box is closed. I know that resetting
the form's menu to the menu instance variable like this will force the
keyboard icon to reapper but this is still unacceptable

this.Menu = this.mainMenu;

I uninstalled CF 2 SP 1 developer patch from my workstation and it
completely removed all the files from C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual
Studio 8\Smart Devices\SDK\CompactFramework\2.0\v2.0

I then tried to install the \vs\wcu\NetCF\netcfsetupv2.msi file from
the CD like the article suggests, but none of the files that were
removed from C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Smart
Devices\SDK\CompactFramework\2.0\v2.0 were replaced. Instead they files
that were removed were reinstalled to c:\Program Files\Microsoft .NET

Is there any way to get these files restored to their original
locations at C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Smart
Devices\SDK\CompactFramework\2.0\v2.0?

Thanks,
Jarod

 

[Ilya Tumanov [MS]]

If for some reason you need these files to be in particular path you would
need to remove MSI and install it again. This time please choose custom
install and select path you like.

Keep in mind VS 2005 could not care less about NETCF V2 install location.



By the way, you can uninstall just patch. To do so you need to check "show
updates" in ARP and remove patch, not entire product like you did.



Also, you would need to uninstall NETCF V2 SP1 from device manually.


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Best regards,

Ilya

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