Silverlight Tools Beta 2 for Visual Studio 2008 Installation Blocked

Incompatible dlls from installation of Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta after installation of Silverlight Tools Beta 1 for Visual Studio 2008 will block installation of Silverlight Tools Beta 2 for Visual Studio 2008.

Attempting to install Silverlight Tools Beta 2 for Visual Studio 2008 in this state will result in an "Installation Blocked" dialog stating "Installation was unable to proceed due to previously installed items. See http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=121479 for detailed information."


To resolve this issue and successfully install Silverlight Tools Beta 2 for Visual Studio 2008:

  1. Download and unzip Silverlight_Tools_Fixup.zip
  2. Run the Silverlight_Tools_Fixup.vbs script to detect and resolve previous installation conflicts
  3. Install Silverlight Tools Beta 2 for Visual Studio 2008
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