K2 for Visual Studio issue when Microsoft Windows is installed to a non “C:” drive location
KB000258
PRODUCTK2 blackpearl 0803
BASED ONK2 blackpearl 0803
TAGSInstallation
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Introduction
An error occurs when opening Microsoft Visual Studio after upgrading K2 blackpearl RTM or SP1 to K2 blackpearl 0803 if the Microsoft Windows installation is located on a drive location other than “C:”.
This article will describe the error involved, and how to resolve the issue.
Package Load Failure
During the upgrade from a previous version of K2 blackpearl to K2 blackpearl 0803, the installer registers two registry settings used by K2 Designer for Visual Studio that refer to specific “C:” based Windows directory locations. As the referred to files have not been installed to the “C:” based locations, a “package load failure” error will occur when attempting to open MS Visual Studio.
The two registry values are as follows:
The two registry values are as follows:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftVisualStudio8.0Packages{ab85df7a-ee9a-42cb-877e-e96781a6e60e}]
"CodeBase"="C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC_MSIL\SourceCode.VisualStudio\
4.0.0.0__16a2c5aaaa1b130d\SourceCode.VisualStudio.dll"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftVisualStudio8.0Packages{ab85df7a-ee9a-42cb-877e-e96781a6e60e}]
"InprocServer32"="C:\WINDOWS\system32\mscoree.dll"
"CodeBase"="C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC_MSIL\SourceCode.VisualStudio\
4.0.0.0__16a2c5aaaa1b130d\SourceCode.VisualStudio.dll"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftVisualStudio8.0Packages{ab85df7a-ee9a-42cb-877e-e96781a6e60e}]
"InprocServer32"="C:\WINDOWS\system32\mscoree.dll"
Error Message
The following error message relates to this KB Article:
- Package load failure
Workaround
The error can be resolved by following the steps below:
- Replace the "C:" in the registry values with the relevant letter that WINDOWS is installed on.
- Run "<drive>:program filesmicrosoft visual studio 8common7idedevenv.exe" /Setup.
 | Important: "<drive>:program filesmicrosoft visual studio 8common7idedevenv.exe" /Setup must be run after editing the registry settings and BEFORE re-opening Microsoft Visual Studio |
