Razz's Ramblings

If you're having issues modifying/uninstalling Visual Studio 2008 Standard, Professional or Team Editions, and your setup is continuously failing giving the following message:

A problem has encountered while loading the setup components. Canceling setup.

No need to despair. This occurs due to a VS2008 hotfix - KB952241. Go to Control Panel > Add / Remove Programs; Click on View Installed Updates in the left pane and type 'KB952241' in the top-left search box. Double-click to uninstall it. Now, the Visual Studio 2008 installation should proceed without failing.

The alternate option of uninstalling and re-installing the whole VS2008 package is way too time consuming. Hope this helped save you some precious time!

Labels: visual studio 2008