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Problem while installing Visual Studio 2010 Express editions using Web Platform Installer

I would like to share a problem that I faced while installing Visual Studio 2010 Express editions using Web Platform Installer 2.0 version.

Web Platform Installer 2.0 from Microsoft is a very good tool for keeping track of what is installed and what is not and to install softwares in the background without expecting any user action but I did not like one thing in the Installer i.e. no status of Installation Progress is shown on the installation window. We won't even know if it is actually installing or has died. As the download and the installation take a long time, sometimes I feel that it is not working and try to kill the Platform Installer application. Later on, I realize that to find whether it is really doing anything or not, the best way to check the progress would be to check the installation log files.

The installation log files are created in the system Temp folder. To browse the Temp folder, please browse the C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Temp folder directly (in Windows Vista, similar folder in XP too) or type %Temp% in Start menu. In the Temp folder, open the log file "dd_install_vns_xcor_100.txt" (it is the master log file) to track the progress of the installation. There are many other log files created here but this is the master log file.

Hopefully, Microsoft will bring this change in the future release of Web Platform Installer (like Eclipse background installer).
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