> I've been trying for over a month to get this installed on Windows XP, and
> finally made it work. The error I had was, during install, immediately after
> "generating script actions for install" the installer failed with no visible
> error message.
>
> A log file is in fact generated for the install in the TEMP directory. Open
> a command prompt and type SET to see the environment variables; mine was in
> \Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Temp. Clean out the
> contents of this directory and run the installer to see the log file it
> creates - the name was not intuitive.
>
> The file is wordy, but scroll through it. The error I saw was:
> ---------------
> Setting up directory "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
> Data\Microsoft\Virtual Server"...
> Setting up directory "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\Shared
> Virtual Machines\"...
> Setting up directory "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\Shared
> Virtual Networks\"...
> Failed to create directory "C:\Documents and Settings\All
> Users\Documents\Shared Virtual Networks" - Error 5
> Failed to set security settings for "C:\Documents and Settings\All
> Users\Documents\Shared Virtual Networks\" - Error 2
> CaSetupVSDirectories() failed!
> Action ended 19:25:58: CaSetupVSDirectories. Return value 3.
> ---------------
>
> Upon investigation, the Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents folder
> (and all its contents) appeared set to be read-only. [Under XP, this is the
> Shared Documents folder.] However, I was unable to change this through
> Explorer, and the command "attrib -r "C:\Documents and Settings\All
> Users\Documents"" returned an Access Denied error.
>
> The solution to this is to disable Simple File Sharing, then adjust the
> granular permissions. Open My Computer, and go to Tools -> Folder Options.
> Scroll to the bottom of the View tab, and uncheck the Simple File Sharing
> item. Now, right-click on the Shared Documents folder and look at the
> Security tab. It may be heavy-handed, but I allowed Everyone to have Full
> Control of that directory. This change took, and VS 2005 installed
> successfully.
>
> I haven't yet re-enabled Simple File Sharing, nor have I tried to lock down
> the Shared Documents folder yet. I know it was shared and that network users
> were allowed to change the documents under Simple File Sharing, but that did
> not appear to fix the problem.

> Are you logged in as an Admin account? If so - you should have access to
> all folders.
> --
> Cheers,
> Benjamin Armstrong
> ===============================
> Virtual machine Program Manager
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
> You assume all risk for your use.
>
> Mike T wrote:
>> I've been trying for over a month to get this installed on Windows XP,
>> and finally made it work. The error I had was, during install,
>> immediately after "generating script actions for install" the installer
>> failed with no visible error message.
>>
>> A log file is in fact generated for the install in the TEMP directory.
>> Open a command prompt and type SET to see the environment variables; mine
>> was in \Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Temp. Clean out
>> the contents of this directory and run the installer to see the log file
>> it creates - the name was not intuitive.
>>
>> The file is wordy, but scroll through it. The error I saw was:
>> ---------------
>> Setting up directory "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
>> Data\Microsoft\Virtual Server"...
>> Setting up directory "C:\Documents and Settings\All
>> Users\Documents\Shared Virtual Machines\"...
>> Setting up directory "C:\Documents and Settings\All
>> Users\Documents\Shared Virtual Networks\"...
>> Failed to create directory "C:\Documents and Settings\All
>> Users\Documents\Shared Virtual Networks" - Error 5
>> Failed to set security settings for "C:\Documents and Settings\All
>> Users\Documents\Shared Virtual Networks\" - Error 2
>> CaSetupVSDirectories() failed!
>> Action ended 19:25:58: CaSetupVSDirectories. Return value 3.
>> ---------------
>>
>> Upon investigation, the Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents folder
>> (and all its contents) appeared set to be read-only. [Under XP, this is
>> the Shared Documents folder.] However, I was unable to change this
>> through Explorer, and the command "attrib -r "C:\Documents and
>> Settings\All Users\Documents"" returned an Access Denied error.
>>
>> The solution to this is to disable Simple File Sharing, then adjust the
>> granular permissions. Open My Computer, and go to Tools -> Folder
>> Options. Scroll to the bottom of the View tab, and uncheck the Simple
>> File Sharing item. Now, right-click on the Shared Documents folder and
>> look at the Security tab. It may be heavy-handed, but I allowed Everyone
>> to have Full Control of that directory. This change took, and VS 2005
>> installed successfully.
>>
>> I haven't yet re-enabled Simple File Sharing, nor have I tried to lock
>> down the Shared Documents folder yet. I know it was shared and that
>> network users were allowed to change the documents under Simple File
>> Sharing, but that did not appear to fix the problem.

> Are you logged in as an Admin account? If so - you should have access
> to all folders.
> --
> Cheers,
> Benjamin Armstrong