When you try to run Microsoft Visual Studio .NET (VS .NET) Setup from a terminal service session and the setup files reside on a mapped drive, you may receive the following error messages in both VS .NET Setup and the Windows Components Update:
"Microsoft Visual Studio .Net Windows Component Update
SETUP FAILED
The following components failed to install:
Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Web Extensions Client Setup Runtime Files Microsoft Visual Studio .Net
Setup Failed
There were errors during setup." The setup log named Baserrorlog.txt displays the following error message for the Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Web Extensions Client and Setup Runtime Files components: The system cannot find the path specified.
During the Visual Studio portion of the Setup routine, Setup fails shortly after you receive the End User License Agreement screen. The following information appears in the setup log named VSMSILog*.txt: MSI (c) (D4:00): MainEngineThread is returning 3