Problems when choosing help in C# 2005 Express

[Paul M.]

When I click the 'How do I ?' menu item in the C# IDE the proper screen comes
up but it is empty and a message box says: Package Visual Studio Common IDE
package failed to load. Then if I click on Help Favorites or Search I get the
error: The operation could not be completed. No such interface is supported.
I am using the latest download of C# Express 2005. I have used the uninstall
tool and tried re-installing but the problem persists. Everything else in the
environment seems to be working correctly. Has anyone else experienced this
problem?

[clintonG]

I was never able to get -- any -- help with Beta 2. I read somebody
suggested deselecting the Internal/External flags and restarting. One or the
other as I recall apparently solved he problem and wouldn't hurt trying with
VS2005.

<%= Clinton Gallagher

"Paul M." <Pa***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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When I click the 'How do I ?' menu item in the C# IDE the proper screen
comes
up but it is empty and a message box says: Package Visual Studio Common
IDE
package failed to load. Then if I click on Help Favorites or Search I get
the
error: The operation could not be completed. No such interface is
supported.
I am using the latest download of C# Express 2005. I have used the
uninstall
tool and tried re-installing but the problem persists. Everything else in
the
environment seems to be working correctly. Has anyone else experienced
this
problem?

[Paul M.]

How do you access and deselect these flags?

"clintonG" wrote:

I was never able to get -- any -- help with Beta 2. I read somebody
suggested deselecting the Internal/External flags and restarting. One or the
other as I recall apparently solved he problem and wouldn't hurt trying with
VS2005.

<%= Clinton Gallagher

"Paul M." <Pa***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2F**********************************@microsof t.com...

When I click the 'How do I ?' menu item in the C# IDE the proper screen
comes
up but it is empty and a message box says: Package Visual Studio Common
IDE
package failed to load. Then if I click on Help Favorites or Search I get
the
error: The operation could not be completed. No such interface is
supported.
I am using the latest download of C# Express 2005. I have used the
uninstall
tool and tried re-installing but the problem persists. Everything else in
the
environment seems to be working correctly. Has anyone else experienced
this
problem?

[Soren S. Jorgensen]

Hi,

From a dos-prompt type:
C:\<Program Files>\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe
/ResetSkipPgks

Kr. Soren
"Paul M." <Pa***@discussions.microsoft.com> skrev i en meddelelse
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How do you access and deselect these flags?

"clintonG" wrote:

I was never able to get -- any -- help with Beta 2. I read somebody
suggested deselecting the Internal/External flags and restarting. One or
the
other as I recall apparently solved he problem and wouldn't hurt trying
with
VS2005.

<%= Clinton Gallagher

"Paul M." <Pa***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2F**********************************@microsof t.com...

> When I click the 'How do I ?' menu item in the C# IDE the proper screen
> comes
> up but it is empty and a message box says: Package Visual Studio Common
> IDE
> package failed to load. Then if I click on Help Favorites or Search I
> get
> the
> error: The operation could not be completed. No such interface is
> supported.
> I am using the latest download of C# Express 2005. I have used the
> uninstall
> tool and tried re-installing but the problem persists. Everything else
> in
> the
> environment seems to be working correctly. Has anyone else experienced
> this
> problem?
>

[Paul M.]

The file, devenv.exe, does not exist in my installation of
C# Express 2005.

"Soren S. Jorgensen" wrote:

Hi,

From a dos-prompt type:
C:\<Program Files>\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe
/ResetSkipPgks

Kr. Soren
"Paul M." <Pa***@discussions.microsoft.com> skrev i en meddelelse
news:3F**********************************@microsof t.com...

How do you access and deselect these flags?

"clintonG" wrote:

I was never able to get -- any -- help with Beta 2. I read somebody
suggested deselecting the Internal/External flags and restarting. One or
the
other as I recall apparently solved he problem and wouldn't hurt trying
with
VS2005.

<%= Clinton Gallagher

"Paul M." <Pa***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2F**********************************@microsof t.com...
> When I click the 'How do I ?' menu item in the C# IDE the proper screen
> comes
> up but it is empty and a message box says: Package Visual Studio Common
> IDE
> package failed to load. Then if I click on Help Favorites or Search I
> get
> the
> error: The operation could not be completed. No such interface is
> supported.
> I am using the latest download of C# Express 2005. I have used the
> uninstall
> tool and tried re-installing but the problem persists. Everything else
> in
> the
> environment seems to be working correctly. Has anyone else experienced
> this
> problem?
>

[Paul M.]

Problem solved! I used the uninstall tool from this site:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/ex...l/default.aspx
but that didn't fix the problem either. So, I used it again and ran PC Tools
Registry Mechanic before re-installing and that did the trick. Everything is
running smoothly now. Thanks to everyone for their replies and help.

"Paul M." wrote:

The file, devenv.exe, does not exist in my installation of
C# Express 2005.

"Soren S. Jorgensen" wrote:

Hi,

From a dos-prompt type:
C:\<Program Files>\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe
/ResetSkipPgks

Kr. Soren
"Paul M." <Pa***@discussions.microsoft.com> skrev i en meddelelse
news:3F**********************************@microsof t.com...

How do you access and deselect these flags?

"clintonG" wrote:

> I was never able to get -- any -- help with Beta 2. I read somebody
> suggested deselecting the Internal/External flags and restarting. One or
> the
> other as I recall apparently solved he problem and wouldn't hurt trying
> with
> VS2005.
>
> <%= Clinton Gallagher
>
> "Paul M." <Pa***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2F**********************************@microsof t.com...
> > When I click the 'How do I ?' menu item in the C# IDE the proper screen
> > comes
> > up but it is empty and a message box says: Package Visual Studio Common
> > IDE
> > package failed to load. Then if I click on Help Favorites or Search I
> > get
> > the
> > error: The operation could not be completed. No such interface is
> > supported.
> > I am using the latest download of C# Express 2005. I have used the
> > uninstall
> > tool and tried re-installing but the problem persists. Everything else
> > in
> > the
> > environment seems to be working correctly. Has anyone else experienced
> > this
> > problem?
> >
>
>
>