Ive just downloaded the beta and it installed fine with no errors, but when i go to create a new 2.0 project in VS C# i get an error: "The project file 'C:\Users\Ben\AppData\Local\Temp\gyhtaevi.qfq\Temp\WindowsGame1.csproj' The project type is not supported by this installation." I've tried reinstalling XNA but that didnt work. Any help would be appreciated.

There is a bug in our setup program that might be the culprit here.

When you install XNA GS 2.0 Beta, setup attempts to install into both VC# 2005 Express and VS 2005, if you have both. However, before XNA GS can be installed, you have to have the appropriate service pack (SP1) for the IDE. These are installed separately for Express and non-Express.

The bug is that if you have both VC# Express and VS, but only one has the SP1 applied, then setup will install XNA GS 2.0 into only the IDE that has the SP1 applied, but both will have the templates installed. The problem is that you cannot use the templates in an IDE without XNA GS 2.0 installed.

To see whether this is the case, go to the Help menu, and select About Microsoft Visual Studio (or Visual C# Express Edition).

If you do not see XNA Game Studio 2.0 in the list of installed products, then this is probably what happened.

To resolve this issue, download and install SP1 for VS 2005 (or Express) and then reinstall XNA GS 2.0 (there should be an option to repair/reinstall without uninstalling first).

 

Thanks for your quick reply. However what you've said shouldn't affect me as i haven't installed the non-express edition of VS 2005, all i've got is the express edition. I had installed the SP1 for it, but i reinstalled it as well as the beta,
however it didn't do anything, i still get the error. But when i look on the about section of VS 2005, XNA 2.0 isn't listed, so it maybe that setup isn't installing the necessary files  for the express edition?

When you say you reinstalled it could you expand on the steps taken? Was this just a reinstall of the Beta or of all of C# Express and its available service packs? We also drop a log file that contains all the tasks setup runs through and their status. The file is located here :

C:\Program Files\Microsoft XNA\XNA Game Studio\v2.0\Setup\TME\Results

If looking through the log are there any attributes where Success="false", Completed="false", or Warning="true"? If so could you copy those (or share the file) so we can see it?

Feel free to open a bug on Connect if you want to and attach all the files from the "C:\Program Files\Microsoft XNA\XNA Game Studio\v2.0\Setup\Logs" directory.

 

Thanks

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<TaskStatusResults xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <TaskStatus Time="2007-11-20T17:01:17.5114+00:00" Success="true" Continue="true" Expose="true" Reboot="false" RebootNow="false" Completed="true" Message="MSI Task Processor Succeeded on task: Copying prerequisite files" TaskListId="Install" Warning="false">
    <Task Id="CopyRedistFiles" Type="MSI" Data="MsiPath=redists.msi;MsiOperation=Install;ContinueOnFailure=False" DisplayName="Copying prerequisite files" AlwaysReboots="false" />
  </TaskStatus>
  <TaskStatus Time="2007-11-20T17:02:12.9934+00:00" Success="true" Continue="true" Expose="true" Reboot="false" RebootNow="false" Completed="true" Message="MSI Task Processor Succeeded on task: Installing Games for Windows - LIVE Redist" TaskListId="Install" Warning="false">
    <Task Id="InstallOrRepairPanoramaRedist" Type="MSI" Data="MsiPath={D1B01DC9-CBAF-45F9-A387-7D00C11B630E};MsiAlternatePath=%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft XNA\XNA Game Studio\v2.0\Redist\Panorama Redist\XLiveRedist.msi;MsiOperation=Repair;ContinueOnFailure=False" DisplayName="Installing Games for Windows - LIVE Redist" AlwaysReboots="false" />
  </TaskStatus>
  <TaskStatus Time="2007-11-20T17:04:54.1024+00:00" Success="true" Continue="true" Expose="false" Reboot="false" RebootNow="false" Completed="true" Message="Task returned: 0" TaskListId="Install" Warning="false">
    <Task Id="RunDXRedistSetup" Type="EXE" Data="=@EXEPath=%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft XNA\XNA Game Studio\v2.0\Redist\DX Redist\DXSETUP.exe@EXEArguments=/silent@ReturnAction=FailOnNonZero@RebootOnReturnCode=1" DisplayName="Installing DirectX Redist" AlwaysReboots="false" />
  </TaskStatus>
  <TaskStatus Time="2007-11-20T17:05:38.5834+00:00" Success="true" Continue="true" Expose="true" Reboot="false" RebootNow="false" Completed="true" Message="MSI Task Processor Succeeded on task: Installing XNA Game Studio 2.0 Redist" TaskListId="Install" Warning="false">
    <Task Id="InstallOrRepairXNARedist" Type="MSI" Data="MsiPath={245F6C7A-0C22-4de0-8202-2AAA620A1D3A};MsiAlternatePath=%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft XNA\XNA Game Studio\v2.0\Redist\XNA FX Redist\xnafx20_redist.msi;MsiOperation=Repair;REINSTALL=ALL;REINSTALLMODE=omus;ContinueOnFailure=False" DisplayName="Installing XNA Game Studio 2.0 Redist" AlwaysReboots="false" />
  </TaskStatus>
  <TaskStatus Time="2007-11-20T17:06:24.7664+00:00" Success="true" Continue="true" Expose="true" Reboot="false" RebootNow="false" Completed="true" Message="MSI Task Processor Succeeded on task: Copying XNA Game Studio files" TaskListId="Install" Warning="false">
    <Task Id="InstallXnaLiveProxy" Type="MSI" Data="MsiPath=xnaliveproxy.msi;MsiOperation=Install;ContinueOnFailure=False" DisplayName="Copying XNA Game Studio files" AlwaysReboots="false" />
  </TaskStatus>
  <TaskStatus Time="2007-11-20T17:06:44.2504+00:00" Success="true" Continue="true" Expose="true" Reboot="false" RebootNow="false" Completed="true" Message="MSI Task Processor Succeeded on task: Copying XNA Game Studio files" TaskListId="Install" Warning="false">
    <Task Id="InstallSharedFiles" Type="MSI" Data="MsiPath=xnags_shared.msi;MsiOperation=Install;ContinueOnFailure=False;TRANSPORT_EXCEPTION=1;PANORAMA_EXCEPTION=1" DisplayName="Copying XNA Game Studio files" AlwaysReboots="false" />
  </TaskStatus>
  <TaskStatus Time="2007-11-20T17:08:17.0054+00:00" Success="true" Continue="true" Expose="true" Reboot="false" RebootNow="false" Completed="true" Message="MSI Task Processor Succeeded on task: Copying starter kits" TaskListId="Install" Warning="false">
    <Task Id="InstallSpacewars" Type="MSI" Data="MsiPath=spacewar.msi;MsiOperation=Install;ContinueOnFailure=False" DisplayName="Copying starter kits" AlwaysReboots="false" />
  </TaskStatus>
  <TaskStatus Time="2007-11-20T17:11:26.6014+00:00" Success="true" Continue="true" Expose="true" Reboot="false" RebootNow="false" Completed="true" Message="MSI Task Processor Succeeded on task: Merging help documentation" TaskListId="Install" Warning="false">
    <Task Id="InstallDocs" Type="MSI" Data="MsiPath=%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft XNA\XNA Game Studio\v2.0\Setup\xnags_documentation.msi;MsiOperation=Install;ContinueOnFailure=False" DisplayName="Merging help documentation" AlwaysReboots="false" />
  </TaskStatus>
  <TaskStatus Time="2007-11-20T17:12:40.0324+00:00" Success="true" Continue="true" Expose="true" Reboot="false" RebootNow="false" Completed="true" Message="MSI Task Processor Succeeded on task: Installing files for C# 2005 Express" TaskListId="Install" Warning="false">
    <Task Id="InstallExpress" Type="MSI" Data="MsiPath=%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft XNA\XNA Game Studio\v2.0\Setup\xnags_vcsexpress.msi;MsiOperation=Install;ContinueOnFailure=True" DisplayName="Installing files for C# 2005 Express" AlwaysReboots="false" />
  </TaskStatus>
  <TaskStatus Time="2007-11-20T17:15:07.3154+00:00" Success="false" Continue="true" Expose="true" Reboot="false" RebootNow="false" Completed="true" Message="MSI Task Processor Failed on task: Installing files for Visual Studio 2005 \n Please consult C:\Program Files\Microsoft XNA\XNA Game Studio\v2.0\Setup\Logs\xnags_devenv.LOG for additional log information." TaskListId="Install" Warning="false">
    <Task Id="InstallUplevel" Type="MSI" Data="MsiPath=%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft XNA\XNA Game Studio\v2.0\Setup\xnags_devenv.msi;MsiOperation=Install;ContinueOnFailure=True" DisplayName="Installing files for Visual Studio 2005" AlwaysReboots="false" />
  </TaskStatus>
  <TaskStatus Time="2007-11-20T17:15:35.5244+00:00" Success="true" Continue="true" Expose="true" Reboot="false" RebootNow="false" Completed="true" Message="MSI Task Processor Succeeded on task: Caching installer files" TaskListId="Install" Warning="false">
    <Task Id="InstallARP" Type="MSI" Data="MsiPath=arpentry.msi;MsiOperation=Install;ContinueOnFailure=False" DisplayName="Caching installer files" AlwaysReboots="false" />
  </TaskStatus>
</TaskStatusResults>


The only problem seems to be a SUCCESS problem when MSI Task Proccesser failed.

What i did when installing and reinstalling was:
    -First i installed XNA 2.0 on VS C# Express 2005 with the SP1 installed.
    -Then, as i got the error, i repaired XNA 2.0.
    -Then i reinstalled the SP1 for VS C# Express 2005 and  after that  reinstalled XNA 2.0.

The only false success in the log shows that it didn't install onto VS 2005 which makes sense seeing as you said you only have C# Express installed.

Please open a connect bug and add the detailed log files as mentioned above. I think we'll need to dig through the details to see what happened. According to the results everything was installed fine.

Have you happened to try a full removal of C# Express/GS 2.0 and then reinstall using Add/Remove Programs rather than repairing to see if this clears the issue?

I am having the same problem.


i started this thread. http://forums.xna.com/thread/33209.aspx

but anyway would having visual studio 2008 express have anything to do with it?

The only log file i could find was the one i posted above so there's no point in posting on Connect (also you have to be 18 to register). However i've just completely uninstalled all the Xna programs (1.0 and 2.0) as well as Visual Studio Express, so that there was nothing left. Then i reinstalled everything starting with VS, then the necessary  patches. Then i  installed XNA 1.0 and 2.0. However  when i launch  VS. the listed  programs doesn't have any of the XNA frameworks. I press new project and the only available options are for 2.0, even though it's not displayed on the about section. When trying to launch a 2.0 project i get an error "Requested registry access is not allowed." So now i can't launch XNA 1.0 or XNA 2.0. I've reinstalled both 1.0 and 2.0 many times but nothing changes.

Edit - I've just checked and i can't launch any project in VS!

I am seeing the same issue reported here (project type not supported while copying from temp dir).  I have VS2006 + VC# express installed on a Vista Ultimate x64 box, both of which are patched to SP1 according to the About dialog.  Creating a new project results in the same error seen here in both VS2005 and VC# Express.  I have tried a re-install and nothing changed.  Any other info I can provide?

well we all seem to be using vista to get this error but other people use it on vista fine??? thats the only thing i can work out that is caussing this issue one person has visual studio but me and the guy creating this topic only have express? I have heeps of log files but i can't seem to load them onto connect for some unkown reason yet the other guy only has 1 log file???
another strange thing is everything else works.

could it simplay be that the dowload got corrupted?

just a question what other files do you have that have to do with visual studio? i have:
all express 08,
NProf,
c++ 05 express,
web 05 express.
directx sdk june 07,
directx sdk oct 06.

Just to clarify there are two folders for logs.

The single results file is located here: C:\Program Files\Microsoft XNA\XNA Game Studio\v2.0\Setup\TME\Results\

And the complete set of install logs here: C:\Program Files\Microsoft XNA\XNA Game Studio\v2.0\Setup\Logs\

It would be great if anyone seeing this issue could open a bug on connect that includes the logs as well as information about their OS (XP/Vista/32bit/64bit), Various VS SKUs, as well as if you are running GS Setup and VS elevated (on Vista).