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How to install Help with a missing disk?
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| Anonymouse 2004-12-30, 8:56 am |
| I'm trying to migrate VB.NET from my PC to the laptop I've just bought. But I
can't find the 3rd CD for the MSDN library! As a result, I can't install the
Help files. Is there any way around this without violating the EULA?
Help!
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| Darren Parker [MS] 2004-12-30, 3:56 pm |
| With any of the quarterly MSDN Libraries that have shipped in the last few
years you can do a minimum install without having all 3 discs, but I can't
remember if this is the case with the Library that shipped with VS.NET.
You could give it a shot (if you haven't already tried this).
In this scenario your Help documention does not get installed to your hard
drive, so the Library will prompt you to insert some other disc when you
click on a topic if its not on the disc that is currently in your CD-ROM
drive. Of course you are out of luck if the topic you want happens to be on
disc 3.
Your other option is if you are an MSDN subscriber you can download the
Library from MSDN Subscriptions.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions/
Darren Parker
Developer Division User Education
Microsoft
"Anonymouse" <Anonymouse@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2FA85BD6-7650-48FF-948D-01DFBB5C6703@microsoft.com...
> I'm trying to migrate VB.NET from my PC to the laptop I've just bought.
> But I
> can't find the 3rd CD for the MSDN library! As a result, I can't install
> the
> Help files. Is there any way around this without violating the EULA?
>
> Help!
>
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| Anonymouse 2004-12-30, 8:55 pm |
| Thanks. I've tried to register with MSDN, but it just seems to hang for ages.
Besides. it's no longer necessary; I've just found the damn thing! I thought
it had somehow been thrown out the last time I tidied up, although that
would've been unusual for me - I sift through whatever I'm throwing out to
make sure I don't throw anything out by mistake. That's one less thing to
worry about!
"Darren Parker [MS]" wrote:
> With any of the quarterly MSDN Libraries that have shipped in the last few
> years you can do a minimum install without having all 3 discs, but I can't
> remember if this is the case with the Library that shipped with VS.NET.
> You could give it a shot (if you haven't already tried this).
> In this scenario your Help documention does not get installed to your hard
> drive, so the Library will prompt you to insert some other disc when you
> click on a topic if its not on the disc that is currently in your CD-ROM
> drive. Of course you are out of luck if the topic you want happens to be on
> disc 3.
>
> Your other option is if you are an MSDN subscriber you can download the
> Library from MSDN Subscriptions.
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions/
>
> Darren Parker
> Developer Division User Education
> Microsoft
>
> "Anonymouse" <Anonymouse@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2FA85BD6-7650-48FF-948D-01DFBB5C6703@microsoft.com...
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| Darren Parker [MS] 2005-01-08, 3:55 am |
| Awesome,
Glad you are back in business !
Darren Parker
Microsoft
"Anonymouse" <Anonymouse@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks. I've tried to register with MSDN, but it just seems to hang for
> ages.
>
> Besides. it's no longer necessary; I've just found the damn thing! I
> thought
> it had somehow been thrown out the last time I tidied up, although that
> would've been unusual for me - I sift through whatever I'm throwing out to
> make sure I don't throw anything out by mistake. That's one less thing to
> worry about!
>
> "Darren Parker [MS]" wrote:
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