Installation and Setup

Re: Unable to download Silverlight Tools for Visual Studio 2008 SP1

amyd — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:36:09 GMT

There may be a problem (due to network connectivity, or something) with downloading the latest developer runtime. You could take a look at Jimmy's blog on doing an offline installation: http://blogs.msdn.com/jamlew/archive/2008/09/28/silverlight-tools-tip-offline-installation.aspx

Or, another option is to...
Download the developer runtime installer from:http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=119972
Save the file (Silverlight.2.0_Developer.exe) to %TEMP%\Silverlight Tools RTW
Run the tools installer (Silverlight_Tools.exe)

Re: Unable to download Silverlight Tools for Visual Studio 2008 SP1

officialboss — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:05:05 GMT

I was able to download, thanks.

But now the installation wizard is getting stuck on the first step which the Download part where it trys to download the files for installation. Error after a while is inupt parameter missing or something. Looks like it is unable to reach the server where the files reside.

Re: Re: Re: Re: Unable to download Silverlight Tools for Visual Studio 2008 SP1

tanmoy.r — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 05:14:56 GMT

Its working now. :)

Re: Re: Re: Unable to download Silverlight Tools for Visual Studio 2008 SP1

amyd — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:44:57 GMT

Again, I am really sorry about the problems with the download center. They have told me that the believe the download has been propagated to all the servers and you should be able to download for the official page now.

Re: Re: Unable to download Silverlight Tools for Visual Studio 2008 SP1

TNTownsend — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 23:41:50 GMT

I was able to follow Amy D's personal link - download the tools - and operate the setup without further issues. It is excruciatingly slow - but then this is msi. Took about 45 minutes and when it finished I could upgrade the project and things are once again working. I did have problems with 2008 SP1 until I retrieved the ISO and used it rather than the web installer. Not MS's finest hour.

Re: Re: Unable to download Silverlight Tools for Visual Studio 2008 SP1

officialboss — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 23:11:33 GMT

Download is not working for me either.

I was able to download the file Silverlight_Tools.exe from another link and when I run it, the Installation Wizard gets stuck on the download section without any download progress bar.

Looks like there is an issue with the download server.

Re: Re: Unable to download Silverlight Tools for Visual Studio 2008 SP1

agaace — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 23:04:35 GMT

Still doesn't work for me.

Re: Unable to download Silverlight Tools for Visual Studio 2008 SP1

amyd — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:36:46 GMT

I took the ENU download and details page down last night around midnight PST because we were having trouble with the server caching the RC (.143). I re-published around 12:30. It should have propogated to all servers within an hour, but there is a problem and I am contacting our download center about it.

Since some servers do have the update, for the time being, I would recommend making multiple attempts to download and hopefully you will hit a working server. The direct download is: http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/4/2/242ffd75-ddbc-4349-8c72-3f93aedfd186/Silverlight_Tools.exe

I am really sorry about this inconvenience

Re: Unable to download Silverlight Tools for Visual Studio 2008 SP1

TonyCavaliere — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:57:30 GMT

I called the LimeLight folks and reported the problem and it looks like they fixed. I just downloaded and install it fine.

Re: Unable to download Silverlight Tools for Visual Studio 2008 SP1

mclemweb — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:57:11 GMT

Not working in LA (PDC08) either.

Re: Unable to download Silverlight Tools for Visual Studio 2008 SP1

chrisevans123 — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:26:18 GMT

Same from London, sod it, doing what i've got to do in Flash!

Re: Unable to download Silverlight Tools for Visual Studio 2008 SP1

TNTownsend — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:17:12 GMT

Having exactly this problem in Detroit. 404 when you click download. A fine release, eh?

Re: Re: Unable to download Silverlight Tools for Visual Studio 2008 SP1

SWPrime — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:07:15 GMT

Not working in Detroit either.

Re: Re: Unable to download Silverlight Tools for Visual Studio 2008 SP1

TonyCavaliere — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:27:42 GMT

I can't download it and I am from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

I also got a friend to try and he was unable to download and he is from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Re: Re: Unable to download Silverlight Tools for Visual Studio 2008 SP1

HTIJeff — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:16:03 GMT

Doing a little research it seems like it may be a problem with Limelight networks which is probably the CDN for Microsoft. Seeing as how some people can get to it and other cannot, the file probably has not propagated to all of the servers or there is a problem with their servers (more likely given the 404). Since it seems to be working from some people and not others, I suspect it is a geographical issue. For those of you who are working, where are you located? I am in Atlanta, GA for what it is worth. If we can find out where it IS working, then we may be able to find a public proxy in that area to route through and trick the Limelight servers to redirecting us to a server with the file. If anyone wants to try to contact Limelight, their support number is 866-544-4830.

~Jeff