Question

I recently reinstalled my development machine and went from 32 bit Windows Vista to 64 bit Windows 7. I’m running VS2008.

Some of my .NET applications still use J#, which now causes problems. The program still runs, but when I want to deploy it (I’m using a setup project to create a .msi), I get this error:

“Visual Studio registry capture utility has encountered a problem”

How can I fix this?
This error does not occur with other programs (those written purely in C#).

Answer 1

Yes, this is a known bug with Win7 and VS2008, in creating an installer that exposes COM objects.

Here is the workaround

Thanks @RogerFraser for the tip as I was having the same problem

To solve.

1. Locate regcap.exe here: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\Tools\Deployment
2. Right click and select properties.
3. Select Compatibility tab
4. Check box to Run this program in compatibility mode.
5. Select Windows Vista SP2 in the OS drop-down.
6. Click Ok and Recompile.

HTH.