Hello,

This is kind of urgent as StrataFrame is not working on my machine, therefore can't support production application.


I had older (or beta) version of SF installed on my machine, I believe it was 1.7.0.1, not 100% sure though. It was working fine. But then I had to install production application developed by another developer, this application was developed with the most recent SF version 1.7.3. After I installed this application, I started getting an error from SF in VS.NET. The error simply said "SF encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for inconvenience", and there was "Close" and "Debug" button. (similar to attached screenshot).  So I figured it was the time to upgrade to the latest SF release 1.7.3.
But I get this error every time I try to install SF, and I tried numerous time. And I tried everything: uninstalling SF, removing all MicroFour dlls from GAC manually, deleting any left-over files manually, etc. The error occurs on the very last screen which says "StrateFrame is now being configured. View the popup windows that appear for more info...". After installation SF in VS.NET does not work, and I get the same error when trying to open "Activate" window, see attached screenshot.

Please Help.

Thank you

I pretty much followed these step already minus rebuilding from source code...
See, installation never actually completes, I get that error message.  After installation I don't see any new SF related assemblies (and I did try adding them to GAC manually).

So rebuild from source code is my only option at this point?

Yes.  Try to rebuild the source and then lets take a look.

I am able to rebuild from source code. But how do I get SF to integrate with VS .NET?. Install still fails by the way after rebuild and adding dlls to GAC.

I saw your screenshot of the activate.exe not firing, but where in the install does it fail?  I don't think I have ever seen this much trouble with an install/update.  Do you have admin permissions on your local machine?

It fails on the very last screen "StrataFrame is now being configured". See attached screenshot.
Yes, I am an admin on my machine.

I wonder if you have something in your temp folder and/or your ProgramData folder causing the problem.  When the install is created, it creates a temporary folder so that it can "uninstall or add features."  There are times when I have seen this go wonky and cause some issues.

So first, clear our your temp folder.  Second, open up your ProgramData folder and look for GUID folders.  Any that have StrataFrame related contents, delete them (might back them up first):