Migration wizard appears when you install and then start Visual Studio .NET 2003 (814327)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual Studio .NET (2003), Professional Edition
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET (2003), Enterprise Architect Edition
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET (2003), Enterprise Developer Edition
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET (2003), Academic Edition

SYMPTOMS

When you run Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 for the first time after you install the program, a migration wizard for upgrading the settings from Visual Studio .NET 2002 to Visual Studio .NET 2003 appears. This behavior occurs regardless of whether Visual Studio .NET 2002 was ever installed on the computer.

CAUSE

When you install Visual Studio .NET 2003, the following registry entries are created:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\7.1

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\7.0

The second registry entry refers to Visual Studio .NET 2002. Typically, this entry is created only when you install Visual Studio .NET 2002.

When you start Visual Studio .NET 2003, the second registry entry indicates that you are upgrading from the earlier version of the program. Therefore, Visual Studio .NET 2003 starts the migration wizard.

RESOLUTION

If you do not have to migrate settings from Visual Studio .NET 2002, you can safely ignore the migration wizard.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

REFERENCES

For more information about Visual Studio .NET installation and setup, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/vsintro7/html/vxoriInstallationSetup.asp

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	2/10/2006
Keywords:	kbvs2005swept kbvs2005doesnotapply kbMessageBox kbRegistry kbsetup kbMigration kbbug KB814327 kbAudDeveloper