Unable to work around an error that occurs with trying to deploy/install applications made with visual studio Orcas Beta 1 -- Message after installer starts is "windows 3.0.0.0 base files must be loaded into the GAC cache" -- ? Installer works on computer I created the applications on only and not on any others I have tried.

Are you sure the .NET Framework 3.0 is installed on the other computers? It sounds to me like they need to be.

Are you sure the .NET Framework 3.0 is installed on the other computers? It sounds to me like they need to be.

The two options for component files were DotNet 2.0 and DotNet 3.5 -- The default was 2.0 -- I have 3.5 on the computer on which I have Orcas installed -- I changed the option to 3.5 and re-published the application and it did install!!!

I t took about 30min and required a reboot, which I guess is to be expected for a new DotNet install --- I'm not sure if this can be improved. I started trying to use C# because C++ required a manual deployment strategy which is somewhat complicated.

Thanks!