Hi all:

I downloaded the 2 VS 2005 updates as documented on the Microsoft web site,
however when I try to install them I get a message:

"This patch package could not be opened. Verify that the patch package
exists and that you can access it, or contact the application vendor to
verify that this is a valid Windows Installer Package"

Does anyone know how I can fix this?

John.
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On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:56:35 -0500, John wrote:

> Hi all:
>
> I downloaded the 2 VS 2005 updates as documented on the Microsoft web site,
> however when I try to install them I get a message:
>
> "This patch package could not be opened. Verify that the patch package
> exists and that you can access it, or contact the application vendor to
> verify that this is a valid Windows Installer Package"
>
> Does anyone know how I can fix this?
>
> John.

Sounds like they might have been corrupted during the download. Try
downloading them again.

Thanks for the reply, that didn't work. :(

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"Erik Funkenbusch" <erik@despam-funkenbusch.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:56:35 -0500, John wrote:
>
>> Hi all:
>>
>> I downloaded the 2 VS 2005 updates as documented on the Microsoft web
>> site,
>> however when I try to install them I get a message:
>>
>> "This patch package could not be opened. Verify that the patch package
>> exists and that you can access it, or contact the application vendor to
>> verify that this is a valid Windows Installer Package"
>>
>> Does anyone know how I can fix this?
>>
>> John.
>
> Sounds like they might have been corrupted during the download. Try
> downloading them again.

John,

Can't help with the problem but SP 1 and the Vista update worked just fine
for me. Took foooooooorrrrrr evvvvver though to apply the updates.

I have a clean install of VS 2005 and Vista. I had problems upgrading with
both 2003 and 2005 installed.

Sorry,
Brian

"John" <jstraumann@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all:
>
> I downloaded the 2 VS 2005 updates as documented on the Microsoft web
> site,
> however when I try to install them I get a message:
>
> "This patch package could not be opened. Verify that the patch package
> exists and that you can access it, or contact the application vendor to
> verify that this is a valid Windows Installer Package"
>
> Does anyone know how I can fix this?
>
> John.
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> This message sent from Windows Vista Ultimate
> http://mscrmguy.blogspot.com/
>

VS 2005 SP1 takes absurd amounts of time both on XP and Vista, but it works,
just give
it a few hours to munch the bytes :-)

Maciej