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I know it can be bad form to resurrect old threads but this one matches my problem exactly and isn't *that* old... So, I'm also getting the message that files from the VC r/t are missing, having installed from the downloaded executable. I am an application packager of some years standing and can see the r/t merge modules in the MSI so I know that these files *should* get installed and a verbose log shows that they *are* being installed. However, the app still says that they're missing. I have also extracted the files from the MSI and re-copied them over the top of those which the MSI installed (sanity check!) but still the error persists. What is bizarre is that running the SysInternals tool ProcMon as PDN starts shows that it is, in fact, looking for VC80 files, not VC90: [ProcMonLogEntry_FileActivityView] 08:53:05.8784936 PaintDotNet.exe 5532 QueryOpen C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.VC80.CRT_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_8.0.50727.4053_x-ww_e6967989 SUCCESS CreationTime: 15/08/2009 12:36:03, LastAccessTime: 11/08/2010 08:53:05, LastWriteTime: 07/07/2010 09:21:27, ChangeTime: 07/07/2010 09:21:27, AllocationSize: 0, EndOfFile: 0, FileAttributes: DNCI [/ProcMonLogEntry_FileActivityView] I am curious as to whether these entries might provide a clue as to what's happening, but I don't know enough about .Net Framework: [ProcMonLogEntry_RegistryActivityView] 09:43:20.2394633 PaintDotNet.exe 2304 RegOpenKey HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Fusion\PublisherPolicy\Default\policy.3.5.System.Core__b77a5c561934e089 NAME NOT FOUND Desired Access: Read 09:43:20.2395066 PaintDotNet.exe 2304 RegQueryValue HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Fusion\GACChangeNotification\Default\System.Core,3.5.0.0,,b77a5c561934e089,MSIL SUCCESS Type: REG_BINARY, Length: 8, Data: 55 E3 3E 00 97 1D CA 01 09:43:20.2396203 PaintDotNet.exe 2304 RegOpenKey HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Fusion\PublisherPolicy\Default\policy.2.0.System__b77a5c561934e089 NAME NOT FOUND Desired Access: Read 09:43:20.2396569 PaintDotNet.exe 2304 RegQueryValue HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Fusion\GACChangeNotification\Default\System,2.0.0.0,,b77a5c561934e089,MSIL SUCCESS Type: REG_BINARY, Length: 8, Data: 50 BA 1F 4A E4 38 CB 01 09:43:20.2397122 PaintDotNet.exe 2304 RegOpenKey HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Fusion\PublisherPolicy\Default\policy.2.0.System.Xml__b77a5c561934e089 NAME NOT FOUND Desired Access: Read 09:43:20.2397628 PaintDotNet.exe 2304 RegQueryValue HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Fusion\GACChangeNotification\Default\System.Xml,2.0.0.0,,b77a5c561934e089,MSIL SUCCESS Type: REG_BINARY, Length: 8, Data: C8 D2 7B 4B E4 38 CB 01 09:43:20.2398175 PaintDotNet.exe 2304 RegOpenKey HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Fusion\PublisherPolicy\Default\policy.2.0.System.Configuration__b03f5f7f11d50a3a NAME NOT FOUND Desired Access: Read 09:43:20.2398524 PaintDotNet.exe 2304 RegQueryValue HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Fusion\GACChangeNotification\Default\System.Configuration,2.0.0.0,,b03f5f7f11d50a3a,MSIL SUCCESS Type: REG_BINARY, Length: 8, Data: EC AE C0 4E E4 38 CB 01 09:43:20.2424120 PaintDotNet.exe 2304 RegOpenKey HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Fusion\PublisherPolicy\Default\policy.2.0.System.Security__b03f5f7f11d50a3a NAME NOT FOUND Desired Access: Read 09:43:20.2424517 PaintDotNet.exe 2304 RegQueryValue HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Fusion\GACChangeNotification\Default\System.Security,2.0.0.0,,b03f5f7f11d50a3a,MSIL SUCCESS Type: REG_BINARY, Length: 8, Data: D0 CA 35 4C E4 38 CB 01 09:43:20.2452822 PaintDotNet.exe 2304 RegOpenKey HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Fusion\PublisherPolicy\Default\policy.3.0.WindowsBase__31bf3856ad364e35 NAME NOT FOUND Desired Access: Read 09:43:20.2453221 PaintDotNet.exe 2304 RegQueryValue HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Fusion\GACChangeNotification\Default\WindowsBase,3.0.0.0,,31bf3856ad364e35,MSIL SUCCESS Type: REG_BINARY, Length: 8, Data: 56 FB 18 E2 A1 12 CB 01 09:43:20.2500473 PaintDotNet.exe 2304 RegOpenKey HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Fusion\PublisherPolicy\Default\policy.2.0.System.Windows.Forms__b77a5c561934e089 NAME NOT FOUND Desired Access: Read 09:43:20.2500884 PaintDotNet.exe 2304 RegQueryValue HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Fusion\GACChangeNotification\Default\System.Windows.Forms,2.0.0.0,,b77a5c561934e089,MSIL SUCCESS Type: REG_BINARY, Length: 8, Data: 54 B9 A2 F7 E3 38 CB 01 09:43:20.2501540 PaintDotNet.exe 2304 RegOpenKey HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Fusion\PublisherPolicy\Default\policy.2.0.System.Drawing__b03f5f7f11d50a3a NAME NOT FOUND Desired Access: Read 09:43:20.2502904 PaintDotNet.exe 2304 RegQueryValue HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Fusion\GACChangeNotification\Default\System.Drawing,2.0.0.0,,b03f5f7f11d50a3a,MSIL SUCCESS Type: REG_BINARY, Length: 8, Data: 30 64 CB 4A E4 38 CB 01 09:43:20.2528273 PaintDotNet.exe 2304 RegOpenKey HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Fusion\PublisherPolicy\Default\policy.2.0.System.Deployment__b03f5f7f11d50a3a NAME NOT FOUND Desired Access: Read 09:43:20.2528675 PaintDotNet.exe 2304 RegQueryValue HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Fusion\GACChangeNotification\Default\System.Deployment,2.0.0.0,,b03f5f7f11d50a3a,MSIL SUCCESS Type: REG_BINARY, Length: 8, Data: B8 31 65 4F E4 38 CB 01 09:43:20.2529211 PaintDotNet.exe 2304 RegOpenKey HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Fusion\PublisherPolicy\Default\policy.2.0.System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap__b03f5f7f11d50a3a NAME NOT FOUND Desired Access: Read 09:43:20.2529966 PaintDotNet.exe 2304 RegQueryValue HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Fusion\GACChangeNotification\Default\System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap,2.0.0.0,,b03f5f7f11d50a3a,MSIL SUCCESS Type: REG_BINARY, Length: 8, Data: BC AD 76 03 E4 38 CB 01 09:43:20.2531293 PaintDotNet.exe 2304 RegOpenKey HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Fusion\PublisherPolicy\Default\policy.2.0.Accessibility__b03f5f7f11d50a3a NAME NOT FOUND Desired Access: Read 09:43:20.2532212 PaintDotNet.exe 2304 RegQueryValue HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Fusion\GACChangeNotification\Default\Accessibility,2.0.0.0,,b03f5f7f11d50a3a,MSIL SUCCESS Type: REG_BINARY, Length: 8, Data: 1C 4E 2E 0C E4 38 CB 01 09:43:20.2733366 PaintDotNet.exe 2304 RegOpenKey HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Fusion\PublisherPolicy\Default\policy.0.85.ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib__1b03e6acf1164f73 NAME NOT FOUND Desired Access: Read 09:43:20.2754656 PaintDotNet.exe 2304 RegOpenKey HKLM\Software\Microsoft\StrongName NAME NOT FOUND Desired Access: Read [/ProcMonLogEntry_RegistryActivityView] I have removed and re-installed PDN many times now (as a packager, I am fastidious about removing all trace of applications and their installation data), as well as Heaven knows how many flavours of the VC90 r/t, to no avail. Can you help?