Error 1325.’WebDesignerCore’ is not a valid short file name.

Needless to say, a brief episode of profanity ensued. But fear not: after a bit of googling and struggling, I managed to sort it out. Hopefully, if you are having the same problem then this will help you.

1. Open your temp folder. The easiest way is to hit Windows+R and type "%temp%" and hit OK.
   
2. In that folder look for files matching VSMsiLog*.txt. You are looking for the log file that was created when you installed VS2008 Beta 2. Check the Date Modified field if there are several - although I imagine there should only be one of these at this point. Open it in WordPad (Notepad seems to struggle with the size of this file - mine was 47 MB).
3. Search through the file for the term "WebDesignerCore" until you find a match that looks like a file path. In my case it was:
   

   MSI (s) (7C:48) [07:38:56:490]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding wcu_VWD.3643236F_FC70_11D3_A536_0090278A1BB8 property. Its value is ‘K:\WCU\WebDesignerCore\’.

   The VS uninstall script is looking here so if doesn’t exist it will fail. In my case it didn’t exist because K was the drive letter I used when I mounted the VS 2008 Beta 2 ISO image for installation and I had since unmounted it.

4. Put the original VS 2008 Beta 2 setup media in place so that that path exists. In my case I had to mount the ISO image (using Daemon Tools) and change the drive letter to K.
5. Now uninstall Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2!

Good luck!

1. In the online status page of the router configuration screen you should see the Primary and Secondary DNS addresses.

 

1. To set those DNS settings up in Vista, go to Control Panel | “View network status and tasks”

 

1. Then click “Manage network connections”.

 

1. Select your network connection and choose Properties.

 

1. Select the IPv4 binding, and click Properties.

 

1. Finally, choose “Use the following DNS server addresses” and set the Preferred and Alternate servers to the Primary and Secondary ones obtained from the router in step 1, and press OK.

Hope this helped.

 

http://channel9.msdn.com/showpost.aspx?postid=185468

There’s a great video at Channel 9 where the “Longhorn Browsing and RSS team” take you through the new platform-level suppport for RSS. You also get a peak at IE 7 running on Longhorn.

If you don’t feel like watching the video there is a good article on MSDN that explains RSS support in Longhorn.

The short of it is:

• RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is currently used primarily to publish/syndicate website content - especially blogs, and more recently, podcasts.
• The addition of a new “enclosure” (or attachment) tag in the RSS spec supports a host of exciting new publishing and subscribing scenarios.
• In Longhorn, RSS feed services will be offered at the platform level. Applications won’t have to worry about the plumbing, they can just tap into the RSS content feed mechanism provided by Windows. This will free up developer time and enable the creation of creative new applications that leverage the power of RSS.

So, RSS will be the mechanism though which we will be able to publish and subscribe to various things. What are they? Examples include:

• You can publish your calendar, and your partner can subscribe to it. You will be able to see each others schedules in the PIM of your choice (mine is Outlook).
• Publish your photos, and your friends and family will automatically receive new pictures as and when they are posted.
• Subscribe to your friend’s Amazon wishlist and you will always have an up-to-date idea of what to buy them for birthdays/Christmas.

I think a lot of cool stuff is going to emerge from this. It is based on an open standard and as such will capture the imagination of developers regardless of platform. This is a good model for subscribing to services and I’m sure it will have more legs than its predecessor - anyone remember Hailstorm (or .NET My Services)?