"The process terminated unexpectedly." alert shown on Syncfusion setup installation
If you have the official version of VS 2022 v17.0.1 (released on November 16th , 2021) an alert message “The process terminated unexpectedly” may appear during the installation of Syncfusion setup.
This message will appear in both our Offline and Web installers during the installation of our extension packages or toolbox configuration.
This issue not occurs in the initial preview versions of VS 2022 and only occurs in the official version of VS 2022 v17.0.1 (released on November 16th , 2021). This is also not occurring in the preview version of Visual Studio 2022, 17.1 Preview 1 (released on November 16th , 2021) and later.
So, if you have a preview version of VS 2022, you can upgrade to the latest preview version to resolve the Syncfusion setup installation problem.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2022/release-notes-preview
Example: Offline installer
Example: Web installer
Because of this problem, the Syncfusion extension packages and toolbox may not have been properly configured after the installation was completed. So, in order to resolve the problem, follow the steps mentioned below.
- To proceed with the installation, click OK on the error message box.
- After the installation is complete, follow the steps below to configure the Syncfusion extension packages and add the Syncfusion controls to the toolbox.
Toolbox configuration
After the installation is complete, follow the instructions below to configure the toolbox.
- Launch Visual Studio 2022, then go to Extensions -> Manage Extensions.
- Search for the “Syncfusion Toolbox Installer” VS Extension and uninstall it if it is there.
- For toolbox configuration in Visual Studio 2022, refer to the documentation provided below and configure it using our Syncfusion Toolbox installer utility.
https://help.syncfusion.com/common/essential-studio/utilities#toolbox-configuration
- Open Visual Studio 2022 Toolbox now, and the Syncfusion Toolbox controls will be configured.
To configure Syncfusion Extensions from the command line
To install the Syncfusion extension packages, use the command line instructions listed below.
- Launch Visual Studio 2022, then go to Extensions -> Manage Extensions.
- Search for the “Syncfusion” Extensions and uninstall it if it is there.
- Launch the command prompt in administrative mode.
- Navigate to the following location to find “SyncfusionVSIXInstallerConsole.exe”
Path: ”C:\Program Files (x86)\Syncfusion\Essential Studio\Windows\19.3.0.53\Utilities\Extensions\VSIXInstaller”
- Pass the following arguments to “Syncfusion VSIXInstallerConsole.exe” for each of your required platforms one by one.
Platform | Parameters |
WinForms | /action:install /isinstaller:true /platform:Windows |
WPF | /action:install /isinstaller:true /platform:WPF |
Xamarin | /action:install /isinstaller:true /platform:Xamarin |
Blazor | /action:install /isinstaller:true /platform:Blazor |
UWP | /action:install /isinstaller:true /platform:Universal Windows |
ASP.NET Core – EJ1 | /action:install /isinstaller:true /platform:ASP.NET Core |
ASP.NET MVC – EJ1 | /action:install /isinstaller:true /platform:ASP.NET MVC |
ASP.NET MVC – EJ2 | /action:install /isinstaller:true /platform:ASP.NET MVC – EJ2 |
ASP.NET Core – EJ2 | /action:install /isinstaller:true /platform:ASP.NET Core – EJ2 |
JavaScript – EJ2 | /action:install /isinstaller:true /platform:JavaScript – EJ2 |
ASP.NET Web Forms | /action:install /isinstaller:true /platform:ASP.NET |
For example, refer the following image
- The Syncfusion Extension packages will then be configured in the available Visual Studio 2022.
If you still can’t configure the Syncfusion extension packages and toolbox controls in VS 2022 after following the instructions above, please follow the procedures in this KB article and send us the zip file through Support Ticket.
