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How to fix VSIX install/update issue?
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The Syncfusion Visual Studio extension installation or updating failure issue occurs when dependency extensions are already installed with separately in Extension Manager through admin mode. This is known issue in Microsoft Visual Studio.
VSIX Install/Update issue:
To resolve this issue, follow the below steps in your machine.
Steps to resolve VSIX install/Update issue:
- Open Visual Studio, navigate to Extensions->Manage Extensions->Installed, and then type 'Syncfusion' into the search box.
- Using the following structure, identify already installed all platforms Syncfusion parent extensions and click the Uninstall button on each of them.
Syncfusion Parent platform extensions name will be in any one of the following structures. [{Platform} Extensions – Syncfusion] or [Syncfusion Essential JS1 {Platform} Extensions] |
- Close all Visual Studio instances, and the VSIX Installer will be launched.
- After clicking Modify button, the uninstallation process will be started.
- Once the uninstallation process completed, open the Visual Studio, navigate to Extensions->Manage Extensions > installed, type Syncfusion into the search box, and select the remaining Syncfusion extension and click the uninstall button in each of the Syncfusion Extensions.
- Once the preceding steps have been completed, navigate to the following paths and type the Syncfusion into the search box, then delete the folder that contains Syncfusion DLLs if it exists.
Path 1: %localappdata%\Microsoft\VisualStudio\{17.0_random folder number} \Extensions\
Path 2: {Microsoft Visual Studio Installed Location}\ Common7\IDE\Extensions\ - Now, install the required Syncfusion Visual Studio extension in Visual Studio by navigate to Extensions->Manage Extensions->Online, search for Syncfusion extensions using the keyword Syncfusion and find the extension that you want to install.
- Then, click on the Install button to install the extension.
- Now close the Visual Studio and click on the install button in VSIX installer dialog.
- The extension will be installed successfully in Visual Studio as expected.
- Now you can use the Syncfusion Extensions. Refer to this document for more information.
