Could not find required file ‘setup.bin’

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With Process Monitor I found that, right before trying to access the path, a DLL is used to retrieve this path. The following may be borderline legal, but I’d like to share my findings anyway.

The DLL is located at C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Microsoft.Build.Tasks.v4.0.dll and the class being used is Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Deployment.Bootstrapper.BootstrapperBuilder. Using your favourite disassembly tool, you can find that ultimately three attempts are made at retrieving the path.

  1. HKLM\Software\Microsoft\GenericBootstrapper\11.0\Path
  2. HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\GenericBootstrapper\11.0\Path
  3. Environment.CurrentDirectory

I’m unsure why it says 11.0, as far as I can remember VS 2012 has not been installed on this machine before.

So there’s a bug in the SDK installer or there’s a bug in the DLL. Either way, creating the 11.0 registry key and adding the value resolves this issue. Note: Visual Studio must be restarted, because after attempting to retrieve the path, it is cached.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\GenericBootstrapper\11.0]
"Path"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft SDKs\\Windows\\v7.0A\\Bootstrapper\\"

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\GenericBootstrapper\11.0]
"Path"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft SDKs\\Windows\\v7.0A\\Bootstrapper\\"

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