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Unable to Install/Work
Mar 17th, 2014 at 4:30pm
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Just a noob, lost in the woods. Have installed 6.2, closed, then installed 1403.08. No prompts for IDE location. Only greyed out sketch in File New and Open. No info in Arduino toolbar. Visual micro shows in tools/options, but blank pull down. Had same problems with 6.1. Was hoping 6.2 & 1403.08 would get me there.
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Re: Unable to Install/Work
Reply #1 - Mar 17th, 2014 at 4:36pm
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Hi,

It sounds like you have an old version of Visual Micro installed and the upgrade has not been able to replace some files or maybe Visual Micro is installed in more than one location. It should be easily fixed.

Ensure Atmel Studio Ide is closed.

Please use "add or remove programs" from control panel then un-install "Visual Micro for Arduino"

Then run the install as normal.

Does this fix the problem?

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Reply #2 - Mar 17th, 2014 at 5:09pm
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Same result, nothing changed. Uninstalled from control panel, then installed. No luck.
  
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Reply #3 - Mar 17th, 2014 at 5:22pm
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Thanks for the update.

If you click the locations in "tools>options>visual micro>application locations" a dialog should open?

In the dialog you should see a list of ide apps such as arduino 1.0.x and arduino 1.5.x

Can you see these apps?
  
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Reply #4 - Mar 17th, 2014 at 6:51pm
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No. Pull down is blank. And thanks for fantastic fast replies!
  
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Re: Unable to Install/Work
Reply #5 - Mar 17th, 2014 at 7:43pm
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No probs sorry it has been a pain. This sounds like some simple .txt files that are installed with Visual Micro are missing. I suspect a virus checker or permissions issue but the microsoft msi installer has a mind of its own sometimes.

Please download (save as) the Visual Micro installer. Then run and click "Remove" then run it again by right clicking and selecting "Run As Administrator" and it should install okay.

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Reply #6 - Mar 17th, 2014 at 9:33pm
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Same result--no change. Right-click shows no Run as Admin, although my other programs do. In properties/compatibility/privilege level Run as Admin is greyed out. Also, in properties/general under attribute there is an unblock box. Unblocking had no effect. Turning my UAC off eliminated the unblock box, but still the same result. I do uninstall before each try. And in c:\program files (x86)\Visual Micro\Visual Micro for Arduino\Micro Platforms there is application.txt and in arduino15x\hardware\avr there is platform.txt and programers.atmel.txt, if this helps.
  
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Reply #7 - Mar 17th, 2014 at 9:39pm
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When you save to is important to some versions of windows. Saving to a more private place such as documents should cause the run as admin to appear.

However you are right you have some of the .txt files so the install is probably ok. 

Do you have "Micro Platforms\applications.txt"?
What version is displayed in tools>options>visual micro>version>version?
Does the path/file shown in tools>options>visual micro>version>assembly exist and is it a parent to the .txt files?
Does tools>addin manager>visual micro have the first two checkboxes ticked?
Does running atmel studio as administrator once have any effect?

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Reply #8 - Mar 17th, 2014 at 10:18pm
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Same result, no change. Appreciate all the help and effort.

Do you have "Micro Platforms\applications.txt"? YES
What version is displayed in tools>options>visual micro>version>version? 1.1403.08
Does the path/file shown in tools>options>visual micro>version>assembly exist and is it a parent to the .txt files? C:\Program Files (x86)\Visual Micro\Visual Micro for Arduino\Visual.Micro.AS6.dll exists; I don' know what a parent to the .txt is unless it's this Visual.Micro.Visual.Studio.Arduino.AS6.AddIn.
Does tools>addin manager>visual micro have the first two checkboxes ticked? YES, command unchecked
Does running atmel studio as administrator once have any effect? NO
  
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Reply #9 - Mar 17th, 2014 at 10:25pm
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Must be the virus checker preventing us from loading or seeing the .txt files. Do you see anything in the log?
  
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Reply #10 - Mar 17th, 2014 at 10:37pm
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Uhm, where's the log?
  
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Reply #11 - Mar 17th, 2014 at 10:39pm
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Sorry I meant the Virus Console log
  
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Reply #12 - Mar 17th, 2014 at 11:20pm
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If you don't see anything obvious then please uninstall visual micro and install the current release to see if it works in as6.1. 

It's here https://visualmicro.codeplex.com/ or in the atmel gallery.

Thanks very much for this effort

  
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Reply #13 - Mar 17th, 2014 at 11:39pm
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Need a bit of help here. Don't know where to find this. I'm using Avast Free Antivirus.
  
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Reply #14 - Mar 17th, 2014 at 11:58pm
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Re: 6.1
Uninstalled then downloaded and installed 1.1401.26 and ran 6.1. Same result, although there was a brief flash of a message about locating the Arduino IDE (I think).
But still blank in the pull-down.
  
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Reply #15 - Mar 18th, 2014 at 12:37pm
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Please open regedit and rename or remove the "HKCU\Software\Visual Micro" registry key then re-start atmel

I assume you have re-started your pc since you had these issues?

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Reply #16 - Mar 18th, 2014 at 2:48pm
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No progress. With Revo Uninstaller (a deep uninstall), I removed 6.2, 6.1 & Visual Micro, emptied recycle bin, renamed reg key and restarted. Installed 6.1 (not 6.2), opened and it's OK. Closed. Installed 1.1401.26. Opened 6.1. No change. Blank pull-down, greyed-out File new/open sketch, no info in toolbar pull-downs. Removed and reinstalled VM. Same result.
Stuck at ground zero Sad Cry
  
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Re: Unable to Install/Work
Reply #17 - Mar 18th, 2014 at 3:50pm
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Hi GKinAZ,

did you try installing with Avast disabled ? Antivirus sometimes play nasty tricks to installers.

It's really unfortunate you can't get VisualMicro to work, you will love it quite a lot.
  
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Reply #18 - Mar 18th, 2014 at 4:40pm
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No progress.
Removed VM. Turned off avast antivirus. Installed VM. Restarted. Open 6.1. Same result.
  
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Reply #19 - Mar 18th, 2014 at 6:51pm
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Don't know if this helps, but I enable VM trace in 6.1 and got the following:
CreateCommandBarItemsPerm      Begin AddinVer=1.1401.26
Permanent Items Setup Requested       - Exiting setup because some controls already exist
CreateCommandBarItemsPerm      End
  
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