Adding Web Service Reference Fails

I have a web service (just the plain Hello World example). I test it with IE and it works fine. I create a WInforms application and try to add a reference to the web service from the new application. I get the following error:
The web services enumeration components are not available. You need to reinstall Visual Studio to add web references to your application.

So that sounds easy to do. Do the install again but without any success.

Does anybody have an idea what I need to do to fix this

Thanks
Ignus

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Adding Web Service Reference Fails

Evan Haklar

I have the same problem, and nothing seems to help (format C: might do the job). I haven't found a solution yet, but have an idea that the problem comes from a earlier installation of a C# express Beta version, which I belive I have uninstalled correctly, but maybe something isn't removed in registry.

I have tryed uninstall of all related products, deleting all related files related to Visual Studio 8 and the same in registry under software and then reinstalled but still with no luck.

Maybe somebody found a cure

Benny

Added:

I found a cure. Uninstall all Visual Studio related products and run the program vs2005_beta_cleanup_tool.exe to clean the computer from beta stuff and then reinstall Visual Studio. That solved the problem and another problem with packaged that couldn't be loaded.
Brent Scott
hi,

on the command prompt (run) i typed in "devenv /resetskippkgs" , (without quotes)

and it seemed to reinitlise the dev studio and then the prompt "The webservies enumeration..." went away :)

hurray!!!!!

hope this works for you also.

cheers
Prakash
progames25
Same for me, "devenv /resetskippkg" solved the problem.
JOSE3007
devenv /resetskippkgs - worked for me - thanks kppraki

SouthernPost

kppraki wrote:

hi,

on the command prompt (run) i typed in "devenv /resetskippkgs" , (without quotes)

and it seemed to reinitlise the dev studio and then the prompt "The webservies enumeration..." went away

hurray!!!!!

hope this works for you also.

cheers
Prakash

Thanks!

Aafiq
How do I do this in the express edition
AndreasRohr
Thanks - "devenv /resetskippkg" did the trick for me!
PaisleyBud
Hello Ignus,

Sounds like your installation is somehow corrupted. If you have any anti-virus software running, you should disable it during an uninstall and reinstall of VS.NET and the Framework.

For quick solutions try the following

1. Try to re-register mscoree.dll:
     Start -> Run -> "regsvr32 %windir%\system32\mscoree.dll" without quotes

2. Review this article as well:

   318945 BUG: Visual Studio .NET and MSDN Files Corrupted during Installation
   http://support.microsoft.com/ id=318945

Hope this helps

-Todd Foust
HerbertHerbert
http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2005/11/11/491924.aspx

maybe using vwdexpress.exe /resetskippkgs

will work... check out the link
Brooks Brown
I've uninstalled and re-installed this VS.NET at least 3 times, I've run the beta cleanup tool, and also ran another tool that checked for errors, and I'm still getting this error. I've also followed Todd's advice on the regsvr32, and it still gives me this same error message.

Does anyone else have something I could try I don't really want to format c:, but I have a feeling this might be the last ditch solution for me to try.

Thanks,
Tom Bowersox
THIZAO
Thanks

i fixed my problem with your method
JGIS
Very Good!
It's my problem's solution!
Adding Web Service Reference Fails

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