unable to find module dependency with signature

[ThomasWpoint]

Dear community members,

I needed to do some upgrade work on an older project and wanna to rebuild the installer project. There I'm getting a warning for missing merge module dependencies. Generally those msm are installed on my Win7 OS under C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Merge Modules but those have a wrong signature. I'm using VS2010Sp1 Prof.

The following merge modules are missing:

Microsoft_VC100_CRT_x86.msm (signature AFA96EB4_FA9F_335C_A7CB_36079407553D)

Microsoft_VC100_ATL_x86.msm (signature AFA96EB4_FA9F_335C_A7CB_36079407553D)

Pls. could someone point me to the right direction how the retrieve the right merge modules?

Thx.

Thomas

[Christian-P · Accepted solution]

Hi,

I did some troubleshooting about this issue:

1. Freshly installed Windows 7 64 Bit with disabled Windows Updates --> no Merge Modules under:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Merge Modules

2. Installed Visual Studio 2010 without SP1 (.NET Framework 4.5.1):
Microsoft_VC100_ATL_x86.DF495DFD_79F6_34DF_BB1E_E58DB5BDCF2C
Microsoft_VC100_CRT_x86.DF495DFD_79F6_34DF_BB1E_E58DB5BDCF2C

3. Installed Visual Studio 2010 SP1:
Microsoft_VC100_ATL_x86.AFA96EB4_FA9F_335C_A7CB_36079407553D
Microsoft_VC100_CRT_x86.AFA96EB4_FA9F_335C_A7CB_36079407553D

4. Installed Measurement Studio 2015 for VS 2010 --> Signatures like in step 3

5. Installed "Update for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 (KB2565057)":
Microsoft_VC100_ATL_x86.1DEE2A86_2F57_3629_8107_A71DBB4DBED2
Microsoft_VC100_CRT_x86.1DEE2A86_2F57_3629_8107_A71DBB4DBED2

6. Uninstalled previous update --> same signatures like in step 5

7. Repaired Measurement Studio --> signatures like in step 3

8. Installed update from step 5 again --> signatures like in step 5

9. Repaired Measurement Studio --> signatures like in step 3

Same steps without Visual Studio 2010 SP1:

Signatures from step 3 after installing Measurement Studio
Install "Update for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 (KB2542054)" next and get these signatures:
Microsoft_VC100_ATL_x86.F1DD796A_B984_3DCA_A68D_6B352BDC86F3
Microsoft_VC100_CRT_x86.F1DD796A_B984_3DCA_A68D_6B352BDC86F3

Repairing Measurement Studio also helped here to get back signatures from step 3.

Conclusion: Even if Visual Studio Updates are installed, it should be possible to get back Merge Modules when repairing Measurement Studio.

Find merge modules with signatures from step 3 attached.

Regards

[ThomasWpoint]

Dear Christian,

I repeated your steps and got perfectly the same result as described.

After the mStudio repair I was able to create my installer project without errors/warnings.

Thx for your very valid support.

Best regards

Thomas