If you try to install the Visual Studio 2005 Extensions for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Tools (VSeWSS) on a workstation,It would probably fail and throw the following error:
This product can only be installed if Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 has been installed first.
SharePoint 2007 or MOSS is a server product and as such it can only be installed on the Windows Server family platform and it can’t be installed in windows XP or vista. There is a work around to solve this issue. Simply do the following registry setting.
- Click Start -> Run -> regedit and click OK.
- Expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, expand SOFTWARE, expand Microsoft, expand Shared Tools.
- Right click Web server extension, click new. Then click key, type 12.0
- Right click 12.0 click new, click string value and type Sharepoint
- Right click sharepoint, click modify, Type Installed in value data field.
That’s it. Restart the installation and it should work like a charm. Happy coding.
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