D'Arcy from Winnipeg
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Components to enumerate web references aren’t installed and I need to do what now?!

Monday, June 22, 2009 10:42 PM

I went to update a webservice reference in a web app and was greeted with a strange and somewhat disconcerting message…

The components required to enumerate web references are not installed on this computer. Please re-install Visual Studio.

Luckily, I didn’t have to reinstall Visual Studio as was suggested. Instead I just did what Joshua Morgan suggested on the MSDN forums:

I ran:

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe /resetskippkgs" and it worked for me.

And that’s also what fixed my probs too. Hope this helps someone.

(Btw, in case its not clear, you run it from a command line)

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# re: Components to enumerate web references aren’t installed and I need to do what now?!

When i am tring to add webrefernce to my windows application the following error happens what shall i do?This was the error " The components reqired to enumerate Web refernces are not installed on this computer.Please re-instaled Visual studio" 7/16/2009 10:29 PM | Sujesh

# re: Components to enumerate web references aren’t installed and I need to do what now?!

thanks a lot.. 7/30/2009 10:38 AM | Shajahan Ansari

# re: Components to enumerate web references aren’t installed and I need to do what now?!

Work for me, Thanks so much!

Chris 9/21/2009 10:40 PM | Chris

# re: Components to enumerate web references aren’t installed and I need to do what now?!

Nice one thanks! 9/24/2009 7:24 AM | Bob

# re: Components to enumerate web references aren’t installed and I need to do what now?!

Good find... i saw that initial message but disregarded it. should pay more attention to those. 9/24/2009 4:15 PM | Arif

# re: Components to enumerate web references aren’t installed and I need to do what now?!

thanks - u saved my day! 10/29/2009 6:50 AM | Guido

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