An error occurs when you install Visual Studio products
This article was previously published under Q260513 SYMPTOMS When you install Microsoft Visual Studio products on a
Microsoft Windows 2000-based computer, you may see the following event viewer
error message: The description for Event ID ( 26 ) in
Source ( Application Popup ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have
the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages
from a remote computer. The following information is part of the event: 16 bit
Windows Subsystem, SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\VirtualDeviceDrivers. VDD.
Virtual Device Driver format in the registry is invalid. Choose 'Close' to
terminate the application... CAUSE This problem has one of the following causes:
RESOLUTION The resolution for this problem is discussed in the
following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
254914 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/254914/) Virtual Device Driver error message in 16-bit MS-DOS subsystem
MORE INFORMATION You can troubleshoot the error message by using either the
FileMon.exe file or the RegMon.exe file. FileMon is a third-party tool that you can use to monitor file activity. For information about FileMon, visit the following Web site: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896642.aspx (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896642.aspx) RegMon is a third-party tool that you can use to monitor registry
activity. For information about RegMon, refer to the following Web site: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963881.aspx (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963881.aspx) If you use FileMon.exe or RegMon.exe, note that there are no
entries that indicate that Setup.exe started. The system is interrupted before
the Setup.exe file opens. Neither Visual Studio nor the MSDN Library is
installed. The third-party products that this article discusses are manufactured by companies that are independent of Microsoft. Microsoft makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding the performance or reliability of these products. APPLIES TO
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