topic Well, duh. Maybe I didn't in Intel® Fortran Compiler

Two problems - may be Visual Studio

lklawrie — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:26:55 GMT

When I bring up Visual Studio, the "start page" (Developer news) says:

Content will be available when an internet connection is established.

(well, this computer is on the internet)

and, If I bring up Fortran help, and try to search (I have to go to the menu bar to search)

It gives an error "Microsoft Document Explorer has encountered a problem and has to close".

Am I missing a service pack? Something else?

This is a pretty new installation of VS 2008, Intel Parallel Studio, and Windows 7 64 bit (Windows Ultimate)

Try installing the latest

Steven_L_Intel1 — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:50:31 GMT

Try installing the latest service pack (SP1 I think) for VS2008. But you can also go into Tools > Options > Help > Online and set it to "Try local only, not online".

When I launch "check for

lklawrie — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:01:24 GMT

When I launch "check for updates", it just goes to windows updates. I do not think I have SP1 for VS 2008 on there.

Found the SP. Trying it.

lklawrie — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:05:16 GMT

Found the SP. Trying it.

Updated to SP1 VS2008. Did

lklawrie — Wed, 22 May 2013 19:07:41 GMT

Updated to SP1 VS2008. Did not help either problem.

Further, "But you can also go

lklawrie — Wed, 22 May 2013 19:11:31 GMT

Further, "But you can also go into Tools > Options > Help > Online and set it to "Try local only, not online"." is not available in VS2008.

It is in my version.

Steven_L_Intel1 — Wed, 22 May 2013 19:59:00 GMT

It is in my version.

Well, duh. Maybe I didn't

lklawrie — Wed, 22 May 2013 22:10:55 GMT

Well, duh. Maybe I didn't recheck it after I installed the SP1 update.

It's there now.

But I still get an error (now

lklawrie — Wed, 22 May 2013 22:18:56 GMT

But I still get an error (now Visual Studio has encountered a problem) if I try to search documentation.

Try uninstalling aznd

Steven_L_Intel1 — Wed, 22 May 2013 22:57:58 GMT

Try uninstalling aznd reinstalling Fortran.

the Visual Studio error

lklawrie — Thu, 23 May 2013 13:43:58 GMT

the Visual Studio error happens if I try to search anything (C++ as well).

and start page is still telling me i need an internet connection.

At this point I'd suggest

Steven_L_Intel1 — Thu, 23 May 2013 14:15:50 GMT

At this point I'd suggest uninstalling both Fortran and VS and reinstalling.

Seems like I have to

lklawrie — Thu, 23 May 2013 14:18:34 GMT

Seems like I have to uninstall parallel studio as well.

If you have that installed,

Steven_L_Intel1 — Thu, 23 May 2013 14:24:26 GMT

If you have that installed, yes.

Didn't help. I uninstalled

lklawrie — Fri, 24 May 2013 16:45:26 GMT

Didn't help. I uninstalled them all. Reinstalled VS 2008, making sure that I installed SP1. Before I even try to install parallel studio, VS 2008 crashes if you try to search. Still have the "no internet connection" as well in the start page.

I did a Google search on

Steven_L_Intel1 — Fri, 24 May 2013 16:53:42 GMT

I did a Google search on "VS2008 search help crash" and found this discussion, which looks useful.

I still have not solved this

lklawrie — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:13:56 GMT

I still have not solved this and discovered that Update 4 installed through the "software manager" also installed the VS 2010 shell. Why don't they have an option to download the one with the novshell.

(FYI - update on the previous subject. Now, search in help doesn't work but it doesn't crash the VS 2008. Just closes the help window. I uninstalled VS2008, parallel studio -- all the little parts and reinstalled). I do a full install of parallel studio including C++ -- not sure that is part of the cause or not.

Okay, think I see about

lklawrie — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:41:22 GMT

Okay, think I see about update 4 -- just needed to do custom install and not pick the VS 2010 shell.

Help options not in my VS

nvaneck — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:26:38 GMT

Help options not in my VS 2010...........