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Article ID: 919081 - Last Review: December 3, 2007 - Revision: 1.2

You receive an error message when you run the "aspnet_regiis –u" command on a computer that is running a 64-bit version of Windows and has the .NET Framework 2.0 installed

SYMPTOMS

A computer is running a 64-bit version of Microsoft Windows and has the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 installed. When you run the aspnet_regiis –u command on the computer, you receive an error message that resembles the following:
Finished uninstalling ASP.NET (2.0.50727).
Setup has detected some errors during the operation. For details, please read the setup log file C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\3\ASPNETSetup_00001.log
In the setup log file, you find a failure notice that resembles the following:
2006-07-06 13:08:32 Failure Checking if there are any versions of ASP.NET installed: CRegInfo::IsAllVerDeleted failed with HRESULT 80070002: 'The system cannot find the file specified. '

WORKAROUND

You can safely ignore the error message. The error message is harmless and does not affect the removal of ASP.NET.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

MORE INFORMATION

This problem may also occur when you run the following aspnet_regiis commands:
  • You run the following command in the C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\ folder:
    aspnet_regiis –ua
  • You run the following command in the C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v2.0.50727\ folder:
    aspnet_regiis –u
You may receive the following error message when you run the aspnet_regiis –u command in the C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\ folder and you enable 32-bit mode:
ASPNETSetup_00037.log:2005-08-23 16:04:39 Failure Checking if there are any versions of ASP.NET installed: CRegInfo::IsAllVerDeleted failed with HRESULT 80070002: 'The system cannot find the file specified. '
You may also receive the following error message when you run the aspnet_regiis –ua command in the C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\ folder and you enable 64-bit mode:
ASPNETSetup_00040.log:2005-08-23 16:08:22 Failure Disabling ASPNET account and removing ACLs: DisablingASPNETAccount failed with HRESULT 80070002: 'The system cannot find the file specified. '

APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0
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Written: 4/7/2010 4:55 PM
Hello, I'm new with .NET and i've been doing some practices on my computer (Windows Vista). I found the ASPNET account on the User Account and I made it as an Administrator even i changed the password. I don't know what happen but i lost the control of my computer, all the time i try to make any modification for example Change your Account Type, a message come up asking me to insert the administrator password, when i type the password that i changed, it cannot be recognized. I cannot even install any program :( Please help me to reset the password and make this account with its deffault settings. Thanks.