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Error Code at the end of Install

  • February 13, 2018
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At the end of installing Visual COBOL, I got the error code: 0x8013153b

To top it off, COBOL does not appear in Visual Studio for me. I was given a code for the authorization tool that comes with Visual COBOL and tried using that but it didn't seem to fix anything.


#VisualCOBOL
#error

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    At the end of installing Visual COBOL, I got the error code: 0x8013153b

    To top it off, COBOL does not appear in Visual Studio for me. I was given a code for the authorization tool that comes with Visual COBOL and tried using that but it didn't seem to fix anything.


    #VisualCOBOL
    #error
    Installation failed - that's what an error code means, after all.

    Unfortunately MSI (the Microsoft installer) is not good at explaining errors. This particular error often indicates that the installation of the Visual Studio VSIX packages failed (the VSIX installer's error reporting is also terrible).

    Try updating Visual Studio, by starting Visual Studio as an administrator and going to Tools > Extensions and Updates. Install any available VS updates, then close all VS windows.

    Then try repairing or reinstalling Visual COBOL. (It's also possible to just install the VSIXs manually, but letting the installer do it is simpler.)
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    At the end of installing Visual COBOL, I got the error code: 0x8013153b

    To top it off, COBOL does not appear in Visual Studio for me. I was given a code for the authorization tool that comes with Visual COBOL and tried using that but it didn't seem to fix anything.


    #VisualCOBOL
    #error
    did all that, COBOL is still not showing up in available project types in Visual Studio
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    At the end of installing Visual COBOL, I got the error code: 0x8013153b

    To top it off, COBOL does not appear in Visual Studio for me. I was given a code for the authorization tool that comes with Visual COBOL and tried using that but it didn't seem to fix anything.


    #VisualCOBOL
    #error

    What version and edition of Visual Studio are you running? What version of Visual COBOL do you have?

    You can try installing one of the VSIXs by hand to see if that gives you a more useful error:

    1. Exit all instances of Visual Studio
    2. Open a command prompt window as Administrator
    3. cd to the Visual COBOL installation directory (this will have been displayed by the installer, and is usually under %ProgramFiles(x86)%.
    4. Find the vsix files with "dir *.vsix /s". The one to try will probably be named something like VSCore.vsix.
    5. Run that file as if it were a program. If it doesn't execute, try "cmd /c path\\filename.vsix".

    There's also an error file produced by the Visual COBOL installer. When an error message is displayed during installation, it should tell you the location of that file. Make a note of it so you can find the detailed error information.

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    At the end of installing Visual COBOL, I got the error code: 0x8013153b

    To top it off, COBOL does not appear in Visual Studio for me. I was given a code for the authorization tool that comes with Visual COBOL and tried using that but it didn't seem to fix anything.


    #VisualCOBOL
    #error
    I did find the VSix and ran it, and while it gave me more than just an error at the end, (and it also told me that the only thing to fail to install WAS Cobol) it gave me an install report that did INDEED contain a somewhat lengthy error dialogue. as for versions of Visual Studio and Visual COBOL, all the latest iterations of those programs.

    There was an install error saying something about Pre-check verification failed with warning(s).
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    At the end of installing Visual COBOL, I got the error code: 0x8013153b

    To top it off, COBOL does not appear in Visual Studio for me. I was given a code for the authorization tool that comes with Visual COBOL and tried using that but it didn't seem to fix anything.


    #VisualCOBOL
    #error
    I did find the VSix and ran it, and while it gave me more than just an error at the end, (and it also told me that the only thing to fail to install WAS Cobol) it gave me an install report that did INDEED contain a somewhat lengthy error dialogue. as for versions of Visual Studio and Visual COBOL, all the latest iterations of those programs.

    There was an install error saying something about Pre-check verification failed with warning(s).
    D

    At the end of installing Visual COBOL, I got the error code: 0x8013153b

    To top it off, COBOL does not appear in Visual Studio for me. I was given a code for the authorization tool that comes with Visual COBOL and tried using that but it didn't seem to fix anything.


    #VisualCOBOL
    #error
    OK. I can't do anything with this information, since I don't know what the actual error messages are.

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