How to install Windows Web Services API (WWSAPI) in a Server w/o Internet Access

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Alberto Estrella picture Alberto Estrella · Oct 2, 2012 · Viewed 7.9k times · Source

I'm trying to use Visual Studio 2012 Remote Debugger in a Server with Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 x64 located in a DMZ, in a Development Environment. This server doesn't access to the Internet directly but through a Firewall. So, I downloaded the Remote Tools for Visual Studio 2012 from my workstation, and copy it to the Server, install it and everything is ok.

Well, when I started the Remote Debugger Configuration Wizard, and it try to install the Windows Web Service API, it fails and shows the next message:

Failed to complete the Visual Studio Remote Debugger Configuration Wizard

The debugger was unable to install Windows Web Services API. Downloading the update installer failed. Please ensure that your computer is able to access the internet.

Download URL: http://go.microsoft.com/fwklink/?LinkId=215754 Internal code: 0x800c0005

To close the wizard, click Finish.

So, because I'm a good boy, I press Finish to close the wizard. But before I go to the Download URL provided by the wizard, and has no success because it drive me to the Microsoft.com Search (http://search.microsoft.com/en-US/search.aspx).

But, I'm a man! I will not cry, and keep googling (searching?) but this time I was searching for WWSAPI Redistributable, but has no success at the time, then I search for a similar situation to mine here, and this is what I got Unable to install Windows Web Services API for Remote Debugging with VS2012, but doesn't has a solution, so I decided to ask at StackOverflow because, I'm almost desperate to find a solution for this. So, I hope you can help me to find a Solution to my situation. Thanks!

Answer

Pine Ohio picture Pine Ohio · Jan 31, 2013

Please refer to workaround described here, it solves this exact problem:

https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/763521/cannot-run-visual-studio-2012-remote-debugger-on-windows-server-2008-non-r2

Install Windows Live Essentials from the following link.

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=255474

One of the installed dependencies is the required Web Services API.

Also, please, sign in and vote for the bug solution, to give regard JustinPealing who worried first to open the bug, and who found this workaround

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