Azure SDK 2.4 installation failed to install the Azure Storage Emulator

Question

Using the Azure SDK installer 2.4 failed to install the azure storage emulator with the following error on the log:

CAQuietExec:  Windows Azure Storage Emulator 3.3.0.0 command line tool
CAQuietExec:  
CAQuietExec:  Unhandled Exception: System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage.Emulator.Controller.Configuration.StorageEmulatorConfigCache' threw an exception. ---> System.Configuration.ConfigurationErrorsException: Configuration system failed to initialize ---> System.Configuration.ConfigurationErrorsException: Unrecognized attribute 'enable'. Note that attribute names are case-sensitive. (C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\Config\machine.config line 104)
CAQuietExec:     at System.Configuration.ConfigurationSchemaErrors.ThrowIfErrors(Boolean ignoreLocal)
CAQuietExec:     at System.Configuration.BaseConfigurationRecord.ThrowIfParseErrors(ConfigurationSchemaErrors schemaErrors)
CAQuietExec:     at System.Configuration.ClientConfigurationSystem.EnsureInit(String configKey)
CAQuietExec:     --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
CAQuietExec:     at System.Configuration.ClientConfigurationSystem.EnsureInit(String configKey)
CAQuietExec:     at System.Configuration.ClientConfigurationSystem.System.Configuration.Internal.IInternalConfigSystem.GetSection(String sectionName)
CAQuietExec:     at Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage.Emulator.Controller.Configuration.StorageEmulatorUpdatableConfiguration.GetConfigurationSection(String name)
CAQuietExec:     at Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage.Emulator.Controller.Configuration.StorageEmulatorConfigCache..cctor()
CAQuietExec:     --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
CAQuietExec:     at Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage.Emulator.Controller.Configuration.StorageEmulatorConfigCache.get_Configuration()
CAQuietExec:     at Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage.Emulator.Controller.Initialization..ctor(Boolean forceCreate, Boolean autodetect, String server, String sqlInstance)
CAQuietExec:     at Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage.Emulator.InitCommand.RunCommand()
CAQuietExec:     at Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage.Emulator.Program.Main(String args)
CAQuietExec:  Error 0xe0434352: Command line returned an error.
CAQuietExec:  Error 0xe0434352: CAQuietExec Failed

Looking at the machine.config line found the 'enable' attribute but I am not sure why this would be a problem. Here is the machine.config line

            <section name="processModel" type="System.Web.Configuration.ProcessModelSection, System.Web, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" allowDefinition="MachineOnly" allowLocation="false" enable="true" requestQueueLimit="15000"/>

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

I had the same issue , the following is how i fixed the issue.

1. Uninstall old Windows Azure Storage emulator , via add/remove programs. In case if you are not able uninstall then use FixItnow to uninstall http://support.microsoft.com/mats/program_install_and_uninstall/en

2.Once the old emulator is gone , you should be able to install the new storage emulator.

Give it a try and let me know.

Thanks

Answer 2

On the previous post there was a posted machine.config that gave me the answer to this question.

After looking and comparing your Machine.config from a successful install I found that the one that worked did not have the "enable" attribute nor the "requestQueueLimit" defined.

I removed those 2 attributes while installing and it worked. I am not sure how the installer works but it apparently does not have all the definitions for all the "processModel" element in the machine.config.

I hope there is someone out there that knows why this would be an issue and why this fix works.