Install all dependencies for Microsoft WebMatrix

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I can't use Microsoft’s Web Platform Installer to install webmatrix. The error message is "Web Platform Installer has stopped working"

I looked at different alternatives and then installed webmatrix, .NET Framework 4, iis 7.5 express separately. Now i wanted to use the "Site from Template" option but i cant start it because i don't have all the dependencies installed.

I can only use "My sites" option.

Can you suggest any dependencies i need to install to have a working webmatrix.

Thank you for your time.

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WebMatrix is a developer tool; questions about developer tools are on-topic here. - Robert Harvey
see this post geekswithblogs.net/anirudha/archive/2012/04/04/…. You can got all dependencies you need to have installed. - Chinook

2 Answers

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There are a few more dependencies you might be missing:

  • ASP.NET Web Pages
  • Web Deploy
  • Web Platform Installer itself

The easiest way to get it all working is to have Web Platform Installer take care of these dependencies for you, so we should probably take a look at why Web Platform Installer stops working. Is there an error log that it spits out that you can post?

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I resolved this issue. I did not use web platform installer. When i started the webmatrix, it asked for an update. I looked at what it wanted to install and it also showed the links. I manually went to those links and installed all the required dependencies.

Now my webmatrix works perfectly fine. Thank you all for your responses