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14th October 2015
AdministrationDevelopmentIISProgrammingSitecoreSitecoreSolutionsTroubleshootingWeb Development

Sitecore 8 Install Error: “The name you entered is not unique.”

Stecore Installer Error - The name you entered is not unique.I was working on my business partner’s computer to help him fix errors with his Sitecore instance for his certification class. He experienced multiple issues with the Sitecore 8 installer on Windows 8 and we went the manual route of deleting Sitecore to install clean and start from scratch. In the process, we:

  • Deleted the IIS website instance in the IIS Manager
  • Deleted the databases used by the instance
  • Deleted the root folder in the filesystem

After launching the installer again, it kept returning the error “The name you entered is not unique.” when naming the Sitecore instance to one previously used. After checking the IIS metabase and a few other typical locations, couldn’t figure out where the Sitecore installer was finding the name since we deleted everything manually. It turns out that the Sitecore executable installer creates a registry entry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Sitecore CMS which is used to display information in Windows Programs and Features. This registry key is also checked during the installation process and if a child key with the same name as the one being installed is found, the above error message is shown.

To fix this:

  1. Start -> Run (or Windows Key + R)
  2. Type regedit
  3. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Sitecore CMS.
  4. Delete the registry keys containing the information about the previously installed instance.

NOTE: You’ll need to relaunch the installer as it apparently caches the key information.

 

1st July 2011
ASP.NETProgrammingSolutionsTroubleshooting

{Unable to evaluate expression because the code is optimized or a native frame is on top of the call stack.}

Problem

If you’re working in ASP.NET and ever ran into the error:

{Unable to evaluate expression because the code is optimized or a native frame is on top of the call stack.}

You’ll probably find that the stack trace gives you no useful information as to where the error actually occurred.

The Solution

For Response.Redirect, use the overload function (Response.Redirect(String url, bool endResponse)) and pass false into the EndResponse parameter:

[csharp]Response.Redirect ("nextpage.aspx", false);[/csharp]

For Response.End, you’ll need to call the HttpContext.Current.ApplicationInstance.CompleteRequest method instead of Response.End to bypass the code execution to the Application_EndRequest event.

Details

The error occurs when you use Response.End, Response.Redirect, or Response.Transfer.The Response.End method ends the page execution and shifts the execution to the Application_EndRequest event in the application’s event pipeline. The line of code that follows Response.End is not executed. This problem occurs in the Response.Redirect and Server.Transfer methods because both methods call Response.End internally.

26th February 2011
IISSolutionsTroubleshootingWindowsWindows 7

IIS install freezes when installing Windows 7

If you’re installing IIS with Windows 7, you may find that the IIS (Internet Information Services) installation hangs while the progress bar indicates 100%. The menu displays: “Please wait while Windows makes changes to features. This might take several minutes.” and appears to do nothing.

The solution? Disable ESET antivirus and try again. I’ve found that it seems to conflict with the trustedinstaller which causes the lockup issue. It might be the same with other anti-viruses as well.

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