Posted Wed, 20 Oct 2021 04:58:03 GMT by andrew an
bimlexpress.vsix install not successful on visual studio 2017.
Error popup:
Install Failed
The install of '' was not successful for all the selected products. For
more informaiton, click the install log link at the bottom of the dialog.

The file is not a valid VSIX package.

The install log shows
20/10/2021 11:52:28 AM - Microsoft VSIX Installer
20/10/2021 11:52:28 AM - -------------------------------------------
20/10/2021 11:52:28 AM - vsixinstaller.exe version:
20/10/2021 11:52:28 AM - 16.11.12
20/10/2021 11:52:28 AM - -------------------------------------------
20/10/2021 11:52:28 AM - Command line parameters:
20/10/2021 11:52:28 AM - C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\resources\app\ServiceHub\Services\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Service\VSIXInstaller.exe,C:\Users\andrew.an\Downloads\bimlexpress.vsix
20/10/2021 11:52:28 AM - -------------------------------------------
20/10/2021 11:52:28 AM - Microsoft VSIX Installer
20/10/2021 11:52:28 AM - -------------------------------------------
20/10/2021 11:52:28 AM - Initializing Install...
20/10/2021 11:52:29 AM - Microsoft.VisualStudio.ExtensionManager.InvalidExtensionPackageException: The file is not a valid VSIX package. ---> System.IO.FileFormatException: File contains corrupted data.
   at MS.Internal.IO.Zip.ZipIOEndOfCentralDirectoryBlock.FindPosition(Stream archiveStream)
   at MS.Internal.IO.Zip.ZipIOEndOfCentralDirectoryBlock.SeekableLoad(ZipIOBlockManager blockManager)
   at MS.Internal.IO.Zip.ZipArchive..ctor(Stream archiveStream, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Boolean streaming, Boolean ownStream)
   at MS.Internal.IO.Zip.ZipArchive.OpenOnStream(Stream stream, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Boolean streaming)
   at System.IO.Packaging.ZipPackage..ctor(Stream s, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Boolean streaming)
   at System.IO.Packaging.Package.Open(Stream stream, FileMode packageMode, FileAccess packageAccess, Boolean streaming)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.ExtensionManager.InstallableExtensionImpl.ReadVSIXManifestFromPackage(Stream stream, CultureInfo preferredCulture)
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Telemetry.WindowsErrorReporting.WatsonReport.GetClrWatsonExceptionInfo(Exception exceptionObject)
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.ExtensionManager.InstallableExtensionImpl.ReadVSIXManifestFromPackage(Stream stream, CultureInfo preferredCulture)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.ExtensionManager.InstallableExtensionImpl..ctor(String path, CultureInfo preferredCulture)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.ExtensionManager.ExtensionEngineImpl.CreateInstallableExtension(String extensionPath, CultureInfo preferredCulture)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.ExtensionManager.ExtensionEngineImpl.CreateInstallableExtension(String extensionPath)
   at VSIXInstaller.ExtensionService.GetInstallableData(String vsixPath, String extensionPackParentName, Boolean isRepairSupported, IStateData stateData, IEnumerable`1& skuData)
   at VSIXInstaller.ExtensionPackService.IsExtensionPack(IStateData stateData, Boolean isRepairSupported)
   at VSIXInstaller.ExtensionPackService.ExpandExtensionPackToInstall(IStateData stateData, Boolean isRepairSupported)
   at VSIXInstaller.App.Initialize(Boolean isRepairSupported)
   at VSIXInstaller.App.Initialize()
   at System.Threading.Tasks.Task`1.InnerInvoke()
   at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Execute()
 
Posted Wed, 20 Oct 2021 05:59:38 GMT by andrew an
corrupted files. downloaded again and install on success.
 
Posted Fri, 22 Oct 2021 21:20:51 GMT by Carl Stein
Thank you for keeping us posted. We were just about ready to dive in and get to the bottom of this issue. 

- Varigence Support 

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