Visual Studio setup problem - 'A problem has been encountered while loading the setup components. Canceling setup.'

Question

I\'ve had a serious issue with my Visual Studio 2008 setup. I receive the ever-so-useful error \'A problem has been encountered while loading the setup components.

Answer 1

Remove the following hot fixes and updates

• Update KB972221
• Hotfix KB973674
• Hotfix KB971091

Restart the PC and try to uninstall now. This worked for me without problems.