TL;DR; Learn how to resolve Microsoft Document Explorer 2008 installation issues on Windows 7 by manually running the installer from the Visual Studio 2008 setup files.

This was my second attempt at installing Visual Studio 2008 on Windows 7 and I ran into a little problem.
It failed when trying to install the Microsoft Document Explorer 2008. A quick check found the file in WCUDExplore of your installation media, and running the install manually solved that problem…
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