title: Invalid URI: The hostname could not be parsed. Visual Studio and Chocolatey install problems
body: <p><strong>EDIT:</strong> </p>
  
  <p>I received similar error when doing an install of Visual Studio Express 2015, completely unrelated to my chocolatey endeavors. Unfortunately, I'm in unfamiliar territory with .NET technology and Windows, but I'll continue researching and will post a resolution should I find one. I think it is pretty safe to say this is no longer directly related to chocolatey install procedures.</p>
  
  <pre><code>[1548:154C][2016-07-23T20:14:14]i000: MUX:  Feed uri to register: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=558779&amp;clcid=0x409
  [1548:1574][2016-07-23T20:14:22]e000: MUX:  ERROR: TaskExceptionHolder_UnhandledException
  [1548:1574][2016-07-23T20:14:22]e000: MUX:  Stack:    at System.Threading.Tasks.TaskExceptionHolder.Finalize()
  [1548:1574][2016-07-23T20:14:22]e000: MUX:  Exception: Info: InnerException: Info:
  [1548:1574][2016-07-23T20:14:22]e000: MUX:  ERROR: Invalid URI: The hostname could not be parsed.
  [1548:1574][2016-07-23T20:14:22]e000: MUX:  Stack:    at System.Threading.Tasks.ConfiguredTaskAwaiter.GetResult()
     at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Telemetry.TelemetryManifestDownloader.&lt;&gt;c__DisplayClass1.&lt;&lt;Start&gt;b__0&gt;d__3.MoveNext()
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  <p><strong>Original Post</strong>:</p>
  
  <p>None of the suggested install <a href="https://chocolatey.org/install" rel="nofollow noreferrer">commands</a> for Chocolatey seem to work. I should meet all the requirements: Windows version, .NET version, PowerShell version. I'm running the commands in admin windows. Execution policy appears to be <code>RemoteSigned</code>. I attempted changing that to <code>Unrestricted</code>, but that operation also fails.</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/Jlsbn.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/Jlsbn.png" alt="net"></a></p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/wWIPv.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/wWIPv.png" alt="cmd"></a></p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZL0EQ.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZL0EQ.png" alt="powershell"></a></p>
  
  <p>The reply by <code>nslookup</code> gives me something. I was able to ping the address and able to get a bad HTTP request error out of the server using telnet.</p>
  
  <pre><code>PS C:\Users\griffic&gt; nslookup chocolatey.org    
  Non-authoritative answer:
  Name:    chocolatey.org
  Addresses:  104.20.74.28
            104.20.73.28
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