.NET FRamework Version 2.0

[Guest]

I have installed .NET FRamework Version 2.0 to enable me to run a particular
piece of software.

Unlike .NET Framework Version 1.1, no reference to it appears in the Control
Panel>Administrative Tools - how can I be sure that it is properly installed
and how is it accessed?

 

[Tom Porterfield]

I have installed .NET FRamework Version 2.0 to enable me to run a particular
piece of software.

Unlike .NET Framework Version 1.1, no reference to it appears in the Control
Panel>Administrative Tools - how can I be sure that it is properly installed
and how is it accessed?

Does the software that needs it run?

You are correct in that the admin tools do not get installed for the 2.0
framework as part of the standard client install as they were with 1.0
and 1.1.

The framework is just a set of dll, so that's why I say if the
application that needs it runs, then it is installed. They would be
installed to %windir%\microsoft.net\framework\v2.0.50727.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I have installed .NET FRamework Version 2.0 to enable me to run a particular
piece of software.

Unlike .NET Framework Version 1.1, no reference to it appears in the Control
Panel>Administrative Tools - how can I be sure that it is properly installed

If the software that needs it runs, then it's installed properly.

and how is it accessed?

Automatically by the software. You don't need to do anything with it
yourself.

 

[Guest]

Thanks. I just needed to be sure that it was properly installed.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Thanks. I just needed to be sure that it was properly installed.

You're welcome. Glad to help.

 

[thricipio]

Some answers in this thread... and another one have given me what I needed to
know re: whether or not, for example, .NET 3.0 would supercede versions <
3.0. Apparently, the answer is something like, "No, the versions are
independent of eachother." Okay.

I'd already suspected this is true by virtue of having installed (I've since
uninstalled it) 3.0 and then attempted to remove 2.0. I received a msg.
saying I couldn't unistall 2.0 because some application needed it to run.
Okay.

But I was able to uninstall 3.0 after removing the application (a Linksys
one) that needed it. So far so good...

So here's my question... or two...

When I look in the aforementioned directory
{%windir%\microsoft.net\framework}, I also see subdirectories for the
following:
» v1.0.3705 size: 100KB
» v1.0.3705 1.21MB
» v3.0 1.09MB

Only 2.0 info appears in the Add or Remove Programs dialogue, and the
listing there says, "... .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1."

So here's my question: Can I remove the above mentioned (non-2.0)
subdirectories?

Thanks ahead of time. —Thri

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[Terry R.]

The date and time was Tuesday, March 10, 2009 4:40:07 PM, and on a whim,
thricipio pounded out on the keyboard:

Some answers in this thread... and another one have given me what I needed to
know re: whether or not, for example, .NET 3.0 would supercede versions <
3.0. Apparently, the answer is something like, "No, the versions are
independent of eachother." Okay.

I'd already suspected this is true by virtue of having installed (I've since
uninstalled it) 3.0 and then attempted to remove 2.0. I received a msg.
saying I couldn't unistall 2.0 because some application needed it to run.
Okay.

But I was able to uninstall 3.0 after removing the application (a Linksys
one) that needed it. So far so good...

So here's my question... or two...

When I look in the aforementioned directory
{%windir%\microsoft.net\framework}, I also see subdirectories for the
following:
» v1.0.3705 size: 100KB
» v1.0.3705 1.21MB
» v3.0 1.09MB

Only 2.0 info appears in the Add or Remove Programs dialogue, and the
listing there says, "... .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1."

So here's my question: Can I remove the above mentioned (non-2.0)
subdirectories?

Thanks ahead of time. —Thri

Hi Thri,

It's strange you received the dialog that another application needed it
to run. I've never seen that before. Usually the specific app will
choke or do nothing when it's launched. Then you realize a version of
..NET is needed.

Do you know which app/apps require .NET? And which versions they
require? If you're sure you need v2, remove everything you can and then
download and reinstall only v2 clean. NOTE that you WILL receive a
notice from Windows Updates telling you that you NEED .NET 3.5. That is
up to you. Don't let MS install what you DON'T need. 3.5 does include
a service pack for v2, but at the cost of also installing v3 and 3.5.
Here is how to only install what you need:
http://www.pagestart.com/netframeworkfamilyupdate.html

I have had support personnel whose software required (at one time)
version 1, and now version 2. They informed me that it is important
that .NET versions be installed by the earliest version needed first and
then progressively move to the later versions. Whether or not that is
important I'm not sure, but it makes some sense.

Terry R.

 

[JS]

Read: NET Framework - Disk space requirements, Part 2
http://www.pagestart.com/netframeworkpart2.html
At the end there is a link on Uninstalling .Net

Chances are that versions earlier than 2.0 where installed
by an application you installed on your PC.

 

[Lil' Dave]

Some answers in this thread... and another one have given me what I needed
to
know re: whether or not, for example, .NET 3.0 would supercede versions <
3.0. Apparently, the answer is something like, "No, the versions are
independent of eachother." Okay.

I'd already suspected this is true by virtue of having installed (I've
since
uninstalled it) 3.0 and then attempted to remove 2.0. I received a msg.
saying I couldn't unistall 2.0 because some application needed it to run.
Okay.

But I was able to uninstall 3.0 after removing the application (a Linksys
one) that needed it. So far so good...

So here's my question... or two...

When I look in the aforementioned directory
{%windir%\microsoft.net\framework}, I also see subdirectories for the
following:
» v1.0.3705 size: 100KB
» v1.0.3705 1.21MB
» v3.0 1.09MB

Only 2.0 info appears in the Add or Remove Programs dialogue, and the
listing there says, "... .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1."

So here's my question: Can I remove the above mentioned (non-2.0)
subdirectories?

Thanks ahead of time. -Thri

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Yesterday, I got around to installing TurboTax 2008 so I could start on the
tax return. In the preinstallation part, NET Framework 2.0 SP1 is looked
for. If not installed, it will install same. What it installs is the
entire NET Framework 2.0 package with its SP1 mod as one package and gives
it the entire installation that name. I've never tried removing NET
Framework 2.0 SP1 for obvious reasons. I'm still using TT 2008.

Last year, TT 2007 version installed NET Framework 2.0 as part of the
preinstallation package. This was installed on a temporary windows
installation on my PC. I simply replaced that with a restored image of what
I normally run when I was done with my taxes.

If the version of NET Framework is not listed in Add/Remove programs, I
would suspect its not installed. So, any deletion of its source files for
installation or actual installation files should be okay.

I do have NET Framework 1.0.3705 listed in Add/Remove Programs. I suspect
that is in reference to the 1.21MB folder you're speaking of.
I do have NET Framework 1.0 Hotfix (KB928367) listed in Add/Remove Programs.
That, however is listed in a further subdirectory of v1.0.3705 subdirectory.
So I'm not sure about 100KB folder you're speaking of.
(Yes, I have a 3rd party app that uses NET Framework 1.0. I use this app at
least once a week.)

I've never allowed the download and/or installation of NET Framework 3.0 or
3.5.

There's been input from others citing a MS KB regarding NET Framework and
its subsequent versions. Stating, in a nutshell, that each version as the
previous capabilities of the prior version, and more capabilities as well.
That may be true. My observation is I should be able to uninstall the older
version of NET Framework, and install a subsequent numerical version if that
is correct. I've found for instance, I cannot uninstall any version of NET
Framework 1.0, AND, replace it with a newer higher numbered version and the
3rd party app resulting in operaibliity. No, there is no stop uninstall
like you're noticed with whatever app is using the version you've cited.
That may be a function of the 3rd party app using it. So, either MS is
wrong in there writeup in the KB article, or, needs clarification.
--
Dave

Another fallacy, the home.
Its primary purpose WAS to provide shelter, and allow the dweller to proceed
a life within it by their own choices. The first a need, the second a
right.
Somewhere along the way, its become primary purpose as a financial security
instead.