control panel reflects few versions of same programme

[Menikos]

Hello

I installed the microsoft.net framework 2.0 service pack 1 (185MB) and
upgraded to 3.0 service pack 1 (245MB) and then to 3.5 (25MB) and they all
appear in the Control Panel.

Does this mean the actual size of this programme in my pc is the sum total
of all 3? If so, can I safely remove the earlier 2 versions and still have
the full function of the 3.5 with just 25MB? Or is there a better of doing
this?

I have another programme I want to remove from the PC which I cannot Remove;
the error message is - an installation support file could not be installed.
The system cannot find the file specified. I have already removed this
programme from the Program Files. How can I remove it from the CP?

I have XP SP2.Thks.

Menk

 

[Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM]

Hello

I installed the microsoft.net framework 2.0 service pack 1 (185MB) and
upgraded to 3.0 service pack 1 (245MB) and then to 3.5 (25MB) and they all
appear in the Control Panel.

Does this mean the actual size of this programme in my pc is the sum total
of all 3? If so, can I safely remove the earlier 2 versions and still have
the full function of the 3.5 with just 25MB? Or is there a better of doing
this?

I have another programme I want to remove from the PC which I cannot
Remove; the error message is - an installation support file could not be
installed. The system cannot find the file specified. I have already
removed this programme from the Program Files. How can I remove it from
the CP?

I have XP SP2.Thks.

Menk

They are all different. If you have a program that requires 2.0 and you
remove 2.0 because you have 3.5, then the program will no longer work.

 

[Terry R.]

The date and time was 6/5/2008 6:56 AM, and on a whim, Menikos pounded
out on the keyboard:

Hello

I installed the microsoft.net framework 2.0 service pack 1 (185MB) and
upgraded to 3.0 service pack 1 (245MB) and then to 3.5 (25MB) and they all
appear in the Control Panel.

Does this mean the actual size of this programme in my pc is the sum total
of all 3? If so, can I safely remove the earlier 2 versions and still have
the full function of the 3.5 with just 25MB? Or is there a better of doing
this?

I have another programme I want to remove from the PC which I cannot Remove;
the error message is - an installation support file could not be installed.
The system cannot find the file specified. I have already removed this
programme from the Program Files. How can I remove it from the CP?

I have XP SP2.Thks.

Menk

Hi Menk,

If you removed the program from the Program Files, then the required
files needed to uninstall may be missing now. I would reinstall the
program and then remove it from Add/Remove Programs. If you no longer
have the program, you can remove the entry using the registry (last
resort), but by not uninstalling it properly, you have possibly left
remnants of the program files and registry entries on your hard drive.

You other question was answered so no need to expound on that further.

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Terry R.

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[Ken Blake, MVP]

Hello

I installed the microsoft.net framework 2.0 service pack 1 (185MB) and
upgraded to 3.0 service pack 1 (245MB) and then to 3.5 (25MB) and they all
appear in the Control Panel.

Does this mean the actual size of this programme in my pc is the sum total
of all 3?

No.


If so, can I safely remove the earlier 2 versions and still have
the full function of the 3.5 with just 25MB?

No. In general, a newer version of the .net framework doesn't replace
an earlier one, and you need the specific version for any particular
version.

Or is there a better of doing this?

There is no "this" that needs doing. You are talking about under .5GB
of disk space. Half a billion may sound like a lot, but to put it into
perspective, in these days when you can buy a 160GB drive for under
$50 US, .5GB is about 15 cents worth of disk space.

 

[Menikos]

Hi Ken

Thanks for the response.

There is no "this" that needs doing. You are talking about under .5GB
of disk space. Half a billion may sound like a lot, but to put it into
perspective, in these days when you can buy a 160GB drive for under
$50 US, .5GB is about 15 cents worth of disk space.

Well, you are assuming everyone has $160 to spend with but when you only
have $25 to start with and left only $5 to hang on to for the next few
summers, you would tend to be a bit more careful with your cents, don't you
think? Or face starvation. I'm on lean time, man, before I get the new
super-turbo...(big smile)

 

[Menikos]

Hi Terry

Sorry to have to pound my keyboard, again, on this matter. BTW, thanks for
your respond but couldn't you have added the path where to locate the entry
or is that path too convoluted?

 

[Menikos]

Ah, I see. Thanks for the info Frank, I've learned something new.

 

[Terry R.]

The date and time was 6/5/2008 8:15 PM, and on a whim, Menikos pounded
out on the keyboard:

Hi Terry

Sorry to have to pound my keyboard, again, on this matter. BTW, thanks for
your respond but couldn't you have added the path where to locate the entry
or is that path too convoluted?

Mainly because the best resolve is to uninstall the program properly,
which means you should reinstall the program and THEN uninstall it.

Just removing the entry from the Control Panel is the least of the
issue. But if that's all you want to do, let me know.

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