.NET 2.0 Install Cheker

[Matt]

hi,

dont know if any one could help me. but i need a way to find out if .net 2.0
is installed before running the setup.exe file..

is there a small .exe some where that can pop up a message box if .NET 2.0
is not installed?

any help would be appriciated.

M@ Peters

 

[Pieter]

I use the dotNetInstaller:
http://www.devage.com/dotNetInstaller/dotNetInstaller.html

Usefull to be sure that the users have all the latets service packs, needed
software etc isntalled...

 

[Matt]

can this be used for .NET 2.0 ??

 

[Cowboy \(Gregory A. Beamer\)]

You can bootstrap the .NET 2.0 Framework to your installer.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/04/10/Bootstrapper/

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[Siva M]

Or you can write a small utility yourself by checking few registry entires
as indicated in http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;315291

hi,

dont know if any one could help me. but i need a way to find out if .net 2.0
is installed before running the setup.exe file..

is there a small .exe some where that can pop up a message box if .NET 2.0
is not installed?

any help would be appriciated.

M@ Peters

 

[Pieter]

Yes, but offcourse you need to change the parameters in the config-file

 

[hSiplu]

if you are using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005,
on the project properties pane you will find prerequisite button in
publish page.
this publisher will create a setup.exe and the setup file will
automatically check the prerequisites. again you can also add the
redistributable package in your setup file from here.

hope this would help you.