.net framework 2.0 Sp1

[Ted Moes]

In cleaning up my programs I noticed that .net framework 2.0 Sp1 was taking
up 2700megs of space and I would like to know if it is safe to remove it or
is it a core program because I have ver 3.5 installed also

 

[Patrick Keenan]

In cleaning up my programs I noticed that .net framework 2.0 Sp1 was
taking
up 2700megs of space and I would like to know if it is safe to remove it
or
is it a core program because I have ver 3.5 installed also

They are different things entirely and 3 does not replace 1, 1.1 or 2.x.

To give an example, this system (a Thinkpad) has a very handy
location-switching utility (Access Connections) that requires .NET v.2.
Version 1 and 3 are also present, but I ran into a problem that required
removal of v.2 and Access Connections wouldn't work till I reinstalled it.

So, no, you shouldn't remove it just because you have a later version.
The names are a bit misleading, as it was usual for later versions to
supercede earlier ones, but in this case they don't.

HTH
-pk

 

[Ted Moes]

thnanks for the info

They are different things entirely and 3 does not replace 1, 1.1 or 2.x.

To give an example, this system (a Thinkpad) has a very handy
location-switching utility (Access Connections) that requires .NET v.2.
Version 1 and 3 are also present, but I ran into a problem that required
removal of v.2 and Access Connections wouldn't work till I reinstalled it.

So, no, you shouldn't remove it just because you have a later version.
The names are a bit misleading, as it was usual for later versions to
supercede earlier ones, but in this case they don't.

HTH
-pk

 

[JS]

One thing worth looking into is to check if you have the Developer (SDK)
editions installed as they consume much more disk space.

For the normal user, the disk space used for .NET 2.x is 66MB installed
size.
The download file is named NetFx20SP1_x86.exe (23.6MB)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...77-e02c-4ad3-aacf-a7633f706ba5&DisplayLang=en

For the developers .Net 2.x is identified by the letters 'SDK':
and is over 300MB when installed.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...99-B7B4-4F47-A244-C96D69C35DEC&displaylang=en

Note the difference in the file download size (354MB) vs (23.6MB)

JS