Net Framework 3 loads up 2 as well?

[skypeeper]

Does anyone know why, after removing all versions of Net Framework,
and then installing just the 3.0 redistributable package, that NF 2.0
shows up in the Add/Remove Program list again?

Can't seem to permanently remove this one?


No error messages on the uninstall of 2.0, it said it was removed.


Insalled 3.0 and now 2.0 is magically back...


SkyPeeper

 

[Henning Krause [MVP - Exchange]]

Hello,

..NET 3.0 ist just an addon to .NET 2.0. Unlike 2.0, it does not replace the
previous versions, but extends them.

Best regards,
Henning Krause

 

[pvdg42]

Does anyone know why, after removing all versions of Net Framework,
and then installing just the 3.0 redistributable package, that NF 2.0
shows up in the Add/Remove Program list again?

Can't seem to permanently remove this one?


No error messages on the uninstall of 2.0, it said it was removed.


Insalled 3.0 and now 2.0 is magically back...


SkyPeeper

3.0 is 2.0 with extensions. It's not a true "new version" of the .NET
Framework.

 

[skypeeper]

Thanks folks.. I thought I was headed on my way to the "rubber
room"...

Thanks for reeling me back to sanity.

Skypeeper

 

[Rad [Visual C# MVP]]

3.0 is 2.0 with extensions. It's not a true "new version" of the .NET
Framework.

I hope someone from Microsoft is reading this and that next time they know
when to increase the major version and when to increase the minor!

 

[Chuck Heatherly]

I hope someone from Microsoft is reading this and that next time they know
when to increase the major version and when to increase the minor!

Actually, they haven't learned. The release of Visual Studio "Orcas"
is supposed to include .NET Framework 3.5, which is a major new
version with tons of changes to the core libraries and new features,
not minor adjustments to the ones introduced in 3.0 (WF, WPF, WCF)
which is what a minor version increment would suggest.

Remember, this is the same company who plastered the .NET label on all
their products (Windows Server 2003 being named Windows .NET Server
until just a month before it was released) and then did the same with
the Live label last year. It just shows that the people with brains
in the tech groups are totally owned by the idiots in marketing.

Chuck

 

[Patrice]

Additionaly removing previous Framework version because you installed the
lastest one is not needed.

They are done to run side by side and it allows each application to run with
the matching version. In some cases you could have breaking changes
preventing old applications to run with the latest framework
(http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa497239.aspx).

So unless you have space issues or other particular reason to do so I
wouldn't bother and would left previous installed version in place...