Repair .NET Framework on Vista?

[John Kotuby]

Hi all,

I am an ASP.NET Web Application developer having trouble with the .NET
framework on Vista Ultimate. I am getting errors trying to run my Web
application only on my Vista Ultimate machine at home. The errors indicate a
corrupt version of the .NET 2.0 framework.

I have been seaching MSDN amd the Micorosoft KB and have not yet found a
solution to repair the framework on Vista.

I must say that Vista has been a real pain for MS Development partners. I am
keeping all the workstations at the office (except for one) running Windows
XP until Vista becomes a reliable development platform.

I repeat...my applications run on all other machines except the one I have
at home. They even run fine on the one Vista machine at the office.

1. Is there an article that shows clearly how to repair the framework on
Vista?
2. Must Vista be reinstalled to do so? If that is the case, can I do a
repair install such that I do not lose all my installed applications that I
use for development?

Maybe a MS Tech can chime in on this one?

Thanks for your help

 

[gls858]

Hi all,

I am an ASP.NET Web Application developer having trouble with the .NET
framework on Vista Ultimate. I am getting errors trying to run my Web
application only on my Vista Ultimate machine at home. The errors
indicate a corrupt version of the .NET 2.0 framework.

I have been seaching MSDN amd the Micorosoft KB and have not yet found a
solution to repair the framework on Vista.

I must say that Vista has been a real pain for MS Development partners.
I am keeping all the workstations at the office (except for one) running
Windows XP until Vista becomes a reliable development platform.

I repeat...my applications run on all other machines except the one I
have at home. They even run fine on the one Vista machine at the office.

1. Is there an article that shows clearly how to repair the framework on
Vista?
2. Must Vista be reinstalled to do so? If that is the case, can I do a
repair install such that I do not lose all my installed applications
that I use for development?

Maybe a MS Tech can chime in on this one?

Thanks for your help

I may be way off base here but can't you just remove it in add and
remove programs and then just reinstall it from MS site?

gls858

 

[DCW]

You might want to try tis MSoft URL dealing with cleaning and reinstalling
..net framework. I've not yet tried it, but am about to.

 

[DCW]

Oops, srry.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923100/en-us

 

[John Kotuby]

If you notice, under the entry for .NET 2.0 the Vista operating system is not
listed. The geniuses as MS don't have a solution for the problem.

I've decide to become a Java programmer and buy a MAC.

Have a good day Microsoft.

 

[John Kotuby]

If you have Vista on your machine, try what you suggested. Go to the Programs
in Control Panel and if you see .NET Framework 2.0 click on it and just look
at your choices. Mine are only Change and Repair. When I click Repair it asks
me for the installation CD. I put the original Vista DVD in the drive and it
can't find the file it needs (the instructions are to put the original
installation CD/DVD in the drive). I am guessing it can't find the file it
needs because it is wrapped up in a compressed file somewhere. But Vista's
crappy "search" utility (way worse than XP) even in Advanced mode won't allow
you to search "compressed" files. What a laugher!

That just gave me an idea. I will go to my trusty XP secondary machine and
use the XP search to find the file I am looking for. In my opinion MS dumbed
down Vista to be more usable by the casual user. It looks to me like they
dumbed it down period.

 

[John Kotuby]

spdah my friend,

If you think the problem may be related to the registry take a look at this
link:

http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/arch...t-framework-2-0-and-3-0-on-windows-vista.aspx

The steps that he outlines might be worth a try.

However, note the last line in the original blog post. I quote:

"Unfortunately, there is not an easy way of repairing the registry
keys/values that are installed by Windows Vista like there is for files. If
you want to try to repair the registry keys/values that are a part of the
..NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0, you will need to run Windows Vista OS setup again
and repair the OS. "

I have not had time to try an OS repair yet. Maybe on Christmas day.
Repairing the OS from the original installation CDs or DVDs night require you
to then run Windows Update to re-install the necessary service packs. Happy
Holidays

 

[dbdbuzz]

I seem to have a problem that may be related to this. When I install VS-2008
Express editions I am unable to even create a new project. I receive a build
error stating that there is not a .net 2.0 update installed. I have .net 3.5
installed and I can not add 2.0 because it tells me it is already a part of
my OS. I have tried removing and reinstalling .net framework with no luck. I
guess I will try an OS repair as well and see how it goes.