vitus Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 Hello all,I recently had to reinstall xp home on my laptop and I have a doubt, is it better to keep both versions of .net framework installed or just the 2nd? (I'm assuming 3 just adds vista capability)Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluberti Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 .NET framework versions are not cumulative, they are stand-alone. Most applications will have no problem with this and will use the installed version if it is compatible, but some applications will be written to specific versions of the framework, and you must have that version installed to use the application. I find it best practice to have all versions installed on machines, that way the application can always attempt to use the framework version it was written for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitus Posted May 11, 2007 Author Share Posted May 11, 2007 cluberti, thanks for the fast and thorough explanation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanVM Posted May 12, 2007 Share Posted May 12, 2007 FYI, .NET 3.0 includes .NET 2.0 with it, so don't feel compelled to install both individually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitus Posted May 12, 2007 Author Share Posted May 12, 2007 RyanVM, I used your Update Pack Release on my (nlite) installation and it worked like a charm, thanks for offering such a great service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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