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Monday, September 28, 2009 5:59 PM

Mailbag: How to manage reboots when installing multiple versions of the .NET Framework

Question: I am planning a network deployment of the .NET Framework, and I need to deploy all versions from 1.0 through 3.5 SP1 if any are missing on each of the computers on the network.  I have 2 questions related to reboots: Is it possible to install
Posted by astebner | 0 Comments
Friday, May 29, 2009 8:48 PM

How to unblock installation of the .NET Framework 4 beta 1 on Windows XP Media Center and Tablet PC Editions

Question: I tried to install the .NET Framework 4 beta 1 and Visual Studio 2010 beta 1 on my Windows XP Media Center system.  It fails to install with an error like the following: Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Beta 1 cannot be installed because an incompatible
Posted by astebner | 5 Comments
Monday, April 20, 2009 6:42 PM

Mailbag: Do I need still need older versions of the .NET Framework on my system after installing .NET Framework 3.5 SP1?

Question: I recently installed the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 on my system.  Afterwards, I looked in Add/Remove Programs, and it shows that I have all of the following versions of the .NET Framework installed on my system: Microsoft .NET Framework 1.0
Posted by astebner | 3 Comments
Thursday, April 09, 2009 5:17 PM

How to detect whether or not Visual Studio 2008 SP1 is installed on a system

Question: I am trying to install an application that requires Visual Studio 2008 SP1 before it can successfully install. How can I detect the presence of Visual Studio 2008 SP1? Answer: There is not an officially documented way of detecting VS 2008 SP1.
Posted by astebner | 1 Comments
Thursday, March 26, 2009 11:56 PM

Mailbag: How to perform a silent install of the Visual C++ 2008 redistributable packages

Question: You previously posted a list of command line switches to perform silent and unattended installations of the Visual C++ 2005 runtime redistributable packages. How can I perform silent and unattended installations of the Visual C++ 2008 runtime
Posted by astebner | 0 Comments
Monday, March 09, 2009 5:40 PM

My WinISP file server has been retired - please use my SkyDrive site instead

I have heard from several folks over the past couple of weeks who have had trouble downloading the tools and samples that I have posted on my old file server ( http://astebner.sts.winisp.net ). That site has been retired by the group that was hosting
Posted by astebner | 0 Comments
Wednesday, March 04, 2009 3:32 PM

How to perform a silent repair and uninstall of the .NET Framework 3.5 and 3.5 SP1

Question: I have seen your blog posts that describe how to silently repair and uninstall the following versions of the .NET Framework: .NET Framework 1.0 .NET Framework 1.1 .NET Framework 2.0 .NET Framework 2.0 SP1 and 3.0 SP1 .NET Framework 2.0 SP2 and
Posted by astebner | 5 Comments
Thursday, January 29, 2009 7:05 PM

Mailbag: How to detect the presence of the Visual C++ 9.0 runtime redistributable package

Question: I saw a couple of previous blog posts that you wrote about how to detect the presence of the Visual C++ 2005 runtime files and the Visual C++ 2005 SP1 runtime files . I am creating an installer that requires the Visual C++ 2008 runtime files.
Posted by astebner | 8 Comments
Tuesday, December 09, 2008 6:01 PM

Mailbag: Temporary files can be left behind after running .NET Framework 3.0 or 3.5 setup

Question: I have tried to install the following versions of the .NET Framework on various different computers: .NET Framework 2.0 SP1 .NET Framework 3.0 .NET Framework 3.0 SP1 .NET Framework 3.5 .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 In some cases, I have noticed that
Posted by astebner | 2 Comments
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 6:13 PM

Mailbag: How to detect the .NET Framework 2.0 SP2 or greater in an MSI-based installer

Question: I have an application that requires the .NET Framework 2.0 SP2. I would like to author a condition in my MSI-based installer to check for SP2 or higher so that the application will continue to install even if future service packs are released
Posted by astebner | 2 Comments
Sunday, October 19, 2008 11:53 AM

Mailbag: How to retain user-customized files during a Windows Installer major upgrade

Question: I have an application that installs some .config files that users can customize.  I want to implement a Windows Installer major upgrade to install new versions of my application on systems that have an older version installed.  During
Posted by astebner | 3 Comments
Monday, August 18, 2008 5:57 PM

Mailbag: How to create a Visual Studio project to compile the sample .NET Framework detection code

Question: I have downloaded both versions of the sample .NET Framework version detection code (described here and here ), and I am trying to compile it to test it out on my system. However, I am running into issues trying to create a Visual Studio project
Posted by astebner | 0 Comments
Friday, August 01, 2008 6:16 PM

How to uninstall the components of the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1

Question: As described in this blog post , I have been evaluating the beta of the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and Visual Studio 2008 SP1. I ran into some issues running my application on a system with this software installed, so I need to uninstall it. I have
Posted by astebner | 15 Comments
Monday, July 07, 2008 5:44 PM

Mailbag: How can I detect the presence of the .NET Framework 2.0 or later in my MSI-based installer?

Question: I am creating an application that is built on the .NET Framework 2.0, and I am attempting to create an MSI-based installer for it. I have seen documentation and sample code describing how to detect the presence of individual versions of the
Posted by astebner | 0 Comments
Thursday, June 26, 2008 8:54 PM

Mailbag: How to perform a silent repair and uninstall of the .NET Framework 3.5

Question: A while back, you posted a set of instructions that can be used to perform silent or unattended repairs and uninstalls for the .NET Framework 2.0 SP1 and the .NET Framework 3.0 SP1 . I would like to automate the repair and uninstall for the
Posted by astebner | 2 Comments
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