.NET Framework Cleanup Tool User's Guide

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re: .NET Framework Cleanup Tool User's Guide

coukou — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:14:31 GMT

May you please RE-upload the tool.

Can't download it entirely :( (only 94K).

Regards

re: .NET Framework Cleanup Tool User's Guide

astebner — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:30:59 GMT

Hi Coukou - The download link is working fine for me, so I'm not sure why you're only able to download a partial copy of this file. I've also uploaded it to a secondary location in case this will help for you. You can find the tool at one of the following locations:

http://cid-27e6a35d1a492af7.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Blog_Tools/dotnetfx_cleanup_tool.zip

http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/attachment/8904493.ashx

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re: .NET Framework Cleanup Tool User's Guide

jacob.hoover — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:55:47 GMT

I was wondering if there would be any issues if we wanted to host the Cleanup and Verifier tool on our own site for our customers. We deployed a .net 2.0 application and lately several have been having issues getting them to run. (Much hate for the corrupt 2.0 framework installs.)

Thanks

re: .NET Framework Cleanup Tool User's Guide

astebner — Fri, 01 May 2009 02:05:35 GMT

Hi Jacob.Hoover - I don't see any major issues with you doing that assuming that you've read and agree to the license agreement that is included with each of these tools. The one caveat I want to mention is that I update the tools on my file servers when I make bug fixes and feature enhancements, so if you take copies of these tools and host them elsewhere, they may get out of sync with the latest version. You may want to periodically check for updates on my blogs and refresh the copies of the files that you're hosting.

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re: .NET Framework Cleanup Tool User's Guide

PHPfrog — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:21:29 GMT

Wish I ran across this a couple days ago.

Thanks so much, worked like a charm!

Used on a system with Vista Ultimate SP2.

re: .NET Framework Cleanup Tool User's Guide

Xeonz — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:06:06 GMT

how to remove this crap...with shitty .net created folders on other partitions... with permissions, so as to prevent users from easily removing the folders!

0ddd98559605c791c6fa0f28db52

a74c4326ab6f25571585cf21d2176d87

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Error Deleting File or Folder

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Cannot remove folder update: Access is denied.

Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected

and that the file is not currently in use.

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0ddd98559605c791c6fa0f28db52

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M:\0ddd98559605c791c6fa0f28db52\update is not accessible.

Access is denied.

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please explain why MS create such a crap .Net installations and install extra bloat I didn't want? too hard to make a proper customized setup?

re: .NET Framework Cleanup Tool User's Guide

astebner — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:53:08 GMT

Hi Xeonz - I'm sorry for the hassles that this issue is causing for you. You can right-click on the folder you are getting access denied for, choose the Security tab, and grant your user account full control so that you can delete this folder. This issue will be corrected in a future release of the .NET Framework.

re: .NET Framework Cleanup Tool User's Guide

dogshu — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 06:03:36 GMT

Hi astebner,

I am also getting "Access is Denied" errors when running the cleanup tool under Vista Enterprise x64. I somehow got into a state where the .NET framework is not in the "programs and features" uninstall panel, however neither installing .NET framework through Windows Update nor through microsoft's executable works.

Its very frustrating to be getting these "access is denied" errors when running the cleanup tool as an administrator. I even booted into safe mode, but still get "access is denied."

I see you suggest changing permissions on folders, but one of the folders that I am getting an error on is C:\Windows\System32, and though I am no windows expert, I think its a bad idea to change permissions on that folder.

It would be nice to see a version of the cleanup tool that fixes the "access is denied" errors sooner rather than later. Thanks for all your work on this tool.

yeah!

ersatyle — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:27:08 GMT

how impressive it is!

I just spend all the morning trying to fix a "setup cannot conitue because this version of the .net framework is incompatible with a previously installed one" for .net framework 2.0 on a windows xp pro tablet Pc edidtion

and nothing works until I found you're tool, I've was about to re image the laptop, so thanks a lot!

re: .NET Framework Cleanup Tool User's Guide

astebner — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:14:47 GMT

Hi Dogshu - The cleanup tool does not attempt to make any changes to file system or registry permissions. It works correctly on all versions of Windows (including Vista) that have the default permissions for the system32 directory that are set during Windows setup. I'm not sure how the permissions got changed on your system, but they sound like they are too restrictive to allow your user account to make any changes to system32 even if you're running elevated. I'd normally suggest manually updating the permissions to make sure that the Administrators group and the local system account have full control over that directory, but if you don't feel comfortable doing that, you may want to repair/re-install Windows in order to restore the default permissions.

re: .NET Framework Cleanup Tool User's Guide

johnmartelli — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:01:44 GMT

This is a superb tool! Thanks for the great work: after slogging over it for hours we were up and away in minutes ;-)

re: .NET Framework Cleanup Tool User's Guide

NikonCycle — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:03:40 GMT

YEESSS! Aaron... You da man!!! I've been trying to either update or remove my .NET Framework installation (without success) for a couple of months now (inadvertently did a system restore on the wrong computer). Was getting ready to reformat then re-install XP when I found your Cleanup Tool! It rocks...

re: .NET Framework Cleanup Tool User's Guide

elumalaivkp — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:48:40 GMT

Thanks for Tool.

Its removed .Net framework 2.0a and saved lot of time

Thanks and All the best for future development

Elumalai

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lexxprime — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:28:26 GMT

yes a very nice tool indeed

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podpolanec — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:14:17 GMT

I have trouble to Install FW 3.5SP1 "because of missing FW 2.0SP2 files, but Cleanup resolve it. Thans a lot.

re: .NET Framework Cleanup Tool User's Guide

syhprum — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:48:43 GMT

Many thanks this bug was driving me crazy, I was seriously thinking about a system reload.

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mellvin — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:25:12 GMT

Hi,

I have a problem with my .net framework.I have a share point server which has direct internet access.ON dec 7th '09 it was updated with several hotfixes related to .net framework 2.0 and 3.5.Now i cannot access the central administration tool of the server.I know this is because of the recently patched versions.How to uninstall only those updates which are patched.Please help me on this

Regards,

Mellvin.

re: .NET Framework Cleanup Tool User's Guide

astebner — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:39:28 GMT

Hi Mellvin - Any updates that you have installed that allow you to uninstall them should appear in the Add/Remove Programs or Programs and Features control panels. If you don't see the update listed there, it doesn't support uninstall, and if you need to remove it you would need to do one of the following instead:

1. Uninstall and re-install the entire .NET Framework.

2. Restore to an earlier system restore checkpoint from before the update was installed if you have one.

re: .NET Framework Cleanup Tool User's Guide

mellvin — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:28:57 GMT

Hi astebner,

Yeah i didn't get that updates uninstall option in my control panel and my server is win2k3 which doesn't have system restore.

So the only option is to reinstall the .net framework right?can't i manually uninstall the updates alone?

Thanks in advance,

Mellvin.

re: .NET Framework Cleanup Tool User's Guide

astebner — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:40:26 GMT

Hi Mellvin - Some updates allow you to uninstall them individually, but some do not. If the update you want to remove doesn't have an uninstall option listed for it in Add/Remove Programs, then the only options I know of to remove that update are to uninstall and re-install the .NET Framewor itself or to use a system restore checkpoint (which you already said you didn't have on your system). Sorry for the hassles. :-(

re: .NET Framework Cleanup Tool User's Guide

gbowers — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:12:16 GMT

If I am running Windows XP home edition and do not development software applications, do I need to install .NET Framework component that supports building and running the next generation of applications and XML Web services.

Trying to determine if.NET Framework component is really needed to run Windows XP home edition when I am not developing software applications.

Thanks

re: .NET Framework Cleanup Tool User's Guide

astebner — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:20:07 GMT

Hi Gbowers - The .NET Framework is a runtime component. Even if you are not a software developer, you would need it on your system in order to be able to run any applications you have installed that are created by other people/companies if those applications were built with the .NET Framework. Most of those applications will install the .NET Framework as a part of their setup if it is not yet on the system though, so most of the time it is not necessary to install the .NET Framework by itself.

If you decide to not install the .NET Framework but have an application that needs it, you will end up seeing an error message like the one described at http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2009/04/20/9557946.aspx.

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jaerdon — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:46:28 GMT

Hello,

I've been having problems with Windows Updates. One of the solutions I found was to remove and reinstall the .Net Framework, which led me to this tool. However, when I run it the "Removing registry information" process hangs. The last few lines of the main.log read:

[01/07/10,13:24:41] Found entry HKLM,Software\Microsoft\.NETFramework\v1.2.*, performing action now

[01/07/10,13:24:41] Found entry HKLM,Software\Microsoft\.NETFramework\v2.0.4*, performing action now

[01/07/10,13:24:41] Found entry HKLM,Software\Microsoft\.NETFramework\v2.0.5*, performing action now

[01/07/10,13:24:41] Deleting registry key 'Software\Microsoft\.NETFramework\v2.0.50727'

I've tried running the utility a couple times (after leaving on over night the first time, just to make sure) and it always hangs at this point in the log.

errors.log:

[01/07/10,13:23:54] Beginning of new cleanup utility session

[01/07/10,13:24:04] Failed to open the service 'msftpsvc'

[01/07/10,13:24:04] Failed to open the service 'nntpsvc'

[01/07/10,13:24:04] Failed to open the service 'smtpsvc'

[01/07/10,13:24:04] Failed to open the service 'w3svc'

[01/07/10,13:24:04] Failed to open the service 'iisadmin'

I'm really at a loss as to what I should do at this point short of attempting to uninstall and reinstall everything on my machine or just reformat altogether.

I'm running WinXP, SP3, I've tried reinstalling SP3 as well as stopping all non Windows services through msconfig. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Jason