Link to .NET Framework 3.5 readme with known installation issues
I often receive emails and blog comments from customers who are having trouble installing the .NET Framework 3.5. Many of the issues that I have been asked about are documented in various places but are unfortunately hard to find with some web searches. In order to try to improve the ability of search engines to find these documents, I wanted to post links to them here.
The following link is for the official .NET Framework 3.5 readme, which includes known installation issues and workarounds:
https://download.microsoft.com/download/9/a/e/9ae0f6cc-7032-408e-9ca7-989f9e4af4ec/dotNetReadMe.htm
In addition to the readme, here is a summary of some other useful items regarding .NET Framework 3.5 setup troubleshooting:
- List of all .NET Framework 3.5 setup posts that I have previously written - https://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/tags/.NET+Framework+3.5+setup+and+deployment/default.aspx
- .NET Framework setup troubleshooting guide where I provide links to information that can help troubleshoot various types of .NET Framework installation issues (for version 3.5 and previous versions as well) - https://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/articles/454956.aspx
- List of .NET Framework 3.5 setup log files - https://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2007/07/31/4156781.aspx
- Tool to automatically gather .NET Framework 3.5 setup log files - https://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2006/08/01/684849.aspx
- MSDN forum for .NET Framework setup and deployment issues - https://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=1020&SiteID=1
As always, if you run into .NET Framework installation/deployment issues that you are having trouble finding solutions for at any of the above locations, please post a comment on one of my blog posts or contact me and I will attempt to help resolve the issue and then update my blog to hopefully help others in the future as well.
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Anonymous
January 03, 2008
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February 07, 2008
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February 07, 2008
Hi Smedlytonker - believe that running the cleanup tool and choosing to remove the .NET Framework 2.0 should work. However, I haven't tried it previously, and this isn't an officially supported solution. I wouldn't recommend that you try this unless you have a backup image of your XPe runtime to fall back to in case anything goes wrong.Anonymous
February 08, 2008
Hi Smedlytonker - I looked at the .NET Framework 2.0 SP1 setup in more detail and found that you should be able to remove a single registry value in order to get past this error: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftNET Framework SetupNDPv2.0.50727] OCM=1 Can you give this a try and see if it helps in your scenario?Anonymous
February 11, 2008
PingBack from http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2008/02/11/7616312.aspxAnonymous
February 11, 2008
PingBack from http://geeks.ms/blogs/roller/archive/2008/02/11/possible-issue-installing-the-net-framework-3-5-on-an-xp-embedded-image-that-includes-the-net-framework-2-0.aspxAnonymous
February 11, 2008
PingBack from http://msdnrss.thecoderblogs.com/2008/02/11/possible-issue-installing-the-net-framework-35-on-an-xp-embedded-image-that-includes-the-net-framework-20/Anonymous
February 11, 2008
That worked… I bow to your superior intellectAnonymous
February 11, 2008
Hi Smedlytonker - That's great news - I'm glad to hear that this worked for you. I definitely don't claim to have any kind of superior intellect though. I'm sorry I forgot about this scenario in my initial reply. Also, if you're interested, I've posted more details about this scenario at http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2008/02/11/7616312.aspx in case anyone else runs into a similar issue in the future. Thanks for bringing it to our attention!