Many .NET Frameworks related files installed on my computer , which one to remove ?
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I started using .NET C# with framework 1.0 , upgraded my applications through VS 2000 , 2003 , 2005 and now 2008 . each upgrade will install the new framework on my computer . Now I have all these .NET framework related applications which is taking large space Microsoft .NET compact framework 1.0 SP3 Developer Microsoft .NET compact framework 2.0 SP2 Microsoft .NET compact framework 3.5 Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Hotfix (KB928366) Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Service Pack 2 Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 2 , currently I am using VS2008 , can I remove application related to frameworks prior to 3.5 . thanks
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I started using .NET C# with framework 1.0 , upgraded my applications through VS 2000 , 2003 , 2005 and now 2008 . each upgrade will install the new framework on my computer . Now I have all these .NET framework related applications which is taking large space Microsoft .NET compact framework 1.0 SP3 Developer Microsoft .NET compact framework 2.0 SP2 Microsoft .NET compact framework 3.5 Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Hotfix (KB928366) Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Service Pack 2 Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 2 , currently I am using VS2008 , can I remove application related to frameworks prior to 3.5 . thanks
You should have done so as you upgraded.
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I started using .NET C# with framework 1.0 , upgraded my applications through VS 2000 , 2003 , 2005 and now 2008 . each upgrade will install the new framework on my computer . Now I have all these .NET framework related applications which is taking large space Microsoft .NET compact framework 1.0 SP3 Developer Microsoft .NET compact framework 2.0 SP2 Microsoft .NET compact framework 3.5 Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Hotfix (KB928366) Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Service Pack 2 Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 2 , currently I am using VS2008 , can I remove application related to frameworks prior to 3.5 . thanks
You can uninstall all of the .NET 1.x versions. Everything at 2.0 and above is dependant on the 2.0 CLR, so you cannot remove them. You must leave 2.0 and 3.0 in place in order to use 3.5. I think the .NET Framework will get a new CLR with the release of 4.0. Someone else is going to have to confirm or deny that though. I don't have the resources available to test it at the moment.
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I started using .NET C# with framework 1.0 , upgraded my applications through VS 2000 , 2003 , 2005 and now 2008 . each upgrade will install the new framework on my computer . Now I have all these .NET framework related applications which is taking large space Microsoft .NET compact framework 1.0 SP3 Developer Microsoft .NET compact framework 2.0 SP2 Microsoft .NET compact framework 3.5 Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Hotfix (KB928366) Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Service Pack 2 Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 2 , currently I am using VS2008 , can I remove application related to frameworks prior to 3.5 . thanks
You should not remove ANY of them, as you may have applications that depend on them. Given the large disks on modern systems, the amount of space used by the framework binaries is pretty trivial. Vs2008 requires .Net 2.0 and all subsequent frameworks, so at most you could only remove the 1.0 and 1.1 frameworks. If you remove these, and it breaks an application that needs them, you will end up installing everything from scratch. Best advice is to leave well enough alone. Find something else to clean up if you are low on disk space, or think about moving to a larger drive.