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From: Twayne on 29 Jan 2009 14:31
> Thanks JS. You wrote <<> Each version of .NET
> is usually
> installed along with the application that
> requires it.>>
> I distinctly recall installing Microsoft. Net
> Framework
> V2 and others as an optional download from the
> Microsoft
> update site. Thought at the time it may be
> useful. I'm
> reasonably sure that this was overkill and now
> I'm
> looking to uninstalling redundant software just
> as a
> tidying up exercise. The problem is I don't
> know if any
> subsequently installed software may need any of
> the
> versions of .NET which is why (coming back to my
> original
> question) I was looking at identifying what may
> need
> them. One way would be to uninstall all
> versions of .NET
> and see what doesn't work but that's a bit
> extreme. Is
> there an easy way?
> Bill Ridgeway
>
> "JS" <@> wrote in message
> news:OqYMiBWgJHA.5724(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> If you have an application that uses/needs .NET
>> 1.1 then
>> 2.0 and 3.0 are not
>> to be considered supersets or replacements for
>> .NET 1.x
>> So if you where to delete version 1.1 then
>> there is a
>> good chance the application that requires .NET
>> 1.1 will fail. The
>> same is true for later
>> versions.
>>
>> Each version of .NET is usually installed along
>> with the
>> application that requires it, so if you have
>> all three
>> or four versions, then chances are that
>> somewhere along
>> the way you installed at a minimum 3 or 4
>> applications,
>> with each of those applications requiring and
>> installing
>> it's own version of .NET --
>> JS
>> http://www.pagestart.com
>>
>>
>> "Bill Ridgeway" <info(a)1001solutions.co.uk>
>> wrote in
>> message
>> news:O7mM8bUgJHA.1184(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> I have installed -
>>> Microsoft .Net Framework 1.1
>>> Microsoft .Net Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2
>>> Microsoft .Net Framework 3.0 Service Pack 2
>>> Microsoft .Net Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1
>>>
>>> I am looking at uninstalling redundant
>>> software and I
>>> don't know what they do or whether or not I
>>> actually
>>> need them. Any advice please? Bill Ridgeway


Safest way, IMO:

Try just renaming the filenames to something like
fname_OLD.whatever the TLD was. e.g., just add
OLD or something easy to spot to the end or
beginning of the filename.

Then go about your daily work, or exercise
everything you can think of on your machine to see
if it works OK. If a program fails that needs the
framework, it will almost certainly tell you so in
the error message, and usually also details which
one it is that you need.

If nothing shows up after a week or so, then
delete them, or if you're a little paranoid, copy
them to a CD/DVD and then delete them. That way
you can get them back easily if they're on
CD/DVDs, just in case you missed what it is that
needs them.

HTH

Twayne


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