450MB for ".NET" runtimes?????

[Guest Al Dykes]

Control Panel Add/Remove Applications says I have two big apps on my PC:

.NET Framework 2.0 SP1 (185MB)

.NET Framework 3.0 SP1 (245MB)

 

Is this really just 245MB with a confusing report or is it really a

total of 430MB? Wow.

 

I didn't need any .NET until recently when I installed two small-ish

open source apps; CDBurnerXP Pro 3 and Filezilla (ftp).

 

 

Can I uninstall 3.0 and see if these apps work with 2.0?

 

Can I uninstall e 2.0 and get 185MB back?

 

This is an old laptop that needs the disk space.

 

Thanks

 

 

 

 

 

 

--

Al Dykes

News is something someone wants to suppress, everything else is advertising.

- Lord Northcliffe, publisher of the Daily Mail

[Guest smlunatick]

Re: 450MB for ".NET" runtimes?????

 

Re: 450MB for ".NET" runtimes?????

 

On Mar 27, 2:19 pm, ady...@panix.com (Al Dykes) wrote:

> Control Panel Add/Remove Applications says I have two big apps on my PC:

>         .NET Framework 2.0 SP1  (185MB)

>         .NET Framework 3.0 SP1  (245MB)

>

> Is this really just 245MB with a confusing report or is it really a

> total of 430MB?  Wow.

>

> I didn't need any .NET until recently when I installed two small-ish

> open source apps; CDBurnerXP Pro 3 and Filezilla (ftp).

>

> Can I uninstall 3.0 and see if these apps work with 2.0?  

>

> Can I uninstall e 2.0 and get 185MB back?

>

> This is an old laptop that needs the disk space.

>

> Thanks

>

> --

> Al Dykes

>  News is something someone wants to suppress, everything else is advertising.

>     - Lord Northcliffe, publisher of the Daily Mail

 

You need to know that the .NET versions do not appear to contain any

things from the previous versions. .NET 3 does not appear to

have .NET "functions" from versions 2 or 1 just like .NET 2 does not

have any thing from verison 1

[Guest Craig]

Re: 450MB for ".NET" runtimes?????

 

 

"Al Dykes" wrote...

> Control Panel Add/Remove Applications says I have two big apps on my PC:

> .NET Framework 2.0 SP1 (185MB)

> .NET Framework 3.0 SP1 (245MB)

>

> Is this really just 245MB with a confusing report or is it really a

> total of 430MB? Wow.

>

> I didn't need any .NET until recently when I installed two small-ish

> open source apps; CDBurnerXP Pro 3 and Filezilla (ftp).

>

>

> Can I uninstall 3.0 and see if these apps work with 2.0?

>

> Can I uninstall e 2.0 and get 185MB back?

>

> This is an old laptop that needs the disk space.

>

> Thanks

 

If you have .NET 2 and 3, then the updates will be the whopping 430MB.

 

As I understand it, programs designed to require a .NET Framework are

designed specifically designed for one .NET. If your programs require just

version 2 or just 3, then you can remove one you don't need. If your

CDBurner and Filezilla require different .NETs, you'd need to keep both.

 

If you delete one or both .NETs that are required, your software won't

work. With luck, you should be able to check the docs for CDBurner and

Filezilla and see which .NET they require. Don't delete a needed .NET.

 

;-) At least you don't have .NET 1.1 or the newest 3.5 on your PC in

addition to 2 and 3!

 

Craig

[Guest JS]

Re: 450MB for ".NET" runtimes?????

 

Are you sure you have 'Runtimes' and not the developer edition which is much

larger.

My .Net 2 SP1 is only 66MB.

 

JS

 

"Al Dykes" <adykes@panix.com> wrote in message

news:fsgs04$hl9$1@panix5.panix.com...

> Control Panel Add/Remove Applications says I have two big apps on my PC:

> .NET Framework 2.0 SP1 (185MB)

> .NET Framework 3.0 SP1 (245MB)

>

> Is this really just 245MB with a confusing report or is it really a

> total of 430MB? Wow.

>

> I didn't need any .NET until recently when I installed two small-ish

> open source apps; CDBurnerXP Pro 3 and Filezilla (ftp).

>

>

> Can I uninstall 3.0 and see if these apps work with 2.0?

>

> Can I uninstall e 2.0 and get 185MB back?

>

> This is an old laptop that needs the disk space.

>

> Thanks

>

>

>

>

>

>

> --

> Al Dykes

> News is something someone wants to suppress, everything else is

> advertising.

> - Lord Northcliffe, publisher of the Daily Mail

>

[Guest Al Dykes]

Re: 450MB for ".NET" runtimes?????

 

In article <#tSSVIEkIHA.2396@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>, JS <@> wrote:

>Are you sure you have 'Runtimes' and not the developer edition which is much

>larger.

>My .Net 2 SP1 is only 66MB.

>

>JS

 

 

Is that for the downloadable distro file or for the size as installed?

 

I searched Microsoft.com and found a version that downloaded 66MB..

 

 

Is there an "offical link" for .NET downloads?

 

How can I tell if my machine has the SDK or the RT installed?

 

 

--

Al Dykes

News is something someone wants to suppress, everything else is advertising.

- Lord Northcliffe, publisher of the Daily Mail

[Guest Al Dykes]

Re: 450MB for ".NET" runtimes?????

 

In article <bGSGj.90259$cQ1.47172@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>,

Craig <wpyr@invalid.us> wrote:

>

>"Al Dykes" wrote...

>

>> Control Panel Add/Remove Applications says I have two big apps on my PC:

>> .NET Framework 2.0 SP1 (185MB)

>> .NET Framework 3.0 SP1 (245MB)

>>

>> Is this really just 245MB with a confusing report or is it really a

>> total of 430MB? Wow.

>>

>> I didn't need any .NET until recently when I installed two small-ish

>> open source apps; CDBurnerXP Pro 3 and Filezilla (ftp).

>>

>>

>> Can I uninstall 3.0 and see if these apps work with 2.0?

>>

>> Can I uninstall e 2.0 and get 185MB back?

>>

>> This is an old laptop that needs the disk space.

>>

>> Thanks

>

> If you have .NET 2 and 3, then the updates will be the whopping 430MB.

>

> As I understand it, programs designed to require a .NET Framework are

>designed specifically designed for one .NET. If your programs require just

>version 2 or just 3, then you can remove one you don't need. If your

>CDBurner and Filezilla require different .NETs, you'd need to keep both.

>

> If you delete one or both .NETs that are required, your software won't

>work. With luck, you should be able to check the docs for CDBurner and

>Filezilla and see which .NET they require. Don't delete a needed .NET.

 

 

 

Thanks, everyone.

 

Uninstalling .NET appears to be a mess. Is there a hot tip for how to

do it?

 

I'll uninstall the two apps that I believe uses it, first. Is there

any way to see if there are any others?

 

 

--

Al Dykes

News is something someone wants to suppress, everything else is advertising.

- Lord Northcliffe, publisher of the Daily Mail

[Guest JS]

Re: 450MB for ".NET" runtimes?????

 

That's 66MB for the installed size.

The download file is named NetFx20SP1_x86.exe (23.6MB)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=79bc3b77-e02c-4ad3-aacf-a7633f706ba5&DisplayLang=en

 

For developers .Net is identified by the letters 'SDK':

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=FE6F2099-B7B4-4F47-A244-C96D69C35DEC&displaylang=en

 

Note the difference in the file download size (354MB) vs (23.6MB)

 

JS

 

 

"Al Dykes" <adykes@panix.com> wrote in message

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> In article <#tSSVIEkIHA.2396@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>, JS <@> wrote:

>>Are you sure you have 'Runtimes' and not the developer edition which is

>>much

>>larger.

>>My .Net 2 SP1 is only 66MB.

>>

>>JS

>

>

> Is that for the downloadable distro file or for the size as installed?

>

> I searched Microsoft.com and found a version that downloaded 66MB..

>

>

> Is there an "offical link" for .NET downloads?

>

> How can I tell if my machine has the SDK or the RT installed?

>

>

> --

> Al Dykes

> News is something someone wants to suppress, everything else is

> advertising.

> - Lord Northcliffe, publisher of the Daily Mail

>