control panel reflects few versions of same programme

[Guest Menikos]

Hello

 

I installed the microsoft.net framework 2.0 service pack 1 (185MB) and

upgraded to 3.0 service pack 1 (245MB) and then to 3.5 (25MB) and they all

appear in the Control Panel.

 

Does this mean the actual size of this programme in my pc is the sum total

of all 3? If so, can I safely remove the earlier 2 versions and still have

the full function of the 3.5 with just 25MB? Or is there a better of doing

this?

 

I have another programme I want to remove from the PC which I cannot Remove;

the error message is - an installation support file could not be installed.

The system cannot find the file specified. I have already removed this

programme from the Program Files. How can I remove it from the CP?

 

I have XP SP2.Thks.

 

Menk

[Guest Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM]

Re: control panel reflects few versions of same programme

 

"Menikos" <menikos88@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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> Hello

>

> I installed the microsoft.net framework 2.0 service pack 1 (185MB) and

> upgraded to 3.0 service pack 1 (245MB) and then to 3.5 (25MB) and they all

> appear in the Control Panel.

>

> Does this mean the actual size of this programme in my pc is the sum total

> of all 3? If so, can I safely remove the earlier 2 versions and still have

> the full function of the 3.5 with just 25MB? Or is there a better of doing

> this?

>

> I have another programme I want to remove from the PC which I cannot

> Remove; the error message is - an installation support file could not be

> installed. The system cannot find the file specified. I have already

> removed this programme from the Program Files. How can I remove it from

> the CP?

>

> I have XP SP2.Thks.

>

> Menk

>

 

They are all different. If you have a program that requires 2.0 and you

remove 2.0 because you have 3.5, then the program will no longer work.

 

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[Guest Terry R.]

Re: control panel reflects few versions of same programme

 

The date and time was 6/5/2008 6:56 AM, and on a whim, Menikos pounded

out on the keyboard:

> Hello

>

> I installed the microsoft.net framework 2.0 service pack 1 (185MB) and

> upgraded to 3.0 service pack 1 (245MB) and then to 3.5 (25MB) and they all

> appear in the Control Panel.

>

> Does this mean the actual size of this programme in my pc is the sum total

> of all 3? If so, can I safely remove the earlier 2 versions and still have

> the full function of the 3.5 with just 25MB? Or is there a better of doing

> this?

>

> I have another programme I want to remove from the PC which I cannot Remove;

> the error message is - an installation support file could not be installed.

> The system cannot find the file specified. I have already removed this

> programme from the Program Files. How can I remove it from the CP?

>

> I have XP SP2.Thks.

>

> Menk

>

>

 

Hi Menk,

 

If you removed the program from the Program Files, then the required

files needed to uninstall may be missing now. I would reinstall the

program and then remove it from Add/Remove Programs. If you no longer

have the program, you can remove the entry using the registry (last

resort), but by not uninstalling it properly, you have possibly left

remnants of the program files and registry entries on your hard drive.

 

You other question was answered so no need to expound on that further.

 

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[Guest Ken Blake, MVP]

Re: control panel reflects few versions of same programme

 

On Thu, 5 Jun 2008 21:56:07 +0800, "Menikos" <menikos88@hotmail.com>

wrote:

> Hello

>

> I installed the microsoft.net framework 2.0 service pack 1 (185MB) and

> upgraded to 3.0 service pack 1 (245MB) and then to 3.5 (25MB) and they all

> appear in the Control Panel.

>

> Does this mean the actual size of this programme in my pc is the sum total

> of all 3?

 

 

No.

 

> If so, can I safely remove the earlier 2 versions and still have

> the full function of the 3.5 with just 25MB?

 

 

No. In general, a newer version of the .net framework doesn't replace

an earlier one, and you need the specific version for any particular

version.

 

> Or is there a better of doing this?

 

 

There is no "this" that needs doing. You are talking about under .5GB

of disk space. Half a billion may sound like a lot, but to put it into

perspective, in these days when you can buy a 160GB drive for under

$50 US, .5GB is about 15 cents worth of disk space.

 

 

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[Guest Menikos]

Re: control panel reflects few versions of same programme

 

Hi Ken

 

Thanks for the response.

>

> There is no "this" that needs doing. You are talking about under .5GB

> of disk space. Half a billion may sound like a lot, but to put it into

> perspective, in these days when you can buy a 160GB drive for under

> $50 US, .5GB is about 15 cents worth of disk space.

 

Well, you are assuming everyone has $160 to spend with but when you only

have $25 to start with and left only $5 to hang on to for the next few

summers, you would tend to be a bit more careful with your cents, don't you

think? Or face starvation. I'm on lean time, man, before I get the new

super-turbo...(big smile)

[Guest Menikos]

Re: control panel reflects few versions of same programme

 

Hi Terry

 

Sorry to have to pound my keyboard, again, on this matter. BTW, thanks for

your respond but couldn't you have added the path where to locate the entry

or is that path too convoluted?

 

 

"Terry R." <F1Com@NOSPAMpobox.com> wrote in message

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>

> Hi Menk,

>

> If you removed the program from the Program Files, then the required files

> needed to uninstall may be missing now. I would reinstall the program and

> then remove it from Add/Remove Programs. If you no longer have the

> program, you can remove the entry using the registry (last resort), but by

> not uninstalling it properly, you have possibly left remnants of the

> program files and registry entries on your hard drive.

>

> You other question was answered so no need to expound on that further.

>

> --

> Terry R.

>

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[Guest Menikos]

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Ah, I see. Thanks for the info Frank, I've learned something new.

 

"Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM" <franksaunders@mvps.org> wrote in message

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> "Menikos" <menikos88@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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>> Hello

>>

>> I installed the microsoft.net framework 2.0 service pack 1 (185MB) and

>> upgraded to 3.0 service pack 1 (245MB) and then to 3.5 (25MB) and they

>> all appear in the Control Panel.

>>

>> Does this mean the actual size of this programme in my pc is the sum

>> total of all 3? If so, can I safely remove the earlier 2 versions and

>> still have the full function of the 3.5 with just 25MB? Or is there a

>> better of doing this?

>>

>> I have another programme I want to remove from the PC which I cannot

>> Remove; the error message is - an installation support file could not be

>> installed. The system cannot find the file specified. I have already

>> removed this programme from the Program Files. How can I remove it from

>> the CP?

>>

>> I have XP SP2.Thks.

>>

>> Menk

>>

>

> They are all different. If you have a program that requires 2.0 and you

> remove 2.0 because you have 3.5, then the program will no longer work.

>

> --

> Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM

> Do not reply with email

[Guest Terry R.]

Re: control panel reflects few versions of same programme

 

The date and time was 6/5/2008 8:15 PM, and on a whim, Menikos pounded

out on the keyboard:

> Hi Terry

>

> Sorry to have to pound my keyboard, again, on this matter. BTW, thanks for

> your respond but couldn't you have added the path where to locate the entry

> or is that path too convoluted?

>

>

> "Terry R." <F1Com@NOSPAMpobox.com> wrote in message

> news:uOxmJFyxIHA.5620@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>> Hi Menk,

>>

>> If you removed the program from the Program Files, then the required files

>> needed to uninstall may be missing now. I would reinstall the program and

>> then remove it from Add/Remove Programs. If you no longer have the

>> program, you can remove the entry using the registry (last resort), but by

>> not uninstalling it properly, you have possibly left remnants of the

>> program files and registry entries on your hard drive.

>>

>> You other question was answered so no need to expound on that further.

>>

>

>

 

Mainly because the best resolve is to uninstall the program properly,

which means you should reinstall the program and THEN uninstall it.

 

Just removing the entry from the Control Panel is the least of the

issue. But if that's all you want to do, let me know.

 

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