question about .NET Framework 2.0

[NuclearNed]

I noticed that after installing .NET Framework 2.0, prior versions of the framework are still installed on my pc. Is there any good reason to leave them there? I would like to uninstall them if it won't cause any problems.

 

[Schadenfroh]

I uninstalled them before installing 2.0.

 

[NuclearNed]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
I uninstalled them before installing 2.0.

Uninstalling them now shouldn't screw up 2.0, should it?

 

[Crono]

Originally posted by: NuclearNed

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
I uninstalled them before installing 2.0.

Uninstalling them now shouldn't screw up 2.0, should it?

Nope. A few programs are dependent on the old framework (like MeGUI) though.

 

[kamper]

Doesn't 2.0 provide backwards compatibility to 1.x?

 

[NuclearNed]

Originally posted by: kamper
Doesn't 2.0 provide backwards compatibility to 1.x?

I really thought so. As a .NET programmer, I know it really depends on whether or not a .NET application's software engineer wrote their code using accepted standards and practices. In other words, if they wrote their code in a "generic" manner, then it should be backwards compatible. However, there are ways (i.e. bad methodology) to force a program to look for a specific version of the .NET framework.

 

[kamper]

Originally posted by: NuclearNed

Originally posted by: kamper
Doesn't 2.0 provide backwards compatibility to 1.x?

I really thought so. As a .NET programmer, I know it really depends on whether or not a .NET application's software engineer wrote their code using accepted standards and practices. In other words, if they wrote their code in a "generic" manner, then it should be backwards compatible. However, there are ways (i.e. bad methodology) to force a program to look for a specific version of the .NET framework.

We've got the same problem in java, except compounded with the problem of vms from multiple vendors. Such developers should be taken out back and shot. :evil:

 

[xtknight]

Some programs insist you have the 1.1 framework remain installed. I could not install a certain app (can't remember which). It demanded the 1.1 version. What a stupid piece of crap, it probably worked fine with 2.0 too, but since their brain is the size of a pea they use if version=1.1 instead of version>=1.1, stupid bastards. /rant

 

[Mojonba]

Microsoft's own utilities like the Synctoy and the Flash Manager don't install with the 2.0 only. They require 1.1 at the time of installation. So there goes backward compatibility.

 

[rek075]

2.0 is not backwards compatible. They started from scratch on this one. I believe it was the same from 1.0 to 1.1.