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Mailbag: How can I reset Windows Update if it tells me I need an update that...
Question:I recently received a .NET Framework update from Windows Update. It installed successfully, but Windows Update continues to offer this update to my computer afterwards. How can I get Windows...
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Mailbag: Do I need still need older versions of the .NET Framework on my...
Note: This is an updated version of a previous mailbag entry that I posted before the .NET Framework 4 shipped.Question:I recently installed the .NET Framework 4 on my system. Afterwards, I looked in...
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Mailbag: How to fix an error message that tells me to install the .NET...
Question:I am running Windows 7, and every time I restart the computer, an error message appears that tells me that I need to install the .NET Framework 2.0. When I try to download and install the...
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Mailbag: Does my application need to install the .NET Framework 4 on Windows...
Question:I have an application that requires the .NET Framework 4. The application supports running on Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, which both include the .NET Framework 4.5 as a part of the...
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Mailbag: How can I revert shared files to older versions when uninstalling...
Question:I have 2 versions of my MSI, and each version installs some files to a shared location. After installing version 1 of my MSI, then version 2 of my MSI, the shared files are updated to version...
View Article.NET Framework setup verification tool, cleanup tool and detection sample...
I have posted updated versions of the .NET Framework setup verification tool, the .NET Framework cleanup tool, and the sample code to detect .NET Framework install states that support detecting,...
View ArticleBing Developer Assistant now available on Visual Studio Gallery
A colleague told me about a recently released plug-in for Visual Studio 2012 and Visual Studio 2013 called the Bing Developer Assistant, and I wanted to post download links here to help people find it....
View ArticleHow to work around a possible XNA Game Studio setup failure on Windows 10...
A while back, I wrote about an application compatibility issue that can cause the Windows Phone SDK and XNA Game Studio to fail to install on Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. Recently, I heard from a...
View ArticleBlog post about silent repair and uninstall has been updated to include...
I was recently asked a question about how to silently repair and uninstall the .NET Framework 4.5.2. I couldn’t find these command lines documented anywhere else, so I updated my blog post that...
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Question: I have 2 versions of my MSI, and each version installs some files to a shared location. After installing version 1 of my MSI, then version 2 of my MSI, the shared files are updated to...
View ArticleA couple of notes about .NET Framework 4.6 setup behaviors
I have gotten a couple of questions from customers recently about the behavior of .NET Framework 4.6 setup, so I wanted to post some additional details about how it behaves behind the scenes. The .NET...
View Article.NET Framework setup verification tool, cleanup tool and detection sample...
I have posted updated versions of the .NET Framework setup verification tool, the .NET Framework cleanup tool, and the sample code to detect .NET Framework install states that support detecting,...
View ArticleWhy Windows Installer removes files during a major upgrade if they go...
Recently, I investigated an issue where some files were missing from a user’s PC after installing version 1 of a product and then upgrading to version 2 of the product. I wanted to write about how we...
View Article.NET Framework setup verification tool, cleanup tool and detection sample...
I have posted updated versions of the .NET Framework setup verification tool, the .NET Framework cleanup tool, and the sample code to detect .NET Framework install states that support detecting,...
View ArticleMailbag: How to revert to older versions of the .NET Framework 4 family
Question: I recently installed the .NET Framework 4.6.1 but ran into a compatibility issue with an application that I’m trying to use. How do I revert back to the .NET Framework 4.5 on my PC? Answer:...
View ArticleUWP apps on Xbox One developer preview now available
As announced earlier today at the Build 2016 conference, a developer preview is now available that allows you to use the newly released Visual Studio 2015 Update 2 to build, deploy and debug Universal...
View ArticleNew Channel 9 video about Xbox One dev kit mode
A couple of months ago, we announced a UWP Apps on Xbox One developer preview that allows anyone to convert their retail Xbox One to developer mode and deploy and debug UWP apps on them. Yesterday, a...
View ArticleJune 2016 Developer Preview for UWP on Xbox One is now available
A new developer preview build is now available for UWP on Xbox One. Here are some links with information about what is new and changed in this build as well as some key known issue: Forum post...
View ArticleNotes about the UWP on Xbox One program and the Xbox Summer Update
As previously reported by Xbox Wire and Major Nelson, the Xbox One Summer Update has been released. If you have a console that was enrolled in the UWP on Xbox One program prior to the release of the...
View ArticleApp Dev on Xbox online event coming next week
The Windows Apps Team announced an App Dev on Xbox online event on August 30, 2016 (a week from today!) and I wanted to post a link here as well in case you missed it. Here are introductory links:...
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