For Windows 7 "installation" use: ocsetup NetFx3 .Net 3.51 is included in the build and rather than having to manually activate it, use ocsetup either as a pre-installation task in your deploy… Read More

DotNet 3.5 installation: dotnetfx35.exe /PASSIVE /NORESTART Quiet 3.5 installation: dotnetfx35.exe /Q /NORESTART Check out my .NET 3.5 and .NET 3.5 sp1 packaging/distribution guide in the n… Read More

.NET 3.5 and .NET 3.5 sp1 packaging/distribution guide. Micro$oft Admin Deployment Guide .NET 3.5 http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc160717.aspx I personally needed to slim down the 2… Read More

Deployment of Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 x86 using Active Directory. Microsoft Windows Installer 3.1 must already be deployed. 1. Download dotnetfx35.exe from http://download.microsoft.… Read More

After the install, you may see 'mscorsvw.exe' compiling stuff in the background. To display info: ngen.exe display To compile everything: ngen.exe executequeueditems Read More

.Net 3.5 SP1 plus the .Net family updates, deleting the huge file at the end: start /wait dotnetfx35.exe /passive /norestart start /wait NDP20SP2-KB958481-x86.exe /passive /norestar… Read More

Minimal setup: dotnetfx3setup.exe /qb Do not use "!" Read More

App-V 4.5 now supports V3.5 RTM but not V3.5 SP1. Here is the current information for sequencing and .NET. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/959524 Read More

The batch file above is cool but it took a while to make it work. Here is my moded working version. Bruce@ScriptingIT.com @Echo Off set WORKFOLDER=c:\netfx35_deploy set dotNetFX35build=%WORK… Read More

Here's how to install the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1: 1. Download dotnetfx35.exe (the full installer) from Microsoft. This version covers three processor architectures (x86, x64 and IA64) but only… Read More

Download dotnetfx35.exe to c:\netfx35_deploy\dotnetfx35.exe Run following batch file to extract and create AIP @Echo Off set WORKFOLDER=c:\netfx35_deploy set dotNetFX35build=%WORKFOLDER%\dot… Read More

If you try to launch the .NET 3.0 MSI directly (vs_setup.msi), it will abort and give you a "must install from Setup.exe" error. I would recommend either: a) using a Transform and deleting the… Read More

If you try to launch the .NET 3.0 MSI directly (vs_setup.msi), it will abort and give you a "must install from Setup.exe" error. I would recommend either: a) using a Transform and deleting the… Read More

The resolution to my ticket that I recieved from Microsoft: My name is Ravi and I am the Technical Lead for the Visual Studio Setup and Deployment team at Microsoft Support. This is regarding … Read More