Program Installation problem

25 Jul 2006 2:31 PM

Norm

Hi,
I downloaded the SyncToy program from the Microsoft site and am trying to
install it. It says that it requires .Net Framework v 1.1.4322. It directed
me to the MS site which shows that the latest version of .Net Framework is
2.0. So I downloaded that (I'm on a dialup line and that took about 1 hr). I
installed v2.0. However the SyncToy program still wants v 1.1.4322???

Are the versions downward compatible?
Do you have to install a special version of the Framework for every program???

Is the some way to tell the install program for SyncToy (setup.msi) that I
have a current version of .Net Framework?
Or do I have to install multiple versions of the Framework???

Norm

25 Jul 2006 2:48 PM

pvdg42

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"Norm" <N***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E1160EE8-02D1-4D94-93E3-E00D7899C49F@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> I downloaded the SyncToy program from the Microsoft site and am trying to
> install it. It says that it requires .Net Framework v 1.1.4322. It
> directed
> me to the MS site which shows that the latest version of .Net Framework is
> 2.0. So I downloaded that (I'm on a dialup line and that took about 1 hr).
> I
> installed v2.0. However the SyncToy program still wants v 1.1.4322???
>
> Are the versions downward compatible?
> Do you have to install a special version of the Framework for every
> program???
>
> Is the some way to tell the install program for SyncToy (setup.msi) that I
> have a current version of .Net Framework?
> Or do I have to install multiple versions of the Framework???
>
> Norm

Do you have the URL where your download came from? I cannot find it in MSDN
Downloads (doesn't mean it's not there).
If it's an older program, the installer may not be v2.0-aware.
Brute force answer: download and install:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=262D25E3-F589-4842-8157-034D1E7CF3A3&displaylang=en

8 Sep 2006 2:43 PM

Joe

Hi Norm,

I ran into this problem before. The answer is that SyncToy is not written
for .NET 2.0; it requires 1.1. So, you will have to install both until the
Developers update SyncToy to the 2.0 Framework.

To get the older Framework, you'll need the redistributable package:
http://tinyurl.com/4y9vv.

Hope this helps.