> Hello marcus,
>
> More likely that bug somewhere into system, smth was set wrong or like that.
> Because 1.1-2.0 convertion was taken hunded of time without smth similiar.
>
> m> Hi,
> m> I converted my .Net1.1 application (written in VS2003) to a .Net2.0
> m> application. I let VS2005 do the job as it suggested when trying to
> m> load my VS2003 project in VS2005.
> m> I then included the output exe from this project into my VS2005 setup
> m> project. I used it as a custom action.
> m>
> m> I then built the whole thing and installed it.
> m>
> m> When logging off Windows and logging in again, the application was
> m> about to start automatically (as supposed, since I had added a entry
> m> at
> m> the correct place in the register - pointing to my application)
> m> I got an error message claiming I needed .Net 2.0 for this
> m> application.
> m> I already got .Net 2.0 installed though.
> m> Out of curiosity I opened the add/remove programs window and there it
> m> was, just like I thought. I also tried looking in the Windows folder
> m> at which dotnet runtimes I got. When clicking on that folder I was
> m> told I did not have enough authority to open the folder (despite me
> m> being an Windows administrator).
> m>
> m> I then Went back to the add/remove programs window and was about to
> m> repair the .Net2.0 redistributable. It then claimed here as well that
> m> I did not have the .Net 2.0 installed, I also got a question kind of
> m> like "would you also like to remove this entry in this list". I
> m> choose yes.
> m>
> m> After this I could not see anything on my primary drive in Windows
> m> explorer, it just searches for ever. I tried shutting down Windows -
> m> that did not work either (it hung on the "Shutting down Windows"
> m> text, so I pushed my reset button. Windows asked if I wanted to start
> m> with the latest saved configuration, I choose yes, but Windows is
> m> still the same.
> m>
> m> I tried uninstalling my application, and the uninstall starts but
> m> before it ends it pops up an error message saying something like
> m> "error installutillib.dll", and terminates the uninstall action
> m> (undo's it)
> m>
> m> What has happened here, if it is not a virus doing this, then there
> m> must be a severe bug somewhere in .Net 2.0 redistributable or in
> m> VS2003 -> VS2005 conversion.
> m>
> ---
> WBR,
> Michael  Nemtsev :: blog: http://spaces.live.com/laflour
>
> "At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not
> cease to be insipid." (c) Friedrich Nietzsche