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Need to reinstall .Net Framework 2.0?

Will reinstalling .Net Framework break the applications that are dependent upon it? We have a web server that has some apps that use .Net Framework version 1, some apps that are using version 2.
And, versions 3 and 3.5 or installed. There are .Asp error msgs in the Event logs apps using version 2. Googling suggests that .Net 2 may be corrupted and should be reinstalled.

I seem to remember there being some patches out for .Net 2 also, would I need to reboot after installing .Net 2 and after installing the patches if there are any?

naspinski

Reinstalling should not matter at all. Programs will not be affected by it (possibly during the actual install?) at all.

Westez

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There won't be any apps running during the install of .Net. So if I understand you correctly the .Net reinstall won't break anything.

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naspinski

uninstall should be unnecessary, just running the framework over the top will allow you to enter repair mode.

Westez

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Sorry guys this goes back aways now. When I reinstalled .Net 2, I was prompted to remove the previous version. It also changed the ASP.Net setting back to version 1. I had to go into IIS Manager, the individual sites and change them back to version 2. We did have to recompile a few of the Asp apps.

So if you are going to reinstall .Net check and see what sites are running what version of ASP.Net before you do so.
IIS Manager -> www.somesite.org -> Properties -> ASP.Net tab -> ASP.Net Version.