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When .NET 4.5 is installed it effectively replaces .NET 4.0 on the machine. .NET 4.0 gets overwritten by a new version of .NET 4.5 which - according to Microsoft - is supposed to be 100% backwards compatible. <br />
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<a href="http://weblog.west-wind.com/posts/2012/Mar/13/NET-45-is-an-inplace-replacement-for-NET-40" rel="ugc">http://weblog.west-wind.com/posts/2012/Mar/13/NET-45-is-an-inplace-replacement-for-NET-40</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.hanselman.com/blog/NETVersioningAndMultiTargetingNET45IsAnInplaceUpgradeToNET40.aspx" rel="ugc">http://www.hanselman.com/blog/NETVersioningAndMultiTargetingNET45IsAnInplaceUpgradeToNET40.aspx</a><br />
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Oh, BTW....the latest version is 4.5.2.
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When .NET 4.5 is installed it effectively replaces .NET 4.0 on the machine. .NET 4.0 gets overwritten by a new version of .NET 4.5 which - according to Microsoft - is supposed to be 100% backwards compatible.

http://weblog.west-wind.com/posts/2012/Mar/13/NET-45-is-an-inplace-replacement-for-NET-40 [http://weblog.west-wind.com/posts/2012/Mar/13/NET-45-is-an-inplace-replacement-for-NET-40]

http://www.hanselman.com/blog/NETVersioningAndMultiTargetingNET45IsAnInplaceUpgradeToNET40.aspx [http://www.hanselman.com/blog/NETVersioningAndMultiTargetingNET45IsAnInplaceUpgradeToNET40.aspx]

Oh, BTW....the latest version is 4.5.2.

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@LuckyLucks - Thanks and I was happy to help.
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@LuckyLucks - Thanks and I was happy to help.

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Hi,<br />
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&nbsp;I would like to download the .NET 4 Full framework..so far the articles I have read are a bit confusing. Also does the framework 4.5.1 really contain the .NET 4.0 Full framework?<br />
I am on Windows 7.<br />
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Thanks
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Hi,

 I would like to download the .NET 4 Full framework..so far the articles I have read are a bit confusing. Also does the framework 4.5.1 really contain the .NET 4.0 Full framework?
I am on Windows 7.


Thanks

Downloading .NET Framework 4 Full

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