We have successfully used the .net framework cleanup tool. Just do a google search on this term and you should find it. It's free.
Terri [email protected] said the following on 11/30/2009 1:49 PM: > > Greetings! > > A user was having problems with a suite of apps based on .NET 3.0. > The company's support said to try uninstalling not only their > applications but all of .NET as well. Unfortunately, the .NET has > claws far larger than they need be... > > Control panel Add/Remove will not remove all versions (we've had 1.1 > and 3.5, the latter which "adds" .NET 2.0 and .NET 3.0). The Windows > Install Cleanup tool also will not remove it. After using those two > methods, .NET 3.0 or .NET 3.5 installs claimed either a "newer > version" was already installed, or the installer would simply disply > "Installation failed". (This offered no more information that I could > find.) > > Then I went stupid... I did a seek-and-destroy mission through the > file system and the registry. .NET still would not install (I got > messages implying that it was already there and running). > > FORTUNATELY, there was a System Restore Point from yesterday... > > How to I clean that crap off so a clean install of .NET 3.5 SP1 can be > installed? (I found one Tech Net article. Nothing there - files to > delete, registry values to delete, etc were not there after the > stupidity attack.) > > Thanks! > -- > Richard D. McClary > Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group > > *ASPCA^® * > 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 > Urbana, IL 61802 > > [email protected] > > P: 217-337-9761 > C: 217-417-1182 > F: 217-337-9761 > _www.aspca.org_ <http://www.aspca.org/> > > > The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, > is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to > Animals^® (ASPCA^® ) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) > named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential > information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you > are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or > use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is > strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please > immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the > original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
