Hi, im using vbexpress edition and before im using clickonce as my deployment tool before but im having problem with registering ocx so i shifted to inno setup w/c resolves almost my problem with clickonce. I've found this thread http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=360427 on how to create a setup with .net framework. I tried the code under this thread but the problem is,, the Checking for .NET Framework is too slow! Is there a way to fasten this process?? And any idea to put the installation .net framework as a PRE-INSTALLATION NOT Post-Installation??? tnx a lot! more power to vbforums!