[RESOLVED] .NET 4.0 Redistributable

[chris128]

Can anyone find a link for the FULL .NET 4 installs? i.e. not just the 800kb web installers. I'm looking for the full downloads for the .NET 4.0 Client Profile and also for the full .NET 4.0 Framework but google and microsoft's download search dont seem to find anything other than the BETA and RC versions

[JuggaloBrotha]

MSDN Subscriptions have the entire 48MB FW for download, I don't know about anywhere else though

[chris128]

Ah right, it must be available somewhere publicly surely... bit naff having Visual Studio 2010 available for public download if we cant distribute the new framework easily to our users

[JuggaloBrotha]

Well I found this using the search on ms.com: Stand-Alone Redistributable Packages

But it looks like the pages it links to aren't created yet...

[chris128]

Ah thanks for the link, guess I'll just have to keep trying the links to the files until MS actually get them working..

[baja_yu]

One question. Would my application require .Net Framework based on the system it's being installed on or based on which it was compiled on, in regards to 32bit/64bit (x86/x64) versions of .Net.

[JuggaloBrotha]

One question. Would my application require .Net Framework based on the system it's being installed on or based on which it was compiled on, in regards to 32bit/64bit (x86/x64) versions of .Net.

If your .Net project(s) is/are set to compile for Any CPU (the default) or x86 (32 Bit only) then it doesn't matter if it's running on an x64 system or not. If it's set to compile for x64 (64 Bit only) then the computer running it needs to be 64 Bit (I don't know if it has to be compiled on a 64 Bit comp too or not)

[baja_yu]

Thanks for the info.

[chris128]

Yeah it does have to be compiled on a 64 bit computer as you dont get the option to change the target CPU architecture if you open the project on a 32 bit system

[baja_yu]

What about a 64bit computer (CPU) running 32bit Windows. Would that combination work?

[RobDog888]

What about a 64bit computer (CPU) running 32bit Windows. Would that combination work?

Good question. Thats the current temp setup Im running at home.

[JuggaloBrotha]

What about a 64bit computer (CPU) running 32bit Windows. Would that combination work?

If the OS is 32 Bit then the whole system is capable of 32 Bit only.

You need to have a 64 Bit OS (which means a 64 Bit CPU too) to have any kind of 64 Bit software capability.

So 32 Bit Windows can't do 64 Bit at all.

You can dual boot a 32 Bit OS and a 64 Bit OS on the same computer, but only the 64 Bit one can do anything 64 Bit.

[baja_yu]

Again, thanks for the info

I never tried a 64 bit system even though I had 64bit CPUs for years now. Not sure why. I mostly worried about driver support (in the beginning), and later the absence of 64bit versions of software which I used so I failed to see the benefit (running mostly 32bit software on a 64bit OS).

I currently have a dual boot XP and 7 on my development desktop but both are 32 bit.

[JuggaloBrotha]

If you get a chance, get a copy of Win7 x64 and try it out. I was using 32 Bit XP until last September, now I'm Win7 x64 on both computers here, the 3rd comp is still XP only cause it's a 32 Bit single core 1.1 GHz slow piece of sh....

[JuggaloBrotha]

Here' where the Full 48MB Framework can be downloaded from: Microsoft .NET Framework 4 (Standalone Installer)

[chris128]

Here' where the Full 48MB Framework can be downloaded from: Microsoft .NET Framework 4 (Standalone Installer)

Thanks a lot (for the answer and for getting this thread back on track!)