VB.Net Application Installation

[arithmetica]

Hey all,
I've been creating a small application and now I'm going to make a setup file for it. And I started doing this using Installshield. Here's a prtscreen of where I'm stuck:


Since I've developed my Application in .Net, I don't know whether it can be installed on earlier versions of Windows such as Windows 98.

Should I uncheck some options?

[chris128]

30 seconds on google =

Supported Operating Systems

To install .NET Framework 2.0, you must have one of the following operating systems:
x86 32-bit based systems

Microsoft Windows 98
Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional with SP4
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server with SP4
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server with SP4
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server with SP4
Microsoft Windows XP Professional with SP2
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition with SP2
Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2002 with SP2
Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 with SP2
Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition with SP2
Microsoft Windows XP Starter Edition
Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition

So basically, everything apart from Windows 95. Newer versions of .NET Framework (ie 3.0, 3.5 or 4.0) might require different Operating Systems but as you have not indicated which version of .NET you are talking about I'll just assume its 2.0

[arithmetica]

Well, I made sure I googled it previously...
Just wanted to make sure I'm right. How about Windows 7 or Vista?
(I mean, if .Net 3 or higher is used, it can be installed on Windows Vista or 7?)
Btw, My application is created under .Net framework 2.

[chris128]

.NET 3.0 is already installed in Vista by default and I think 3.5 is installed in Windows 7 by default

However, that does not mean your application will work perfectly on Vista and 7 - if you are doing anything like trying to write to protected areas (Program Files directory for example) then you may find your application will not work as expected on Vista/7.

[arithmetica]

Thanks for the clarification but...
Do you know whether .Net framework NECESSARILY needs to be installed on the target platform in order to
be able to run my application?
(Because I just tried the setup file on the two other windows platforms (without .Net installed on them) and my application was successfully installed on both!) I really have no idea about that!

[GaryMazzone]

If you are depolying a .Net application (anthing made in VS 2002 and newer) the Framework must be deployed.....

VS 2002 needs 1.0
VS 2003 needs 1.1
VS 2005 needs 2.0
VS 2008 can be 2.0,3.0 or 3.5
VS 2010 can be 2.0,3.0,3.5 or 4.0

But the framwork must be on the target computer to allow the app to run

[chris128]

(Because I just tried the setup file on the two other windows platforms (without .Net installed on them) and my application was successfully installed on both!) I really have no idea about that!

It may have been successfully installed but does it actually run when you try and launch the program once it is installed? If it does then the computer must have the required version of .NET Framework installed already, there is no possible way for a .NET program to run without the .NET Framework installed.