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This “.NET family” information is from the perspective of those who use software that runs under .NET platform or .NET Framework platform. Applications developed under these platforms must also include the associated modules on your computer system. Although documentation may include server versions, I haven’t included server versions here.

.NET family, for our uses, comes in two flavors:

• .NET Framework
Windows 7
Windows 8.1
Windows 10
Windows 11

• .NET
Windows 10
Windows 11

.NET Framework Information

Downloads are here:
https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet-framework

For each .NET Framework version, there’s information on default or optional installation here:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/migration-guide/versions-and-dependencies

To see what .NET Framework are on your system:
• https://github.com/jmalarcon/DotNetVersions
• Download and extract v.1.0.0 (latest) shown on right-hand side
• Double left-click DotNetVersions.exe to view information

.NET Information

Downloads are here:
https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet

To see what .NET runtime versions are installed on your computer:
∙ Open an administrator command prompt
∙ Type:

dotnet --list-runtimes

References:
https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/dotnet/what-is-dotnet-framework
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/install/how-to-detect-installed-versions?pivots=os-windows
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/migration-guide/how-to-determine-which-versions-are-installed

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Note regarding this:

This command only works if a .net runtime is installed. If you don’t have one of these versions installed, it won’t report anything back.

To see what .NET runtime versions are installed on your computer:
∙ Open an administrator command prompt
∙ Type:

dotnet --list-runtimes

Susan Bradley Patch Lady

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Shalom Susan Bradley,
I followed the above and here is the result(s):

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19044.1645]
(c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>dotnet –list-runtimes
Microsoft.NETCore.App 3.1.19 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 3.1.24 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 6.0.4 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 3.1.24 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]
Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 6.0.3 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]
Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 6.0.4 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]

C:\WINDOWS\system32>

Do I need to keep the 3.1.19 and 3.1.24. versions?
If not, can I just delete them or is there some kind of uninstall to be applied?

yours,
Yaakov Laks
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(A long time Plus subscriber)

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Those are .NET runtime.

In general, don’t delete earlier versions of .NET Framework or .NET. They are used to run programs on your computer. Your programs that were built under these platforms, need .NET Framework versions or .NET versions to run.

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.NET is also available for Windows 7 ESU and Windows 8.1

.NET Information

Windows 7 ESU
Windows 8.1
Windows 10
Windows 11

For .NET versions, there’s information on releases here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/install/windows?tabs=net60

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I hate .NET. I think it has been always the one most confusing thing regarding Windows from the time I got my first Windows computer in 1999 up to and including now.

What is ASPNetCore.App, versus .NetCore.App, vs WindowsDesktop.App? I have all three types on this Windows 10 Pro computer.

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If you have .NET Framework, your information looks something like this:

If you have .NET, your information looks something like this:

The latter means that you have .NET version shown here:
https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet

If you have software that was built with the .NET version, you must also have the corresponding runtime files on your system for the application to run.

If you have .NET, you will receive updates for .NET through Windows Update.

———–

.NET and .NET Framework are two different entities.

Please read the Microsoft documentation I have provided.

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If you view your Windows updates, you can see differences between .NET and .NET Framework; each type is clearly defined. I have both .NET and .NET Framework on my system and recent updates show each type. (Bold emphasis is mine,)

2022-04 .NET 6.0.4 Update for x64 Client (KB5013437)

2022-04 Cumulative Update for .NET Framework 3.5 and 4.8 for Windows 11 for x64 (KB5012121)

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sb06794 wrote:

An easier way than through the Registry to find the current .NET version installed uses File Explorer as described here: https://www.windowscentral.com/how-quickly-check-net-framework-version-windows-10 in the “How to check .NET version using File Explorer” section. It’s not GUI but it is easy. Stu

This works well in Win8.1.  Thanks Stu.

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Purg2 wrote:

sb06794 wrote:

An easier way than through the Registry to find the current .NET version installed uses File Explorer as described here: https://www.windowscentral.com/how-quickly-check-net-framework-version-windows-10 in the “How to check .NET version using File Explorer” section. It’s not GUI but it is easy. Stu

This works well in Win8.1.  Thanks Stu.

What you have located is .NET Framework only. I suggest that you read from the top of the article for complete information (including Microsoft documentation) regarding .NET and .NET Framework.

There are many ways to locate .NET Framework.

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geekdom wrote:

If you view your Windows updates, you can see differences between .NET and .NET Framework; each type is clearly defined

Not necessarily.  I manually go to https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/6.0 to get the latest version.  Then if I notice here that other earlier versions of Microsoft .NET framework or framework 64 are available I download and install them.  I don’t let Windows Updates run except for a few moments each morning when I lift the block on it in Winaero Tweaker in order to manually update Windows Defender (I haven’t gotten around to contacting Sergei to ask him why I have to do this on Windows 10 and only beginning with, I think it was, version 1909 or 1903.  On my Windows 8 computer, with Windows Updates also blocked by Winaero Tweaker, Windows Defender is not affected as far as daily auto updating of definitions).

I can’t easily tell what Windows Updates I have on Windows 10 Pro as only the KB number is listed in View Update History and if I click on one to see exactly what update it is, I get taken to Microsoft’s home page…grrrr.  I have no such problems on Windows 8.0 Pro or when I had various machines with XP Pro and I have always kept Windows Updates disabled.  Of course, with each new version of Windows Microsoft makes it ever more difficult for a user to have control of their machine….I dread whenever I eventually buy a new machine with Windows 11.

Microsoft .NET is the the main file in Windows Explorer and within it are two folders Framework and Framework64.

 

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Mele20 wrote:

I can’t easily tell what Windows Updates I have on Windows 10 Pro as only the KB number is listed in View Update History and if I click on one to see exactly what update it is, I get taken to Microsoft’s home page…grrrr.

That’s not normal for Windows 10. I can click any KB in View Update History to get Microsoft’s page with full details.

Windows 10 Pro version 21H2 build 19044.1682 + Microsoft 365 (group ASAP)

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Here is the complete explanation for .NET and .NET Framework:

.NET is a developer platform made up of tools, programming language, and libraries for building many different types of applications.

There are various implementations of .NET. Each implementation allows .NET code to execute in different places—Linux, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android, and many more.

1. .NET Framework is the original implementation of .NET. It supports running websites, services, desktop apps, and more on Windows.
2. .NET is a cross-platform implementation for running websites, services, and console apps on Windows, Linux, and macOS. .NET is open source on GitHub. .NET was previously called .NET Core.

Source:
https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/dotnet/what-is-dotnet-framework

The .NET Framework downloads required for a system are here:
https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet-framework

The .NET downloads required for a system are here:
https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet

.NET and .NET Framework may be under the .NET umbrella, but they are separate entities.

Microsoft didn’t make it easy. .NET is the big guy and .NET and .NET Framework are the little guys. (Couldn’t Microsoft name the .NET little guy .NET Junior?)

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I use WUMgr to view all installed updates.

In Control Panel\Programs\Programs and Features (not WUMgr), .NET modules (not .NET Framework) show as a programs.

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I asked this before but did not get an answer. What if our Win 10 programs do not show any .net program installed?

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Your question was here:
https://www.askwoody.com/forums/topic/drenched-in-patches/#post-2440257

Susan, what does one do if one has no .net framework installed? (Windows 10 Pro 21H2)?

To see what .NET Framework are on your system:
• https://github.com/jmalarcon/DotNetVersions
• Download and extract v.1.0.0 (latest) shown on right-hand side
• Double left-click DotNetVersions.exe to view information

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I don’t know if I got the right program but something called Dotnet gave me this:

Currently installed “classic” .NET Versions in the system:
2.0.50727.4927 Service Pack 2
3.0.30729.4926 Service Pack 2
3.5.30729.4926 Service Pack 1
4.0.0.0
4.8.04084

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I don’t know if I got the right program but something called Dotnet gave me this:

Currently installed “classic” .NET Versions in the system:
2.0.50727.4927 Service Pack 2
3.0.30729.4926 Service Pack 2
3.5.30729.4926 Service Pack 1
4.0.0.0
4.8.04084

Those are your .NET Framework

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Does that mean to do nothing?

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When .NET Framework or .NET updates come your way, you need to install the updates based on Susan Bradley’s patch timetable.

And that is all I know.

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So now that I have identified having various versions of dotnet – including some old ones like 3.1.17

Should I delete them?  How can I do that safely?

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in general, don’t delete earlier versions of .NET Framework or .NET. They are used to run programs on your computer. Your programs that were built under these platforms, need .NET Framework versions or .NET versions to run.

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Shalom (again) Susan Bradley,

1. A big THANK YOU
2. Currently installed “classic” .NET Versions in the system:
   2.0.50727.4927 Service Pack 2
   3.0.30729.4926 Service Pack 2
   3.5.30729.4926 Service Pack 1
   4.0.0.0
   4.8.04084
3. Do I need to down load and install?
4. Can any of those be deleted / uninstalled?

yours,
Yaakov Laks
Arad, Israel

 

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Those are .NET Framework:

in general, don’t delete earlier versions of .NET Framework or .NET. They are used to run programs on your computer. Your programs that were built under these platforms, need .NET Framework versions or .NET versions to run.

You don’t need to download or install those .NET Framework; they are on your computer.

Updates, when they become available, get installed.

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Then what was the purpose of the article explaining that 3.x and soon 5.x will not be supported – if we have to retain them anyway

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Could you please cite the article? There are any number of references to .NET Framework and .NET.

.NET Framework is backward compatible, that is later versions of .NET Framework will run programs built with earlier versions of .NET Framework. In practice, that may not always be the case.

I’ve found no documentation on .NET backward compatibility and I think you are referring to .NET runtimes not .NET Framework.

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I am running Win 10 Home Version 21H1

I got:

Currently installed “classic” .NET Versions in the system:
2.0.50727.4927 Service Pack 2
3.0.30729.4926 Service Pack 2
3.5.30729.4926 Service Pack 1
4.0.0.0
4.8.04084

Do I need tu update?
Do I need to unistall some versio?

Many thanks in advance

Bye

Jorge

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Those are .NET Framework.

in general, don’t uninstall earlier versions of .NET Framework or .NET. They are used to run programs on your computer. Your programs that were built under these platforms, need .NET Framework versions or .NET versions to run.

Updates, when they become available, get installed as per Susan’s Bradley’s instructions.

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geekdom,

Thanks for your valuable help.

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I use Win 10 Home, 21H2 on an ACER laptop that is 1 year old.

Using “DotNetVersions.exe” I get the exact same output as cmar6’s input #2442094. So, I have “classic” .NET version 4.8.04084 as the latest.

I do not get runtimes using Command Prompt and running as Administrator. I get an error message that “dotnet” is not recognized.

There are no references to “.NET” updates in Update History”. When updating I have only seen “.NET Previews” and I never update “Previews”.

Do I have the latest and correct .NET version?
Do I need to obtain further input to find out the runtimes present?
Can someone explain why I do not see any “.NET” listings in Update History?

Thanks,
Gunny

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Yes, you have the latest and do not need to do anything.

The lack of updates is likely to be because they are optional, not security.

cheers, Paul

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