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Dan Davies Brackett
Dan Davies Brackett

Reputation: 10071

How do I ensure my entire team has exactly the same version of the .Net runtime?

My team is writing an ASP.Net webapp in VS2008 targeting .Net3.5 SP1. Some of us have the .Net runtime version 2.0.50727.3082 installed, and others have 2.0.50727.3053. Everyone's Windows Update reports no available updates, even the people with the lower build number, and I wouldn't care at all except that all .designer.cs files include the runtime version in their header, and the differing runtime versions cause spurious changes in source control. Installing the very latest .Net3.5 setup from Microsoft doesn't address the issue - the .3053 version is still installed, even after the runtime is 'repaired'.

In the short term, how do I upgrade from .3053 to .3082, and in the medium term how do I ensure my entire team is on the same .Net runtime version?

Upvotes: 6

Views: 348

Answers (3)

JP Alioto
JP Alioto

Reputation: 45127

Reed's answer is good (+1), but the question also indicates the general need for some desktop standardization. We use dev. images and then make official team posts regarding when and how to install updates. Images are not always practical, so we have complete "getting started" documents for developers that ensure that they install only approved updates in a manner and order specified in the doc. The system breaks down with consultants who generally want to use their own machines (laptops). But, I've found that keeping environments as synchronized as possible cuts down a lot of "works on my machine" type issues and also cuts down on developer helping developer troubleshoot why things don't build or work correctly on their PC.

The downside is "one license all license" and I must have ReSharper, so everybody gets ReSharper. :)

Upvotes: 0

nairdaen
nairdaen

Reputation: 1047

You can build a Virtual Machine and install there all the tools your team needs to share then distribute it among your teammates.

Upvotes: 0

Reed Copsey
Reed Copsey

Reputation: 564611

2.0.50727.3082 is the version of the .NET 2.0 runtime installed with .NET 3.5 sp1. Make sure that all of your users correctly install .NET 3.5 SP1, and they should get that version.

*.3053 was installed with .NET 2.0 sp2's standalone install. You could try uninstalling this, then installing 3.5sp1 again (since that installs its own version of .NET 2.0 sp2 - the one with the higher version number).

Upvotes: 5

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