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Steve
Steve

Reputation: 175

Deploying VS2010 SP1 using .NET 4 bootstrapper

I recently updated Visual Studio 2010 to SP1 and noticed the .NET 4 framework changed from version "4.0.30319.1" to "4.0.30319.225". I was not able to locate an updated .NET 4 framework installer for "4.0.30319.225". I could only find an update exe which is used to update a particular machine. When I deploy my application now, it still uses the older pre-SP1 version of the framework.

Is there a new bootstrapper that I should be using? Are there any issues with deploying an application that is developed/tested on "4.0.30319.225" to a target machine which only has "4.0.30319.1" ?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1082

Answers (1)

James Skemp
James Skemp

Reputation: 8571

According to a comment on Announcing Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 (check page two of the comments) from Jason Zander:

There have been questions about updates to the .NET Framework. There is no full service pack for .NET Framework 4. However there is an update which you can download from here: go.microsoft.com/fwlink. The outline of fixes (linked from the download page) is here: support.microsoft.com/.../2468871.

This update is titled "Microsoft .NET Framework 4 KB2468871". You can read more about what is in the update on the download page.

As I mentioned in a previous comment, VS2010 SP1 requires this update and will automatically install it as part of setup.

When you build a project using VS2010 SP1, it does not force a dependency on the update. Whether you need to deploy the update with your client or server application depends on your need for the fixes in the update. You will need to look through what it contains to make that call.

I've personally seen no issue publishing to a server before running the update manually.

I can't speak to the bootstrapper question.

Upvotes: 1

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