Microsoft .NET Framework version removal question

[friend2u]

Recently I went into ADD/REMOVE Programs and I noticed that I had the following listed seperately:

Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 185MB

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Service Pack 2 179MB

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 28.05MB

I am wondering if I could not at least remove 2.0 Service Pack 2 185MB

3.5 would appear to be a supplement to 3.0 so I assume I would have to leave those two alone.

Can anyone advise me on this? I am trying to conserve space on my C drive.

 

[JohnRevka]

You are not allowed to do that because the newer versions depend on certain older versions already installed--in the case of this program. When I was unistalling all of them I had to uninstall from newest to oldest. I tried to uninstall .NET Framework 2.0 first, but the unistaller said that other programs require this to be on the computer, thus unistallation cannot be completed. I am also quite sure that all three were installed at the same time and if this is true, then this is another indication that newer versions require certain previous versions.

 

[friend2u]

I found this on the Microsoft website which confirms what you are saying excluding beta versions of .net framework. All three were not installed all at once on my computer.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/kb00829019.aspx

 

[JohnRevka]

Yep, so I guess you have to remove newest to oldest even if they were not installed simulateneously. The simultaneous installation just occurred in my case. I believe they were all installed on my computer while I was installing Microsoft C#.net.