Re: When do I need to run "aspnet_regiis -i"?

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You need to detect the OS.

Those two steps are *only* needed if IIS 6.0 is running.
IIS 6.0 only runs on Windows 2003 Server.

Windows XP and Windows 2000 run IIS 5.1 and 5.0, respectively.

I'd also check what you'll need to run with Vista.
Vista runs IIS 7.0, and enabling ASP.NET is also needed.

Not too many developers will upgrade right away, though,
because there's issues with the developer tools Vista can run,
but it won't hurt to be ready for future needs.




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"David Thielen" <thielen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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ps - how do I tell if I need to do either of these? In some cases a user will
already have .net 2.0 apps installed on IIS and in other cases not even .NET
is installed. In the case of .NET not installed, we have that as a
prerequisite as out installer is written in C# so we don't know if it was
just installed.

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"Juan T. Llibre" wrote:

You're right.

btw, if you're going to be installing the .net framework 2.0 using dotnetfx.exe,
you don't need to worry because by default the .net installation doesn't take over
all the applications on the server or box where it's being installed.

Two more things for you to worry about ( as if you didn't have enough! ) :

If you are installing to a Windows 2003 Server box, you need to make sure that,
if you are installing the .Net Framework :

1. You enable the 2.0 version on W2K3, by running aspnet_regiis -enable

2. You create a separate Application Pool for your 2.0 application.

You *cannot* run 1.1 apps and 2.0 apps in the same Application Pool in W2K3.



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"David Thielen" <thielen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Would it be better to run "Aspnet_regiis.exe -s W3SVC/1/ROOT/MyApp"? Reading
more it sounds like -i makes .NET 2.0 the new default while -s just sets it
for my app.

I don't want users upset that I changed a default setting in IIS.

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"Juan T. Llibre" wrote:

re:
Does anyone know of a way to determine if this needs to be run?

Usually, you detect the .Net Framework versions which are installed on the box.

Please review this KB :

"How to detect the installed version of the .NET Framework
in a Visual Studio Setup and Deployment package" :

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315291/en-us

That will tell you the installed version(s) of the .Net Framework.

It will not tell you if they are registered but, since you will only need to install
one version of the .Net Framework ( the one your application requires ),
it won't hurt to run aspnet_regiis -i from the appropiate directory on the client's box.

i.e., if the client doesn't have the version you require installed,
either prompt the client to install it, or request permission to install it.

If the client *does* have the version you require installed,
run aspnet_regiis -i from the appropiate .Net Framework directory.

Even if it is registered, re-registering it will not hurt...and it adds a safety level for
you.

There's subtler considerations, too.
You might want to detect if a Service Pack is installed, for example.

For help on that, see these Aaron Stebner's blog entries :
http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2004/09/18/231253.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/articles/454956.aspx




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"David Thielen" <thielen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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This is for the installer for our users so usually it will be on a Windows
2003 server that does not have VS 2005 on it.

Does anyone know of a way to determine if this needs to be run?

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"Scott M." wrote:

This is the program that installs ASP.NET on IIS. If you are installing VS
..NET, you shouldn't need to run this, as it is part of VS.NET's
installation. But, if the installation fails or if you wish to develop with
the .NET platform, but without VS.NET, you'll need to run this program
manually. I'm not aware of any API and the file is located in the .NET
Framework folder (C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\vxxxxxx).


"David Thielen" <thielen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi;

In our setup program how do I determine if I need to run
"aspnet_regiis -i"
and if so, is there an API I can calll rather than finding that program on
the user's disk and calling it?

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