Re: What is .NET Framework 2.0.50727?

alanpp wrote:
I had requested some assistance from the board at an earlier date, and one of the solutions suggested was to download SyncToy v.1.4, a Microsoft creation

From the description of the program, it seemed that this would be exactly what I wanted.

I downloaded the setup file, and when I tried to execute it, I was informed that the "setup requires the .NET Framework version 2.0.50727

I currently run XP Home SP 2 on a stand-alone system, no network, no routers, just my cable connection

Could someone explain what .NET is and what effect it will have on my system?

I'm really not in the mood to download something that is going to wreak havoc with my system/internet access/anti-virus/firewalls etc.

Thanks for any and all assistance.

You are looking at all of this the wrong way.

One, you assume that NET Frame will damage your computer. That could be true but why assume it is true.

Two, if someone wrote a program you wanted to use but did so, for example, using DirectX calls would you complain because you then had to get a copy of DirectX to run the program? I'd bet you have bought many programs requiring DirectX.

SyncToy seems to have been written to run using NET Frame which means that the author could use a high level language to simplify his efforts.
If you don't want to acquire NET Frame, no one is forcing you.
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