Aaron Stebner's. NET Framework Cleanup Tool, which is often used as a last resort to remove problematic. NET installations, has been updated to support Windows 8 and. NET 4.5. This announcement follows closely behind a similar update to the. NET Framework Setup Verification Tool, which added support last month for. NET 4.5 and Windows 8. The cleanup tool can be used to remove any version of the. NET Framework from an operating system. It deletes files, registry entries, and Windows Installer product registration data from the system. Because it removes shared files, any remaining. NET framework installations will have to be repaired. Stebner notes that this tool should only be used when all else fails: This tool is designed as a last resort for cases where install, uninstall, repair or patch installation did not succeed for unusual reasons. It is not a substitute for the standard uninstall procedure. You should try the steps listed in this blog post before using this cleanup tool. While Stebner is a Microsoft employee, this is not a Microsoft product. The company provides its own tool for repairing the. NET framework, but it doesn't yet support. NET 4.5, nor can it remove frameworks completely. For download links and more information, please visit the. NET Framework Cleanup Tool User Guide.
Although the Microsoft. NET Framework is something that’s not liked by many people, it has become something of a necessary evil because so many developers makes use of its functions to help make programming software easier. A major issue with. NET is it’s huge in terms of disc space and seemingly getting bigger with every release. Another issue is the sheer amount of security fixes for it and a large proportion of Windows updates will likely be. NET related every month. We did some small scale. NET testing a while back and found it doesn’t really impact on system performance but what it does do is install thousands of files, folders and registry entries onto your system. With so much data surrounding. NET and the complexity of the installs it’s quite easy for updates to, or the framework itself to fail because something has been corrupted and programs that rely on it won’t run. Here we show you some ways to fix. NET Framework issues. Run a Quick Scan For. NET framework Problems Of course it’s entirely possible a program you are trying to run that is producing. NET errors could have an issue of its own and the Framework itself isn’t to blame. Trying to repair non existent issues could lead to all manor of problems. Several programs failing is probably a giveaway. NET has some corruption but just one program crashing alone could be a one off. A small tool called. NET Framework Setup Verification Tool is able to help you in these situations and run a check on the versions of. NET that have been installed. If any files, folders or registry entries relating to. NET are missing or corrupt, the program will tell you. Simply download and run the tool, select the version of. NET you want to check from the drop down and click Verify Now. Within seconds you will be told whether the check has found any issues or not, you can then decide if more serious action is needed to repair.
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