OK to remove .NET?

[dougmcc1]

Is it ok to remove the .NET framework from my system? What applications use it?

[sharbel]

.NET applications use it. So if you have any applications that are written with .NET, they will require the framework to be installed. Also, if you are working with ASP.NET at all, you will need the framework to run any pages you are testing.

[dougmcc1]

".NET applications use it"
That's what I'm asking - what applications are written in .NET? How do you know if it's written in a .NET language?

[defanjos]

Web pages ending in .aspx are .NET

[bilalak]

.NET framework is still new. Though, not only .aspx pages use it. It is used in the new Messenger and other new windows programs.

However, this framework on your PC is needed if you are programming in .NET and executing ur code. Other programs are packaged with their own run time libraries so you can remove the framework unless you have IIS 5 running on your PC to run asp.NET or you work with VB.NET, C# projects.

Luck

[sharbel]

No, AFAIK each program doesnt install their own .NET framework at all.. actually MS allows you to package the .NET runtime with your windows apps but it has to be seperate. I do mostly web-apps, but i remember in late beta, it being an issue .. the window dev guys were ****ing about that.

Anyway, sorry for the vague explaination in my last post.. yes, not just .aspx pages at all. .NET is a lot more than just ASP.NET, although ASP.NET is the most exciting part (for me anyway). Windows applications that you might have will require it, especially the newer ones.

I think MS is shipping their OSs with the .NET framework pre-installed.

[lukasz]

I think MS is shipping their OSs with the .NET framework pre-installed

You need to add it, however you can do it through windows update.
Answering main question.
After I removed .Net framework I realised some small problems. the most annoying is that my "view source" function doesnt work.