Does the .Net Framework 4.0 Installer include the .Net Framework 3.5?

The .NET 4.0 installer doesn’t include the .NET framework 3.5. There is some information on this topic in MSDN: The .NET Framework 4 is highly compatible with applications that are built with earlier .NET Framework versions, except for some changes that were made to improve security, standards compliance, correctness, reliability, and performance. The .NET Framework … Read more

How to update Python?

UPDATE: 2018-07-06 This post is now nearly 5 years old! Python-2.7 will stop receiving official updates from python.org in 2020. Also, Python-3.7 has been released. Check out Python-Future on how to make your Python-2 code compatible with Python-3. For updating conda, the documentation now recommends using conda update –all in each of your conda environments … Read more

Visual Studio 2013 – No Visual Basic/Visual C# Web Templates Installed

I think that “Re-install Visual Studio from scratch” is not a solution. I have faced with the described problem and found much faster way to fix it: First of all, try to repair Visual Studio installation (in “Control Panel\Programs\Programs and Features” find your Visual Studio, right-click and select “Repair”). Reboot after (!). Check if template … Read more

Wix custom uninstallation action – how to run before msi removing files

The problem is that my custom uninstallation action runs after the removal of standard install files That’s because you have scheduled it before InstallFiles, which comes after RemoveFiles in a standard InstallExecuteSequence. You can also open your MSI file in an editor like Orca or InstEd and have a look at the InstallExecuteSequence table. Sort … Read more