Archive for January, 2008

Great Plains GP 10 fails to install. Can’t find .NET 2.0

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

I have a client that has been struggling with installing GP clients on a virtual server through terminal services.

 

Heres what happened.

We found the glitch.  I used a workstation with GP installed but not being used right now to try and find out what is causing these issues.  I first tried to remove GP from this station and it bombed citing the same error that ".NET Framework 2.0 not detected".  I then removed .NET Framework 3.0 with service patch and tried to remove GP again, and it still bombed with same error.  I then removed .NET Framework 2.0 with service patch and it still bombed.  I then installed the .NET 2.0 you sent as a download, and made sure to not update anything as the update icon came on right away.  I left in .NET Framework 1.1 and 1.1 hotfix.

 

After downloading .NET 2.0 clean, the program then allowed me to remove GP.  I then reinstalled GP with no issues.

 

So, the 10.0 installation disk we have is only looking for 2.0, and there is hell to pay if you update it.

 

 

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