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  {
    "Id": "438268",
    "ThreadId": "211365",
    "Html": "<p>Hi Cheeso.</p>\r\n<p>I know that the self-extractors require .NET 2.0 on the computer doing the  extraction but is there any way using which i could warn the user that they need .NET 2.0 to run the SFX after clicking it.</p>\r\n<p>Thanks.</p>",
    "PostedDate": "2010-05-03T03:46:43.187-07:00",
    "UserRole": null,
    "MarkedAsAnswerDate": null
  },
  {
    "Id": "438481",
    "ThreadId": "211365",
    "Html": "<p>I believe Windows provides that warning if it does not find .NET 2.0 installed on the machine, when running a .NET 2.0 exe.</p>\r\n<p>You'll have to test the SFX EXE yourself to be sure.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>",
    "PostedDate": "2010-05-03T12:02:38.02-07:00",
    "UserRole": null,
    "MarkedAsAnswerDate": null
  },
  {
    "Id": "438642",
    "ThreadId": "211365",
    "Html": "<p>Yes windows does provide a message like &quot;The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000135). Click on OK to terminate the application&quot; but this message does not indicate that framework is not present and hence the executable failed.</p>\r\n<p>I was wondering if we could provide a more meaningful message to the user and direct him to install the framework if possible.</p>\r\n<p>Can we do something to achieve this.</p>\r\n<p>Thanks.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>",
    "PostedDate": "2010-05-03T23:14:02.387-07:00",
    "UserRole": null,
    "MarkedAsAnswerDate": null
  },
  {
    "Id": "438796",
    "ThreadId": "211365",
    "Html": "<p>I don't know what is to be done about it.&nbsp; but I think it is not a DotNetZip issue.&nbsp; It seems to be a .NET Framework issue.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>What is the behavior of an arbitrary .NET Framework EXE, when run on a machine that does not have .NET installed?</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>",
    "PostedDate": "2010-05-04T06:25:51.26-07:00",
    "UserRole": null,
    "MarkedAsAnswerDate": null
  },
  {
    "Id": "439124",
    "ThreadId": "211365",
    "Html": "<p>We get the same message while executing any other .NET EXE as well.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>",
    "PostedDate": "2010-05-04T23:19:22.623-07:00",
    "UserRole": null,
    "MarkedAsAnswerDate": null
  },
  {
    "Id": "439457",
    "ThreadId": "211365",
    "Html": "<p>Well ok, then.&nbsp; It sounds like a .NET issue.&nbsp; Not a DotNetZip issue.&nbsp; I'll let you figure out the solution that that.</p>",
    "PostedDate": "2010-05-05T12:28:23.87-07:00",
    "UserRole": null,
    "MarkedAsAnswerDate": null
  }
]