Dear Lifehacker, What is the Microsoft. NET Framework and why do I need it? I've been trying to install Black Berry Desktop, but it fails and states I'm missing the Framework. For some reason I can't download it from Microsoft. What could I do? Sincerely, Needing. NET Dear Needing. NET is a programming framework created by Microsoft that developers can use to create applications more easily. As commenter dwroth aptly put it, a framework is just a bunch of code that the programmer can call without having to write it explicitly. In a perfect world, you wouldn't need. NET Framework. The makers of all your crucial applications would have the time and resources to fully patch together their applications into self-contained packages, because developing for Windows would be an intuitive, mostly high-level process that independent developers could nail down in fairly quick order. So nobody besides developers would need a package like. NET, which provides applications with an orderly way to access databases, web services, and other communication tools. But you don't live in that world, and we certainly don't write in it. Lifehacker has often recommended applications, usually from small and independent developers, that require some version of the. NET Framework be installed to function. It's often a big download, and sometimes prone to errors, as you've seen—less so in Windows 7, but any big software patch has the potential for error. Black Berry's need for the Framework is a bit unusual for a large-scale effort, but not entirely unheard of. Most times, applications will ask for a particular version of the framework to be installed. We'd recommend avoiding installing that particular version, and trying instead to install the most up-to-date version of. NET, assuming your Windows OS supports it. Most. NET packages have backwards compatibility, so an app asking for the 2.0.
Michael Devin posted this on June 26, 2012, 9:05 PM The X1 Professional Client version relies on the Microsoft. Net Framework 4 Extended version. Most systems have the Microsoft. NET Framework 4 Client Profile version installed but please note, systems may not have. NET framework 4 Extended version installed. Prior to installing the X1 Professional Client version, please confirm whether you have Microsoft. Net 4.0 Extended installed. To confirm, navigate to Control Panel > Add/ Remove (or Programs and Features). If you have. NET Framework Extended version installed, you will see “. NET 4.0 Framework Extended” listed amongst the programs. If you do not have. NET 4.0 Framework Extended installed, please download from the Microsoft Download center here: and be sure to follow the steps listed. Upon installing.net framework 4.0 extended, you're ready to move forward and install X1 Professional Client version.
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