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Installing .Net 1.1 in Windows 7 Pro fails
To solve various problems for which I sought help earlier (thanks to those who tried) I recently did a clean reinstall of Win 7 Pro + SP1 (and all updates) and, of course, a whole bunch of apps. So far so good, and it did solve a lot of nagging issues of the kind that do build up in Windows over time.
However, an Excel application that uses DDE to access real time data from a remote server needs .Net Framework 1.1 (so says the service provider). The Win 7 reinstall included only .Net 4.0 (not 4.5). So far the .Net 1.1 downloads from Microsoft have failed to install - the setup process goes almost to completion, then says it "ended prematurely" and rolls back. There are no error codes or other indication as to why it failed. Here are the two files that I tried, both with the same result:
dotnetfx.exe NDP1.1sp1-KB867460-X86.exe both from the MS Download Center
How can I install .Net 1.1 and get it working on my machine? Do I need to uninstall 4.0 first, then do 1.1 and then 4.0?
Thanks for any words of wisdom on this matter.