OK...Tried it and it said that the Installation could not be opened. Just to double check, I put "msiexec /x", then a space, and then copied key name and pasted it without adding {}. By the way, it first said, "are you sure you want to uninstall this product?" I clicked yes and then it said it could not be opened, contact the vendor.

Any suggestions??

In the key, does it give up the names or installsource / install location information of the pieces that are left. If so, please provide those. Your issue sounds like some fun

1st Registry listing--the Display Name is: Hotfix for Microsoft NET Framework 3.5 SP1 (KB953595). No Install location is listed.

2nd " " --the Display Name is: Hotfix for Microsoft NET Framework 3.5 SP1 (KB958484). No Install location is listed.

3rd " " --the Display Name is: Update for Microsoft NET Framework 3.5 SP1 (KB963707). No Install location is listed.

Is there a way to attach a screen shot??

so those are generally listed as

{GUID}.KB953595

{GUID}.KB958484

If the parent key does not exist I would suspect some orphaned action.

Have you tried

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;displaylang=en

:the white paper

http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/2...35SP1Readme.htm

You can use the Microsoft .NET Framework Registration Correction Tool to resolve this issue when it occurs. The tool fixes this issue by deleting all hotfix or update registration that is specific to this service pack so that maintenance installations do not try to load the hotfix or the update package.

Registration Correctiona Tool ran successfully. Do I try to reinstall NET Framework now? Do I start with NET 1.0 and follow after with 2.0 and then 3.5 or just let Windows Update give me what I need?

if you want all frameworks current you need only to install

1.1

3.5sp1 + family update

because, 1.0 is embedded in XP and 3.5 sp1 is essentially 2.0 SP4

Too late.

Edited September 17, 200916 yr by strel

Tried to install NET 1.1 SP1 and this is what happened.

"Application has generated and exception that could not be handled.

Process id=0x4c8 (1228), Thread id=0xaf8 (2808)

Is this any help?

I hope you're still having fun with this.

Edited September 17, 200916 yr by Rubby1

In %TEMP% you should find the logs. Not the logs you posted before. If you just try install/uninstall operation the last log in that folder is what you look for and it should have a random name MSIxxxxx.log. It would be of great help to understand what happens. By the way, have you checked if the .msi file for the framework version you were trying to uninstall is cached in %SYSTEMROOT%\Installer folder? If yes try msiexec /x %SYSTEMROOT%\Installer\thatfile.msi .

Last Msi log listed: MSId3bad.LOG is as follows.

Error 1704. An installation for Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 is currently suspended. You must undo the changes made by that installation to continue. Do you want to undo those changes?

Next to last log if it helps is:

Internal Error 2755. 1601, C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\IXP000.TMP\netfx.msi

=== Logging stopped: 9/14/2009 14:16:07 ===

There are a couple more MSI logs it they will help.

When I look in "%SYSTEMROOT%\Installer folder" there are many .msi's. Don't know which or what to look for there. Also, when I look in "msiexec /x %SYSTEMROOT%\Installer\thatfile.msi" it asks if I want to run the uninstaller. Do I want to?

You can notice the file you're looking for in %SYSTEMROOT%\Installer through the tooltips or through Properties/Summary.

About your errors installing (haven't seen uninstall logs yet)

1704: Read this

2755. 1601: Read this and this to see if any of them match your case. About the first one, could installer be in an encrypted folder?, are you encrypting any folder around?

Uninstall logs would be valueable too.

Edited September 18, 200916 yr by strel

Installing .Net Framework 1.0 Service pack 3 fixed it.

http://www.devnewsgroups.net/dotnetframewo...-suspended.aspx

I am still working on the last 2 replys. But in the meantime, it seems that when I try to reinstall NET Framework 1.1 SP1 it has already been downloaded and each time it is trying to use the same update for the installation. I am wondering if that original WU download may be corrupted. Is there a way to remove that download so when I go back to Windows Update it will actually re-download new files?? If you think this is worth a try, how would I remove those files??

It should be in %SYSTEMROOT%\SoftwareDistribution\Download but if the file is somewhat corrupted, you should be able to install the same packet manually downloaded directly from the web.