On the same day Microsoft released the final version of Visual Studio 2013, a less-heralded but critical product for developers also got its official edition: the .NET Framework 4.5.1. The latest ...

On VB columnist Joe Kunk shows you how to create and extract "almost" .ZIP files in .NET Framework 4 and standard .ZIP files in .NET Framework 4.5. The ability to compress multiple files from one or ...

Microsoft .Net Framework has matured a lot over the past few years. New features and enhancements have been introduced aplenty to optimize it and make it fast, secure, more stable, and high performant ...

The reason why this error occurs is not clear. Although, based on multiple user reports, this error might be triggered if .NET Framework was interrupted due to power ...

The error message “To run this application, you first must install one of the following versions of the .NET Framework” appears when you attempt to launch ...

As expected, Microsoft today announced the general availability of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4. To celebrate, the company is hosting a launch consisting of more than 150 developer-focused ...

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Earlier this week, Microsoft gave MSDN subscribers Release Candidate downloads of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0. As promised, the releases are now available to the general public via the ...

Microsoft’s .NET strategy may have been a little unclear recently, with two distinct strands of development in the familiar .NET Framework and the new, open-source .NET Core. A common set of .NET ...