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The Official Unofficial Forums Guide to Bot .NET Frameworks

Hi, have you ever tried to install a bot and it turns out, you don't have the right version of .NET installed?
Have you ever wondered what all this .NET fibble fabble is about?

Well, I'm here with the Official Unofficial Forums Guide to Bot .NET Frameworks!

The .NET Framework is a framework that runs on Microsoft Windows.
When a bot maker creates a bot, their computer turns it into CIL ( Common Intermediate Language ) code, which "is the lowest-level of human readable programming language defined by the Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) specification and is used by the .NET Framework and Mono." -Wikipedia [5]. This is the very basic instructions of what the bot maker's bot is. When you run it, your OS turns CIL into CLR ( Common Language Runtime ), which then "manages the execution of .NET programs. A process known as just-in-time compilation converts compiled code into machine instructions which the computer's CPU then executes." -Wikipedia [4]. After all of this happens, the .NET Framework takes control, and runs your application. This is how a bot maker's bot works.
When the bot maker creates a bot, they also choose what .NET Framework version to use. This .NET Framework that they use can only support a certain specification of operating systems.
So when you go to run a bot, and you don't have the right .NET version, the bot cannot run, because the .NET Framework for that specific version, cannot run it.

▼Bot Makers - Change .NET Framework

1) Double click on PROPERTIES

2) Navigate to the APPLICATION tab

3) Change the .NET Framaeowkr

4) If you changed your project from 4.0 or above to 3.5 or below, you have to follow these steps:

5) Delete any references with a yellow warning symbol

6) Delete anything underlined in red in your references. The most common being System.Linq, and System.Threading.Tasks;

If you're having trouble running a bot, you need to check the .NET Framework version it requires. A compiled list of the compatible Microsoft Windows Operating Systems is located below, along with downloads to each one. [1]

Downloading a specific .NET version
To download a .NET framework from here, it's very easy.
Just open the spoiler to the .NET framework, and then click on ".NET x.x", which will get you to the download.
If you don't know what to do, use the { Download it for me! } feature. It gives you a direct download, and you don't have to right click -> open in new tab.

▼.NET 2.0

.NET 2.0 { Download it for me! 64 bit 32 bit }

The .NET 2.0 Framework is compatible with these OSes:

Windows 98
Windows ME
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows Server 2003
Windows Vista (Pre-Installed)
Windows Server 2008 (Pre-Installed)
Windows 7 (Pre-Installed)
Windows 8 [3]
Windows 8.1 [3]
Windows 10 [6]

The .NET 2.0 Framework is, by default, installed on these OSes:

Windows Vista
Windows Server 2008
Windows 7

▼.NET 3.0

.NET 3.0 { Download it for me! all bits

The .NET Framework is compatible with these OSes:

Windows XP SP2
Windows 2003 Server Service Pack 1
Windows Vista (Pre-Installed)
Windows 7
Windows 8
Windows 8.1
Windows 10

The .NET Framework is, by default, installed on these OSes:

Windows Vista
Windows 7 (SP1)

Windows 7

▼.NET 3.5

.NET 3.5 { Download it for me! all bits }

The .NET Framework is compatible with these OSes:

Windows XP SP2
Windows Server 2003
Windows Vista
Windows Server 2008
Windows 7 (Pre-Installed)
Windows 8 & 8.1
Windows Server 2012 & 2012 R2
Windows 10

The .NET Framework is, by default, installed on these OSes:

Windows 7

▼.NET 4.0

The .NET 4.0 Framework has two kinds of downloads:
1) A standalone installer
2) A web installer
Either one of these WILL install .NET 4.0, but the difference is that the Web Installer, is small in size so you can download IT quickly, and downloads .NET 4.0 for you, while the standalone installer you download in one piece, and then install it.

.NET 4.0 ( Web ) ( Standalone ) { Download it for me! Web Standalone

.NET 4.0 and 4.5 are the most likely frameworks that the EE bot you're trying to run will run on.

The .NET Framework is compatible with these OSes:

Windows XP SP3
Windows Server 2003
Windows Vista
Windows Server 2008
Windows 7
Windows 8
Windows 10

The .NET Framework is, by default, installed on these OSes:

None.

▼.NET 4.5

.NET 4.5 { Download it for me! all bits web installer }

The .NET Framework is compatible with these OSes:

Windows Vista SP2
Windows Server 2008 SP2
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
Windows 7 SP1
Windows 8
Windows 8.1
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 R2

The .NET Framework is, by default, installed on these OSes:

None.

▼.NET 4.5.2

.NET 4.5.2 { Download it for me! all bits standalone }

The .NET Framework is compatible with these OSes:

Windows Vista SP2
Windows Server 2008 SP2
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
Windows 7 SP1
Windows 8
Windows 8.1
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 R2

The .NET Framework is, by default, installed on these OSes:

None.

Sadly, this guide is only going to .NET 4.5.2, and I'd like some community contributions to ensure that I'm correct about the OSes these .NET frameworks can run on and download links, and explanations and such is right.

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IMPORTANT NOTES:

tl;dr: criticize me pls, even about the tiniest of things
Please do criticize, even about the tiniest of spelling and grammatical errors! (but politely if possible? please?) I know a lot of this information will perhaps be false, incorrect, not accurate, not accurate as could be, indirect, e.t.c e.t.c, and I'd like some community contributions to ensure that I'm correct, and whatever is wrong can be fixed.

Mods, can you sticky this? This "Official Unofficial" guide can be made official if that'd happen

If you guys could help contribute to this that'd be great!

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Sources:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1988 … k-versions [1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.NET_Framework
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1375 … 5-built-in [3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Language_Runtime [4]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_In … e_Language [5]
http://www.interfacett.com/blogs/instal … indows-10/ [6]
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4204 … 2-or-below [7]
Googling for .NET downloads

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ashtoin

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Re: The Official Unofficial Forums Guide to Bot .NET Frameworks

The only thing wrong with this that I can see is that it hadn't existed yet. This is quite a valuable resource.

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Joshua708

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Re: The Official Unofficial Forums Guide to Bot .NET Frameworks

offical unoffical
nice name
also good guide, helps people understand how .NET FW works.

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drunkbnu

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Re: The Official Unofficial Forums Guide to Bot .NET Frameworks

I use Mono.

Joshua708

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Re: The Official Unofficial Forums Guide to Bot .NET Frameworks

I use Mono.

I use Mono on linux and with some of my games (Unity requires mono so that would fall under most of my games, so does MonoGame, but most of my MonoGame games require .NET dlls so sometimes...)

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Re: The Official Unofficial Forums Guide to Bot .NET Frameworks

Official Unofficial

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