How to use the Visual Studio .NET 2003 Bootstrapper plug-in to redistribute the .NET Framework 1.1 with your application (888469)

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The Visual Studio .NET 2003 Bootstrapper plug-in integrates with Visual Studio .NET 2003 Setup and Deployment Projects. With it, you can create a single installer that automatically detects whether those prerequisites are on the destination computer. Then, this installer can install the prerequisites if they are required. If any one of the components requires the computer to restart, the installer will automatically resume afterward. Users of the application must only run a single Setup program to install the prerequisites and your application.

To use the Visual Studio .NET 2003 Bootstrapper plug-in to redistribute the .NET Framework 1.1 with your application, follow these steps:

1. Download and then install the Visual Studio .NET 2003 Bootstrapper plug-in. To do this, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

   http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=23249

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2. Install the .NET Framework 1.1 with your Windows application. To do this, follow these steps:
   1. Start Visual Studio .NET 2003.
   2. On the File menu, click New, click Project, click Setup and Deployment Projects, and then click Setup Project.
   3. In the Name box, type the name of your Setup program. For example, type OrdersAppSetup.
   4. On the Project menu, click Properties. The Property Pages dialog box appears.
   5. In the Bootstrapper list, click Windows Installer Bootstrapper, and then click OK.
   6. In Solution Explorer, right-click your solution, and then click Add.
   7. Click Existing Project, locate and then click your application project that you want to distribute, and then click Open.
   8. In the left pane, right-click Application Folder, click Add, and then click Project Output.
   9. In the Add Project to Output Group dialog box, in the Project list, click your application, and then click OK.
   10. Set any other Setup options that you require for your application installation. For example, the User's Program Menu folder setting.
   11. On the Build menu, click Build Solution.

Note The Visual Studio .NET 2003 Bootstrapper plug-in supports installing localized versions of the .NET Framework 1.1. To install a localized version, you must download and install the plug-in for each language that you require. Then, you must create a Setup project for each language and then set the Localization property of the Setup project to the language that you require. This property determines the localized version of the .NET Framework 1.1 to include with the Setup project.

For more information about using Visual Studio .NET to distribute your application, visit the following Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Web site: