The "Walkthrough: Reducing the Size of an Installer by excluding Merge Modules" Help topic is incorrect (316222)

SUMMARY

The "Walkthrough: Reducing the Size of an Installer by Excluding Merge Modules" Help topic in Visual Studio .NET MSDN contains information that is incorrect. The "To exclude the .NET Framework merge module" subsection should be ignored because the .NET Framework merge module is no longer included by default in Visual Studio .NET deployment projects. The .NET Framework redistributable is available as a stand-alone executable file, Dotnetfx.exe.

MORE INFORMATION

Where to Obtain the .NET Framework Redistributable Package

To download Dotnetfx.exe, browse to either of the following Microsoft Web sites:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/default.asp?url=/downloads/sample.asp?url=/msdn-files/027/001/829/msdncompositedoc.xml

http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/default.htm

Alternately, you can obtain the redistributable package on a product CD-ROM or DVD-ROM. Dotnetfx.exe is available on the .NET Framework SDK CD-ROM in the dotNETRedist directory in the CD-ROM's root directory. It is also available on the Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Windows Component Update CD-ROM in the dotNetFramework directory, and on the Microsoft Visual Studio .NET DVD-ROM in the wcu\dotNetFramework directory.

For information about how to order these products, browse to the following Microsoft Web site:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/default.asp?url=/downloads/sample.asp?url=/msdn-files/027/001/829/msdncompositedoc.xml

If you want users install the .NET Framework over the Internet, do not post the .NET Framework Redistributable Package; instead, direct users to the Microsoft Windows Update Web Site (the second of the three links included in the "More Information" section of this article).

REFERENCES

For more information about how to redistribute the Common Language Runtime (CLR), browse to the following Microsoft Web site:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnnetdep/html/dotnetframedepguid.asp?frame=true