DotNet 1.1 installation on Windows 7

This post is just in case should I ever need this again, yes I know it’s very old stuff

To create an administrative installation point for .Net 1.1 with SP1 and hotfix, follow this:

• Create a temporary folder for files, in this example c:\DotNet.Tmp
• Download DotNet 1.1 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=26 to c:\DotNet.Tmp
• Download DotNet 1.1 SP1 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=33 to c:\DotNet.Tmp
• Download DotNet 1.1 hotfix http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=7351 to c:\DotNet.Tmp
• Start an administrative Command Prompt
• Unpack the SP1 update with the command c:\DotNet.tmp\NDP1.1sp1-KB867460-X86.exe /Xp:c:\dotnet.tmp\sp1.msp
• Unpack the hotfix with the command c:\DotNet.tmp\NDP1.1sp1-KB979906-X86.exe /extract c:\dotnet.tmp

 

Commands executed:

 

DotNet.Tmp folder after all files is downloaded and extracted:

 

• Create the administrative installation folder with the command c:\DotNet.Tmp\dotnetfx.exe /c:"msiexec.exe /a netfx.msi TARGETDIR=c:\DotNet"
• Patch the installation folder with SP1 msiexec.exe /a c:\dotnet\netfx.msi /p c:\dotnet.tmp\sp1.msp
• Patch the installation folder with the hotfix msiexec.exe /a c:\dotnet\netfx.msi /p c:\dotnet.tmp\NDP1.1sp1-KB979906-X86.msp

 

Installation commands executed

Now install DotNet 1.1 with the command msiexec /i C:\DotNet\netfx.msi /quiet /norestart

If you just start the MSI on Windows 7 you will see this warning:

The warning can be bypassed if you set this value in the registry:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags]
"{11F1F8EE-7E7F-4F1D-BE93-B4D310F0760A}"=dword:00000004

The installation will also add a RunOnce action, and you might want to remove the entry.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce]
"NetFxUpdate_v1.1.4322"=-

 

Settings and installation in a vbscript:

Set oShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
oShell.Regwrite "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\{11F1F8EE-7E7F-4F1D-BE93-B4D310F0760A}", 4 ,"REG_DWORD"

RunCommand = "cmd /c start /wait msiexec /i netfx.msi /quiet /norestart"
oShell.run RunCommand,0,TRUE

oShell.Regdelete "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\NetFxUpdate_v1.1.4322"