Visual Studio .NET Bootstrapper

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Setup projects in Visual Studio .NET 2003 can be used to install the .NET Framework with your application, but only if you have installed the optional Visual Studio .NET Framework Bootstrapper Plug-in on your development computer. The Visual Studio .NET Framework Bootstrapper Plug-in modifies the behavior of the Setup project's Bootstrapper property to include the .NET Framework bootstrapper. The .NET Framework redistributable is then packaged with your application; when the user runs the bootstrapper setup.exe, it checks for the correct version of the .NET Framework at install time and if necessary, installs it before installing your application.

	Download the Bootstrapper Follow this link to view the download center page for the Bootstrapper and to select a localized version of the utility to download.
	Check out the GotDotNet Workspace This GotDotNet Workspace includes a forum for discussing the Bootstrapper, a location for filing bugs, and news about this utility.
	Using Visual Studio .NET 2003 to Redistribute the .NET Framework This article describes how to use Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 to deploy Microsoft .NET Framework applications with Dotnetfx.exe, the .NET Framework redistributable package.