Microsoft KB Archive/316222

= The &quot;Walkthrough: Reducing the Size of an Installer by excluding Merge Modules&quot; Help topic is incorrect =

Article ID: 316222

Article Last Modified on 8/24/2005

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 * Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q316222



SUMMARY
The &quot;Walkthrough: Reducing the Size of an Installer by Excluding Merge Modules&quot; Help topic in Visual Studio .NET MSDN contains information that is incorrect. The &quot;To exclude the .NET Framework merge module&quot; 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.



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 &quot;More Information&quot; section of this article).

