Microsoft KB Archive/311531

= BUG: Visual Studio Uninstall removes the Documentation menu item from the .NET Framework SDK submenu on the Start menu =

Article ID: 311531

Article Last Modified on 1/26/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft .NET Framework Software Development Kit 1.0 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft .NET Framework Software Development Kit 1.0 Service Pack 2

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This article was previously published under Q311531



SYMPTOMS
After you remove Visual Studio .NET from a computer, Documentation is missing from the Microsoft .NET Framework SDK submenu. (To access this submenu, click Start, point to Programs, and then point to Microsoft .NET Framework SDK.) This only happens if you previously installed the .NET Framework SDK and then installed Visual Studio .NET that included the .NET Framework SDK.



CAUSE
When you remove Visual Studio .NET, Setup does not actually remove the .NET Framework SDK, it only remove the Documentation menu item. Visual Studio .NET Setup removes this menu item because it was installed by Visual Studio Setup.



RESOLUTION
You can still access the .NET Framework SDK documentation. To do so, click Start, point to Programs, point to Microsoft .NET Framework SDK, and then click Overview. A page appears that includes a link to the documentation.

To replace the Documentation menu item, run a repair installation of the .NET Framework SDK.

For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

306160 HOW TO: Repair an Existing Installation of the .NET Framework SDK



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



Steps to Reproduce Behavior

 * 1) Install the .NET Framework SDK.
 * 2) Install Visual Studio .NET. During the installation process, select the option to install the .NET Framework SDK Documentation.
 * 3) Remove Visual Studio .NET from the computer. Note that Documentation is missing from the Microsoft .NET Framework SDK submenu.

Additional query words: kbreadme

Keywords: kbtshoot kbbug kbnofix kbreadme kbsetup kbvs2002sp1sweep kbvs2005swept kbvs2005doesnotapply KB311531

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