How to perform an unattended installation of the .NET Framework 3.0
For a lot of applications today you’ll need to install the Microsoft .NET Framework on your Windows systems to get them working. The Microsoft .NET Framework version 3.0 is installed as part of Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista but what if you’re running a previous version of Windows and want to roll out version 3.0 of the .NET Framework?
Apart from checking that your systems are compatible with the .NET Framework 3.0 here’s a simple script to perform a completely unattended installation of the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0. Note that the commands below will prevent the machine being worked on from restarting automatically after installing the service pack. The commands also assume you’ve got your .NET Framework installation files located in C:\InstallationFiles – change the location in the commands below if that’s not the case (it almost definitely won’t be!).
:: Install the .NET Framework 3.0 echo Installing .NET Framework 3.0 ... echo. "C:\InstallationFiles\dotnetfx3.exe" /qb /norestart |
At the time of writing this article the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 can be downloaded from the links below. Make sure you click the link in the following article labelled "X86 Redist Package" if you’re running a 32-bit edition of Windows or "X64 Redist Package" if you’re running a 64-bit edition of Windows.
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Redistributable x86 (dotnetfx3.exe)
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