Do i need to install Framework .Net for a program i am trying to Download?

Question

Well i was trying to download an iPod music extractor. But it said the program could not function properly. It is a .ZIP file, and i extracted and stuff, but it keeps saying that i have an error. So i am thinking i need .Net Framework (Since i have no versions of .Net Framework.) So do i donload it? I mean my computer has been fine without the Framework .NET.

By the way, the file i was trying to download was SharePod.zip

(If you know any other files i could download to extract my iPod to my computer, that would be great.)

Please & Thank You.

Answer 1

If you run Windows Update (in IE: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ ), it should list .NET Framework as a download/update under optional updates. Never hurts to install it as many programs rely on it.



As far as your iPod goes, I use the free Winamp + ml_ipod plugin. Can't beat it for transferring songs, videos, etc. back and forth ;-)



Winamp: http://www.winamp.com/

ml_ipod plugin for Winamp: http://www.mlipod.com/

Answer 2

The Microsoft .NET Framework is a software framework that can be installed on computers running Microsoft Windows operating systems. It includes a large library of coded solutions to common programming problems and a virtual machine that manages the execution of programs written specifically for the framework. The .NET Framework is a key Microsoft offering and is intended to be used by most new applications created for the Windows platform.



The framework's Base Class Library provides a large range of features including user interface, data and data access, database connectivity, cryptography, web application development, numeric algorithms, and network communications. The class library is used by programmers, who combine it with their own code to produce applications.



Programs written for the .NET Framework execute in a software environment that manages the program's runtime requirements. Also part of the .NET Framework, this runtime environment is known as the Common Language Runtime (CLR). The CLR provides the appearance of an application virtual machine so that programmers need not consider the capabilities of the specific CPU that will execute the program. The CLR also provides other important services such as security, memory management, and exception handling. The class library and the CLR together constitute the .NET Framework.



Version 3.0 of the .NET Framework is included with Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista. The current version of the framework can also be installed on Windows XP and the Windows Server 2003 family of operating systems. A reduced version of the .NET Framework is also available on Windows Mobile platforms, including smartphones as the .NET Compact Framework. Version 4.0 of the framework was released as a public Beta on 20 May 2009.

Answer 3

Yes, Net Framework is safe for computer. It's developed by microsoft.

Or you may try this ipod music extractor. I know it can run without Net Framework. It's safe and works pretty well for me.

http://www.ipod-transfer-copy.com/ipod-iphone-to-computer-transfer-cucusoft.html

Hope it helps. Contact me if you have any other question.

Answer 4

Normally, if the program needs .Net then the installer would give you a specific message like:

"you need version X of .Net framework to run this software".



The error could be one of a gazillion things.