Install PE6 on XP needs .net 3.5.1

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cpedw

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I want to install PE6 on a Windows XP machine. I followed the link to MS download from the Picaxe Software page and that successfully downloaded dotnetfx35setup.exe. Running that I got "failed to connect to server". I tried several times and it reported that it tried 5 times for each run.
Has MS stopped supplying .net 3.5.1 for XP?
If so, can I get it somewhere else or is there another way to get PE6 running?
I tried installing PE6 without .net 3.5.1` (.net 1.1 is installed) but it wouldn't play.
Or is it time to retire this laptop altogether?

Derek
 
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J G

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Forgive me for suggesting the nuclear option, but if all else fails, a lightweight linux distribution might suit your needs. For PICAXE work, I have been using Ubuntu 20.04 running vscode with the this extension for syntax highlighting and very simple autocomplete, minicom for serial communication and scripts are preprocessed, compiled and uploaded using this python script that relies on the the command line compilers. It took a bit of setting up and is missing a couple of nicer features from PE6 like hovering over text for more details and an inbuilt memory display and pinout, but otherwise is largely compatable with the preprocessor and functionality of PE6.

For an older laptop, especially if it is 32 bit, a lighter distribution might be more manageable, although even the full desktop version of ubuntu is significantly faster than windows 10 on the same machine (although there are many variables).
 
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papaof2

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Microsoft has discontinued support for XP and it seems old files are getting deleted willy-nilly. I just ran dotnetfx35setup.exe and it can't talk to the server so it appears the 52MB file you need isn't available from Microsoft. You *might* find it from one of the driver download sites but you need the 52MB file from Microsoft, not just the 2.9MB dotnetfx35setup.exe file which goes to a no-longer-available MS server looking for the big file.

I did find copies of dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe and dotNetFx45_Full_x86_x64.exe on my XP laptop as part of zip files for other pieces of software - but those aren't what PE6 is looking for.
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I did find a download link for 3.5 on this MS page: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=21
 
PhilHornby

PhilHornby

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cpedw said:
And for me. It downloads a file which, when run, suffers from failure to connect to server.
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It just silently exits for me (on WIndows 10 Pro), so couldn't tell whether it was working on not.

On the page that it was downloaded from, under the "Install Instructions", it says you can get the full package from:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/0/e/20e90413-712f-438c-988e-fdaa79a8ac3d/dotnetfx35.exe

That is a 240+ MB file. (Again, it doesn't appear to do anything at all on my system.)

Microsoft also say, that once the Service Pack is installed, you should then apply its update
from: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/update-for-the-net-framework-3-5-service-pack-1-may-2009-e95ae2d3-99d0-924e-7af9-55a4c430c939

(Well, actually, they say: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=136730, but that's where it takes you.)
 
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cpedw

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PhilHornby said:
On the page that it was downloaded from, under the "Install Instructions", it says you can get the full package from:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/0/e/20e90413-712f-438c-988e-fdaa79a8ac3d/dotnetfx35.exe

That is a 240+ MB file. (Again, it doesn't appear to do anything at all on my system.)

Microsoft also say, that once the Service Pack is installed, you should then apply its update
from: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/update-for-the-net-framework-3-5-service-pack-1-may-2009-e95ae2d3-99d0-924e-7af9-55a4c430c939

(Well, actually, they say: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=136730, but that's where it takes you.)
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That has sorted it, thanks.
 
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