Side by side installation of CTP 2

Question

Can the CTP 2 be installed side by side with the version that shipped with .net 3.5 sp1?

thx

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Answer 1

Please see our blog post about this release: http://blogs.msdn.com/astoriateam/archive/2009/08/31/ado-net-data-services-v1-5-ctp2-now-available-for-download.aspx
At the bottom in the Q&A section:

Q2: Does CTP2 install side-by-side with what is currently on my development machine?

A2: By in large this install is side-by-side with existing VS 2008 SP1 and .NET Fx 3.5SP1 bits; however, that was not possible in all cases so some .NET and VS files will be modified by the CTP2 installer.  The files should be replaced to their original state during uninstall of this CTP.  CTP2 does NOT install side-by-side with CTP1 of ADO.NET Data Services v1.5.  The CTP2 installer will require you to first uninstall CTP1.

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Vitek Karas [MSFT]

Answer 2

thanks for the reply, I am wondering if I install on the dev machine, any of the changed files will affect the projects that are using .net 3.5 sp1 bits

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Answer 3

There should be no effect on the 3.5 SP1 projects. The assemblies installed with CTP2 (they start with Microsoft.) have different names then those from the 3.5 SP1 (these start with System.).
But just to be 100% sure I would definitely backup all of my projects, please remember this release is just a CTP.

Thanks,

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Vitek Karas [MSFT]