Having issues installing Rules Manager. I'm running Outlook 2007 on an XPSP3 machine.

Rules Mgr says it wants dotnetfx2. When I downloaded and tried to install it, it reported that this version was not compatible with the version already installed. Looking in my C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework folder, I have folders for
v1.0.3705
v1.1.4322
v2.0.50727
v3.0
v3.5

Don't know why it's not compatible, and not sure why Rules Mgr isn't happy with the version of 2 that I do have installed.

Any thoughts?

Regards,

Bill

It is .Net 2.0 that is required (though it is actually only required for the import/export functions), so it looks as if your system does have it installed ok (v2.0.50727).

I also run Outlook 2007 XPSP3, and it loads up for me. Are you on version 1.2.2? I updated it a couple of days ago due to other issues, so it may be worth downloading the latest version. If that still doesn't load up post back and I'll post a version with the .Net check disabled (but with the import/export disabled if .Net not available).

The check is a simple registry key check as recommended by Microsoft:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NETFramework\policy\v2.0\50727="50727-50727"

if .Net 2.0 is installed.

I can actually change this for a file check, as a file needs to be run to register the .Net helper anyway, so the existence of that file will show that .Net is installed.

I did install version 1.2.2

Not sure of the registry entry you mentioned.

In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NETFramework\Policy, I have folders:
Policy
AppPatch
Statndards
Upgrades
v1.1
v2.0

In v2.0, there are two keys:
(Default) (value not set)
50727 50727-50727

I have yet to install ExchangeCdo. But Outlook is putting up the dotnet issue on startup.

Regards,
Bill

That registry key is what it checks for, so I don't know why the check is failing.

I have changed the check to look for the file required to actually register the .Net helper. I have also modified RM so that if .Net isn't found, you have the option to continue loading it - you will not be able to import/export the rules though.

Please download the new version (1.2.2a) and let me know if you still get the warning (hopefully you won't get it at all - though if you do, you can still load RM).

That seemed to do the trick! I had also installed exchange cdo. On the first startup, Outlook locked up. Then I forced it out from Task Manager, restarted, and now it's OK.

Thanks!

Bill

I'm glad that got it going. Let me know what you think and how you get on with it!

I'll look into the lockup issue - it certainly shouldn't do that, so I'll try a couple of clean installs to see if I can replicate it.