Detect DotNet

Detect DotNet is a small software application designed specifically for helping you identify Microsoft .NET Framework versions installed on your computer. The tool provides a straightforward approach for allowing you to view which editions are deployed or not on a target PC.

This is a portable tool. You can save it on USB flash drives or other portable devices to have it with you all the time. You may run it without administrative privileges.

Gaining access to its features requires only opening the executable file because there’s no setup included in the process. It does not write entries to your Windows registry and leave other configuration files on the target PC. It actually saves the settings data on the storage device. Getting rid of it implies a simple deletion task of the files that you have downloaded from the Internet.

Detect DotNet does not actually implement a traditional graphical user interface in order to help you detect the installed .NET Framework versions. It gives you details with the aid of popup notifications.

As soon as you run it, the application automatically starts showing information about each .NET Framework version, more specifically it identifies the edition and installed service pack level. In order to get to the next popup message, you need to press the ‘OK’ button.

In case you forgot which version is deployed or not on the target computer, you may run Detect DotNet again and go through the same process. On the downside, the utility is able to show notifications only up to Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 so it cannot detect later versions, like 3.5 and 4.6.

Tests have shown that Detect DotNet carries out a task quickly and without errors. It is not a resource hog so you do not have to worry that it affects the overall performance of your PC.

To sum things up, Detect DotNet provides nothing more than basic options for helping you find out the installed Microsoft .NET Framework editions and service pack levels only up to .NET Framework 2.0.