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I have a Windows Mobile application that is built for .NET CF 1.0. It is written in C#. How can this program check what versions of the .NET Compact Framework are installed on the device it is running on?

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It really depends on what you mean by "installed". If they were installed via CAB file (the most common), there will be entries in the registry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\.NETCompactFramework that you could programmatically check.

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    It can be added as part of the OS, which I think might add the same registry entry (I've never checked) and the CF files can actually be deployed individually with the app, where no registry entries would exist. – ctacke May 10 '11 at 21:48
  • I tried to look in the registry of a device via Start > Run... > "regedit" but it told me it had never heard of such a beast (in so many words) – B. Clay Shannon-B. Crow Raven Apr 29 '14 at 15:52
  • CE devices don't ship with regedit, unless the OEM added one, and I've never seen one on a handheld. Use the Remote Registry Editor tool (or download a CE registry editor like PHM's). – ctacke Apr 29 '14 at 15:59