Posted: Jul. 22, 2002

The .NET Framework Configuration tool, which is added to the Administrative Tools folder in Control Panel when the .NET Framework is installed on Windows, allows administrators to control which version of a component is used by a given application. In the example above, the administrator has specified that version 1.0 of the System.Xml component will be used when the application SampleWinFormApp.exe requests any version between 1.0 and 1.5. This will allow newer versions of the component to be installed without affecting how this application functions.