Catalyst Control Panel Won't Run - Resolved

[cyork2]

Just wanted to share the fix for my problems.  On a clean install I couldn't get ATI catalyst control center to stay up and after the install I would get a MoM.exe error (I did this multiple times and rebuilt the machine from scratch twice).  Anyway the catalyst control panel depends on the Microsoft .net framework so you have to uninstall the control panel, install .net, then install the control panel again.

Regards,
Craig

[u_rebelscum]

Out of completeness, which .net version?  They are not backward compatible between major releases.  IOW, if it needed .net 1.1, installing 2.0 or 3.0 or 3.5 won't work.  I'm not sure about between 3.0 & 3.5, but I know 1.0, 1.1, and 2.0 do not support each other or 3.0 or 3.5.

[cyork2]

Good question, I just used the latest .net (version 3.5).

[2600]

Out of completeness, which .net version?  They are not backward compatible between major releases.  IOW, if it needed .net 1.1, installing 2.0 or 3.0 or 3.5 won't work.  I'm not sure about between 3.0 & 3.5, but I know 1.0, 1.1, and 2.0 do not support each other or 3.0 or 3.5.

Curious, but why do you think .net is not backwards compatible?  And what are you saying is not backwards compatible?

Also, the Catalyst Control Panel needs .net 2.0. It's in the release notes and reminds you of this requirement a few times during installation.

[Ummon]

All the times I've run into .net issues, it outright has told me that's what I need, so and so version or higher.

[u_rebelscum]

I have an app that said I needed to install both 2.0 and 3.5.  (I already had 1.1 & 2.0, because....)
Before that, I had an app that needed 1.1, and added an ap that needed 2.0.  I install 2.0, uninstalled 1.1, and the 1.1 app wouldn't run until I re-installed 1.1.

Other hints that they aren't truly backward compatable: microsoft still offers the older versions for download, and the wiki says "[3.5] installs .NET Framework 2.0 SP1, (installs .NET Framework 2.0 SP2 with 3.5 SP1) and .NET Framework 3.0 SP1 (installs .NET Framework 3.0 SP2 with 3.5 SP1)".  Of course, it's only the wiki, so...   


3.0 and 3.5, OTOH, might be more interrelated, and I didn't have an app asking for both 3.0 & 3.5, which is why I wasn't as sure about those two.


Edit:  OTOH, MS says .net is backward and forward compatible.  Hmm, maybe that page is more hints that it's not completely backward compatible.

[headkaze]

All my applications used to be written for 1.1 then I upgraded them all to 2.0 so users didn't have to have 1.1 installed to run them.

Not sure how MS can say it's backward and forward compatible. In my experience it's not. I do believe 3.0 and 3.5 may be different in this respect though.