How to detect .Net 2.0 SP1 in my installer?

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Published on 2010-03-22T21:29:30Z Indexed on 2010/03/22 21:31 UTC
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How can I detect if .Net 2.0 SP1 is installed from my installer msi, and abort the install if it is not present?

I know how to do this in code, but it seems cleaner do it in the vdproj. It feels more declarative.

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