Aren't .NET frameworks normally included in the windows updates? I see references to it all the time. Or are you saying, Sam, that he needs .NET with his visual C++ compiler?
ThtCooperFellow > On 12 April 2010, .NET Framework 4 was released alongside Visual Studio 2010. When I installed Visual Studio, it installed .net also. I'm not 100% sure if it's required to run visual C++ or if it's used at compile time.
I am 99.9% sure that it's not required to run a .exe that that is compiled that doesn't use any of the .net features, such as if you make a .exe that runs another program or a .exe that only runs a command line.