# Visual Studio .NET ... again...
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visual-studio-net-again/200436
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [September 9, 2003, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visual-studio-net-again/200436 "2003-09-09T02:10:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Civil\_Defense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Defense)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2003, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visual-studio-net-again/200436/1 "2003-09-09T02:10:07Z")
I wrote and compiled a program in Visual Studio .NET (Visual Basic, specifically), and gave the compiled .EXE to a friend who does not have Visual Studio installed on his computer. Apparently, he can not run the file because “this application failed to initialize properly (0x0000135)”…
Does anyone know what the problem is/could be?
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### Author:  [@zoltar7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoltar7)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2003, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visual-studio-net-again/200436/2 "2003-09-09T03:17:26Z")
Does your friend have the .net framework installed? [MS .net framework](http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/downloads/howtoget.aspx)
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### Author:  [@Civil\_Defense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Defense)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2003, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visual-studio-net-again/200436/3 "2003-09-09T03:52:36Z")
Apparently he did not… he does now 🙂 Thanks!!