SQL Server CE and DotNet framework 2.0 problem

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Hi
I have 2 applications, developed in Visual studio 2008. One is a desktop app, which retrieves data from a SQL Server 2000 database, and creates a SQL CE, .sdf file. This file is then uploaded to a handheld device, where a second app uses the database.

I have a problem with the desktop app. It does not want to run unless DotNet framework 3.5 is installed, even though I have specified everywhere that the platform should be DotNet 2.

The application opens up, but as soon as the database needs to be created, a DotNet 2 error is written to the event log.

The app was originally written with SQLCE3.5, but i have changed this now, to the only other SQL CE I could find on the web, version 3.1.

The problem I have is that the majority of PC's where this app will be loaded is Win2000 machines, so DotNet3.5 is not possible.

Can anyone please help.

Thank you

Liz