Hello ....DotNet4Ever....,

> So, System.NET shows as follows:
> System.Net 3.5.0.0 v2.0.50727 c:\Program Files\Reference Assemblies\.....
> System.Messaging 2.0.0.0 v2.0.50727 c:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Fra....


> Why does the v3.5 framework DLL shows the same runtime as the v2.0 and
> v3.0 frameworks?

Becuase there is no 3.0 or 3.5 runtime. There are only 1.0, 1.1 and 2.0
runtimes.

> and why is it in a different directory root
> (C:\Program Files\Reference Assemblies\*) instead of the standard
> C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5\... ?

No Idea. Presumably for organisational purposes.

> Shouldn't Visual Studio 2.5 not restrict itself to showing only
> Framework 2.0 assemblies?

Since VS2005 (I assume thats what you meant) uses assemblies that run on
the 2.0 runtime or below, all current assemblies are fair game.

--
Rory