When updating to .NET Core 1.0 RC2 should "/Program Files/DNX/" be deleted?

Question

These instructions https://www.microsoft.com/net/core#windows indicate that all previous version of .NET Core should be removed from Windows via the Add/Remove Programs before installing .NET Core SDK 1.0 RC2 on Windows.

However after running the uninstall from Add/Remove Programs in Windows 7 and installing .NET Core SDK I see that my /Program Files/DNX/ folder still exits.

This makes me wonder if I should delete it to clean up the system. But perhaps it's needed when working with older projects that were created with RC1 under DNX.

I'd like to know if it's ok to delete the dnx folder and it associated runtimes?

Answer 1

It's up to you. If you leave them there nothing bad will happen because the executables have different names (dnx/dotnet).

You can have dnx and dotnet side by side.