Troubleshooting: .Net Framework Initialization Error with RDS

Problem Description

     Some people may get a .NET error as below when trying to launch RDS Server/Client after a successful installation of RDS applications:

     RDSServer.exe - ".Net Framework Initialization Error. c:\windows\microsoft.NET\Frameworv.2.0.5727\mscorwks.DLL could not be loaded."

Solutions

Re-install the .NET 2 Runtime

     You could re-install the .NET 2 via below listed links:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-to-install-net-framework-20-in-windows-10/61616e06-5785-4cac-a030-b59d1fe6ec2c

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=6041

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=16614

Install another RDS Edition

     If the re-installation of .NET 2 Runtime cannot be fixed, try to install the new version of RDS via the link below instead (which is 7.0.0.121)

www.qodbc.com/download/RDSInstall/RDSClientInstaller.exe
www.qodbc.com/download/RDSInstall/RDSServerInstaller.exe