title: CS1607: The version specified for the 'file version' is not in the normal 'major.minor.build.revision' format in .NET
body: <p>I am trying to set my <code>AssemblyVersion</code> and <code>AssemblyFileVersion</code> attributes in my project like so:</p>
  
  <pre><code>[assembly: AssemblyVersion("3.0.*")]
  [assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("3.0.*")]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but I get this warning:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p><strong>CS1607:</strong> Assembly generation -- The version '3.0.*' specified for the 'file version' is not in the normal
    'major.minor.build.revision' format</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>On the <code>AssemblyVersionAttribute Class</code> page at <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.reflection.assemblyversionattribute.aspx" rel="noreferrer">MSDN</a> is the following:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>You can specify all the values or you can accept the default build
    number, revision number, or both by using an asterisk (*). For
    example, [assembly:AssemblyVersion("2.3.25.1")] indicates 2 as the
    major version, 3 as the minor version, 25 as the build number, and 1
    as the revision number. <strong>A version number such as
    [assembly:AssemblyVersion("1.2.*")] specifies 1 as the major version,
    2 as the minor version, and accepts the default build and revision
    numbers.</strong> A version number such as
    [assembly:AssemblyVersion("1.2.15.*")] specifies 1 as the major
    version, 2 as the minor version, 15 as the build number, and accepts
    the default revision number.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Note the bold section. Does anyone know why <code>[assembly: AssemblyVersion("3.0.*")]</code> (from my project) is not valid, but <code>[assembly:AssemblyVersion("1.2.*")]</code> (from the MSDN example) is valid?</p>
  
  <p>In particular, I am curious to know if I can start with a non-zero major number, as the application that I am writing is version 3 of the program.</p>
  
  <p>UPDATE >>> Sorry, this does seem to be answered in the other post... please vote to close it, thanks.</p>