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0 pointsalkonaut1y ago0 comments

No go for net 4.6 which is installed on every currently supported Windows version back to the original Win10 released almost a decade ago.

There are still people running Win 7 but I wouldn't worry about that group having a streamlined experience. With 4.6 they can still install the runtime manually.

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brnt1y ago· 3 in thread

Why 4.6 and not 4.8? (I assume you mean .Net Framework and not .Net.)

alkonautOP1y ago

4.6 instead of 4.8 because 4.6 comes preinstalled with any Windows (Any supported Windows that is, i.e. Win10/11 or equivalent server), so from the user's perspective it will be a no-dependency app, just like a Win32 app.

scruple1y ago

Anyone reading this thread will surely roll their eyes and move on to a different solution. Event the people who recommend this stuff to others get confused about what the fuck is even happening in the .NET ecosystem.

alkonautOP1y ago

It was pretty simple up until the whole netcore fork and netstandard confusion. Then it was confusing for a number of years. And now it's actually pretty simple again.

The naming of ".NET" and ".NET Framework" is confusing as hell. But basically Microsoft is hellbent on launching something completely new and having that take over the .NET name, even if it means years of confusion.

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