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Is it possible to develop a WinForms application which when deployed (of course on Windows) will not be dependent to .NET Framework? And How?

Okay, put it this way, I want all the dll's and stuffs to be included in my application, so when installed in a machine, the users don't have to install .NET Framework, something like that. Is it possible?

dpp
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I don't believe this is possible. You can however include the .NET client installer into the installer for your application:

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=24872

There is an article on MSDN about redistribution of the .NET framework:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms994395.aspx

ColinE
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  • Thanks, maybe I'll just stick to .NET-dependent app, it has a lot of advantages. – dpp Aug 02 '11 at 07:55