Running .NET apps. on non-.NET Windows

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If I build a .NET app. (in C#, say), can I run the resulting .EXE on Windows
98 (say)? Will Windows 98 require .NET (the CLR, etc?) to be installed?
 
Brian Toothill said:
If I build a .NET app. (in C#, say), can I run the resulting .EXE on Windows
98 (say)?
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Possible, but even with .NET it might not. Depends on what type of app (for
example, ASP.NET is right out). In general, with the .NET redistributable,
it will run.
Will Windows 98 require .NET (the CLR, etc?) to be installed?
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At least the redistributable package.

NOTE: If you make an install package for your app, you can bootstrap the
..NET redist to it. This means .NET will be installed when the user tries to
install your app. While this does not take away the install, it does remove
the user's need to install separately.

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Brian Toothill said:
If I build a .NET app. (in C#, say), can I run the resulting .EXE on Windows
98 (say)? Will Windows 98 require .NET (the CLR, etc?) to be installed?
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Yes, the target PC must be running the .NET Framework with a version
compatible with your EXE.
Here is a link to the redistribuable package for .NET Framework 1.1 :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...E3-F589-4842-8157-034D1E7CF3A3&displaylang=en
You can also download and install language pack if your target PC uses a
non-english language, although it's optional it will make sure that error
messages are displayed in the proper language.
Note that it is a big download (23MB) and the users will appreciate if you
provide it on CDRom ;-)
 
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