trying to run .net-application without installing microsoft .net-package

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Lars Uffmann

Hello everyone!

I am trying to run a very minor .net-application (autopatcher
for a free everquest server) while avoiding to actually install
the 23megabytes .net basic package that Microsoft seems
to want to impose on everyone using .net-applications.

I have managed to manually place the required DLLs
into the proper directories (so far) but am now at a loss
as to how the machine.config file should look like. Currently
the mini-application is complaining:
"Failed to load resources from resource file. Please check your
Setup."

Since the machine.config seems to be rather big (17kbyte), I
guess I need a properly installed sample to try and modify it
to my liking.

Could anyone here either post a complete machine.config
(preferably the smallest version available) or point me to a
location where the manual creation of that file is explained?

Thank you in advance!

Lars

Email me at aral AT gmx DOT de
 
Generally speaking, you cannot run a .Net application without first
installing the .Net framework. It just won't work.

That being said, there is a product called Thinstall which supposedly
links all the .Net assemblies needed into the application.

You might Google Thinstall and see if that meets your needs.
 
Chris Dunaway said:
Generally speaking, you cannot run a .Net application without first
installing the .Net framework. It just won't work.
Click to expand...

*sniff* Not even depending on which .net-functions the
mini-application uses?
That being said, there is a product called Thinstall which supposedly
links all the .Net assemblies needed into the application.
You might Google Thinstall and see if that meets your needs.
Click to expand...

Gonna check for this, but I won't have much of a chance
with that since I am not on the compiling side of the software
and the developer is unlikely to listen.

Thanks for the reply anyways- I couldn't check earlier because
my internet connection unexpectedly broke down.

Best Regards,

Lars
 
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