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Re:Ask HN: What is the recommended way to create Windows des... by spapas82 on Wednesday August 24, 2016 @07:58AM (#12351346)
The problem with .NET is that I don't really trust it. In the past I had experienced various bad behaviors when trying to install .NET applications with strange messages requiring me to install specific .NET framework versions. The more strange thing is that after I installed the .NET framework and the application it still didn't start but complained about windows sxs or something like that. I never understood what the problem was.

Also, how well would .NET apps developed with Visual Studio support older windows versions (i.e windows XP or vista) ?

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Re:Ask HN: What is the recommended way to create Windows des... by CompelTechnic on Wednesday August 24, 2016 @08:10AM (#12351401)
I believe (and I hope that someone double checks me on this) that you can set which version of the .NET libraries you want to use during development in visual studio. If you use version 3.5, your application will be compatible with all versions of windows back to XP.
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Re:Ask HN: What is the recommended way to create Windows des... by Quppa on Wednesday August 24, 2016 @08:23AM (#12351472)
These days .NET 4.0 is probably a better target for maximising compatibility - Windows 8 and above don't come with .NET 3.5 installed by default, and a lot of Windows XP/Vista/7 machines will already have .NET 4.0 or newer installed thanks to Windows Update.
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