Setup Project in Visual Studio 2010 Requires .NET 4.0

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Filip Ekberg picture Filip Ekberg · May 3, 2010 · Viewed 7.6k times · Source

When setting up a Setup Project in Visual Studio 2010 and even to I removing all the prerequistes .NET 4.0 is still required on the computer that runs the Installation. Deploying with ClickOnce works but is not an option, but at least it doesn't ask for .NET 4.0.

Is there a way to create a Setup Project in Visual Studio 2010 that doesn't require .NET 4.0 on installation?

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This is one of the test configurations i've tested

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And this is what it looks like when I run setup.exe or the .msi

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Answer

Darin Dimitrov picture Darin Dimitrov · May 3, 2010

Right click on the setup project in the solution explorer -> View -> Launch Conditions and set the appropriate .NET framework version:

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