How to find the .NET framework version of a Visual Studio project?

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Novice Developer picture Novice Developer · Jul 12, 2010 · Viewed 218k times · Source

I have a project in Visual Studio. How can I find out which .NET Framework version it's for?

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SLaks picture SLaks · Jul 12, 2010

It depends which version of Visual Studio:

  • In 2002, all projects use .Net 1.0
  • In 2003, all projects use .Net 1.1
  • In 2005, all projects use .Net 2.0
  • In 2008, projects use .Net 2.0, 3.0, or 3.5; you can change the version in Project Properties
  • In 2010, projects use .Net 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, or 4.0; you can change the version in Project Properties
  • In 2012, projects use .Net 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0 or 4.5; you can change the version in Project Properties

Newer versions of Visual Studio support many versions of the .Net framework; check your project type and properties.

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