.Net with single .exe without .NET Framework installation

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Published on 2010-01-27T22:38:57Z Indexed on 2010/06/14 13:22 UTC
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I wrote my simple desktop program in C#. I am reluctant to distribute it on the internet because i am not sure if users will go through pain of installing the .Net Framework. My target users are non-tech savvy users.

I am very familiar with MFC and I probably can write this program in MFC in a month. MFC is nice because I don't have to worry about distributing other components. It will be one nice single executable.

So my real question is this: Is it possible to write .Net app without worrying about distributing .Net Framework?

Update I found another solution: If you are using Innosetup, there is a script that installs .net framework. http://www.codeproject.com/KB/install/dotnetfx_innosetup_instal.aspx

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