Question

I have a simple application made using C#.

Now how do I make it , such that it runs on all systems.
If a PC does not have .NET framework installed – it shouldsiliently install it with only the bare minimum requirements that the program needs.
Installing .NET framework – too big in size compared to many program , which is just a few kilobytes. Also is shoulf be silent and only if required.
Basically the application should be light and capable to run in all Windows systems.
Not interested in getting to Linux users.

Should I use Mono Project.
Else is there a way to get the bare minim .NET framework selectively pre-installed.

Please advise.

Thanks

Answer 1

Have a look at mkbundle. It will create a standalone executable, with no other dependencies. In particular it does not need neither the Mono runtime nor .NET to be installed in order to execute.

The size might still be a problem (it will likely be several megabytes, even compressed), so there is another tool to strip out everything you don’t need from the assemblies: the monolinker.

Note that the size will likely not reach the kilobyte range even after doing all this.