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Asked: 2026-06-13T00:00:11+00:00

I have an MSI file with .NET Framework 2.0 Prerequisite. In windows 8 .NEt

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I have an MSI file with .NET Framework 2.0 Prerequisite. In windows 8 .NEt framework 2.0 is not installed by default and when i run the .msi, it says you need to install .NET framework 2.0.

But Windows 8 already comes with .NET framework 4.0 or 4.5 which supports older versions and indeed would be able to run the msi file if i could say this msi file can also run on .NET framework 4.0. How can i do that?

More precisely, how can i configure an msi file to have a prerequisite such that min .net framework version 2.0 but can run on newer versions?

I can do this for assemblies adding the configuration below.

<configuration> 
  <startup>
   <supportedRuntime version="v2.0.50727" />
   <supportedRuntime version="v3.0" />
   <supportedRuntime version="v3.5" />
   <supportedRuntime version="v4.0" />
  </startup>
</configuration>

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  1. Editorial Team

    The SO question How can I detect .net 3.5 in WiX? appears to answer this. It also points to another post that discusses this when not using WiX

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