What are the differences between .NET framework versions

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I have created program in C# [^] , IDE SharpDevelop [^] and compile it with compiler options :

target framework set to .Net framework ver 2.0. and
target CPU set to any processor

It runs perfectly on computers that have .net 2.0 installed, regardless type of processor.

But, when I try to start program on computer with .net 4.0 installed, it do not work.
There is message about wrong .net framework when I try to start program.

What could be the problem ?

For some reason I allways tought that newer versions of .net framework supports programs written for older ones.

What I have tried:

Only one possible thing, redistribute .net 2.0 zip library, with exe version of program so that users can install it on their computers if necessary.

This solution is inadequate because it raises cost of program download,
expressed as the amount of data that is necessary to download.

Posted 21-Aug-16 0:36am

Perić Željko

Updated 21-Aug-16 1:19am

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Ralf Meier 21-Aug-16 6:57am

Perhaps there is no difference to be seen for you. But your application requests exactly this .Net-Framework-Version which you have taken to build it.

Perić Željko 23-Aug-16 3:56am

Thanks

Maciej Los 22-Aug-16 7:01am

I have found something interesting: Choosing the target framework in SharpDevelop 3.0 - Laputa[^]

Perić Željko 23-Aug-16 3:54am

Thanks for link

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Solution 1

EXE's built with .net have a special loader which checks the version of .net installed with the one it was built on and will give a message if they don't match.

Note: .net version breaking CLR changes were 1.0, 1.1, 2, 4 (i.e. 3 and 3.5 run on 2 with additions)

Note: you can build .net 2 dll's and run them on 4 built EXE's with only .net 4 CLR installed.

Posted 21-Aug-16 1:19am

Mehdi Gholam

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Perić Željko 23-Aug-16 3:56am

Thanks for suggested solution

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Perić Željko · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-02T21:53:00

Solution 2

Finally I have found list of differences at this link :

.NET Framework version history - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[^]

Posted 2-Sep-16 21:53pm

Perić Željko

Updated 2-Sep-16 22:06pm