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You can bundle the .NET runtime with your app. So the user doesn't need to download a runtime.

• HPsquared 5y ago
  Indeed, that's why it's called a redistributable.
• earleybird 5y ago
  Yes, however, it will expand the runtime into C:\temp (or similar). What could go wrong? And then you find yourself in a MS induced yack shave because you want to run two different executables. Microsoft is a never ending source of accidental complexity. In this particular scenario, my first thought was "shoulda used golang". I hear tell that since then (1+ yrs ago) matters have improved in the realm of MS standalone apps (well, maybe just cmd line apps). oh, and the exe is round about 65mb compared to a golang ~5 or 6mb