Distributing .NET 4.0 redistributable with application

Question

I want to pack the .NET 4.0 redistributable with our application. We will be installing onto systems that may not have external network or Internet access.

I went to the Microsoft site to download this and the redistributable package is listed as 48MB in size. I always thought it was close to 1GB in size. I am looking at the wrong thing?

Here is the link I used.

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=17718

I need something that I can install on any qualifying Windows platform and have it perform a complete install of the .NET 4.0 framework without any Internet access.

Answer 1

You are looking at the correct download. The full .NET 4 framework is less than 50MB. In addition, if you're sticking to the Client Profile, you can use this installer instead, which is even smaller.