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What is the difference between a Windows Forms App and Windows Forms App (.NET Framework)

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When creating a new project in Visual Studio 2019 there are two options to create a Windows Forms App. What is the difference between these options?

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DAda Avatar asked Dec 15 '20 10:12

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Windows Forms App(.NET Framework) is the type which makes desktop apps using .NET Framework. Windows Forms App(.NET) is the type which makes desktop apps also but it uses .NET Core (Latest Version is .NET Core 5.0) The Windows Control Library project template is used to create custom controls to use on Windows Forms like we use button from the tool box Developers use the . NET framework to create Windows desktop applications and server based applications. NET Core is used to create server applications that run on Windows, Linux and Mac.

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Itachi Uchiha Avatar answered Oct 19 '22 21:10

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