What maximum .NET version can be installed on old OS?

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I am not very experienced .NET programmer and I am developing a small app using WPF. I want to use .NET Frmwk v4.5. However, I'd like to make my app available not only on Win 8, but on old OSes (like Win 7 and Vista) too. As far as I know, Win 7 is shipped with .NET v3.5 and Vista has v2.0 or v3.0. I build a small tool using C to detect .NET version and ask end user if he wants to install latest version to run my main app. The question is: is there a maximum version of .NET that can be installed on a particular OS? Win 7 and 8 can deal with v4.5.1, but what about Vista? Or even XP? Is it possible to install .NET 4.5 on XP? Sorry if my question is stupid and thanks in advance!

A duplicate : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/198873/os-compatibility-for-various-net-framework-versions — Kavindu Dodanduwa, Feb 23 '15 at 10:14
Also from MSDN : https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb822049(v=vs.110).aspx — Kavindu Dodanduwa, Feb 23 '15 at 10:16

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 23 '15 at 10:10

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.NET 4.5 cannot be installed on Windows XP (only .NET 4).

answered Feb 23 '15 at 10:10

Sebastian Negraszus

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What maximum .NET version can be installed on old OS?

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