Installing .NET Framework with my app using MSI

Question

I have created a setup project in VS2008. My WinForms app uses .NET 2.0, so I chose .NET 2.0 Prerequisity and built the setup project.

When I run my Setup.msi on a c

Answer 1

This episode of Hanselminutes goes into great detail about how Paint.Net arranges for downloading & installing the required .NET framework on demand, and integrating with the application installation. Admittedly this is probably way more complex that most applications require, but is an interesting discussion nonetheless.