.NET Framework 4.0 Client Profile vs .NET Framework 4.0

Question

When I started new .NET Console Application in VS2010, By default Target Framework was set to .NET Framework 4.0 Client Profile, what is the difference between .NET Framewor

Answer 1

The client profile attempts to restrict the set of referenced assemblies to those that are only interesting to a client application. For example it won't make System.Web available by default because it is not typically valuable to client apps.

The intent is to constrain the Visual Studio experience to that which is necessary to complete your application.