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Difference between .NET 4 Client Profile and Full Framework download
I noticed that you can change the target platform in .NET applications to the Client Profile or the Full profile. What is the difference between the two? How should I choose which is the correct one for my project?
While the difference in size is essentially negligible with modern networks, there is one major difference. Windows Update (and Windows 7 & 8 I believe) will only install the client framework on an end users machine. So the chances of the end user having the client framework already installed is much higher than the full framework.
