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Amend the installation guide - patching for .NET4 is no longer required

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Oleg Nenashev 2016-12-09 22:46:28 +01:00
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@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ In order to setup WinSW, you commonly need to perform the following steps:
0. Run `myapp.exe install <OPTIONS>` in order to install the service wrapper.
0. Optional - Perform additional configuration in the Windows Service Manager.
0. Optional - Perform extra configurations if required (guidelines are available below).
* Declare that the executable is compatible with .NET 4 or above
* Declare that the executable is compatible with .NET 4 or above (for WinSW 1.x **only**)
* Enable the WinSW offline mode
0. Run the service from the Windows Service Manager.
@ -74,7 +74,10 @@ Once the start button is clicked, Windows will start `myapp.exe`,
### Extra configuration options
#### Making WinSW compatible with .NET runtime 4.0+
#### Making WinSW 1.x compatible with .NET runtime 4.0+
**NOTE.** _Starting from WinSW `2.0` the release offers a new binary, which targets the .NET Framework 4.0.
Such configuration is no longer required._
Modern versions of Windows (e.g. Windows Server 2012 or Windows 10) do not ship with .NET runtime `2.0`, which is what `winsw.exe` is built against.
This is because unlike Java, where a newer runtime can host apps developed against earlier runtime, .NET apps need version specific runtimes.