.NET on a locked down computer

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.NET on a locked down computer

Might seem like a bizarre request, but is there anyway to run .NET apps on a locked down machine without installing the runtime? If a set of my users is going to working on machines that are totally locked down, no .NET runtime and no way to install it, is there anyway to 'host' the runtime?

I was thinking along the lines of portable usb apps or something?

Anyone have any ideas here?

+2 A:

No. The runtime must be installed by someone, either by the default windows installation on the box, Windows Update, or an administrator.

Dave Markle 2009-06-05 20:00:24

No. Only chance coding in something that doesn't need a runtime: C++ / Delphi, etc...

tekBlues 2009-06-05 20:02:07

What version / SP of Windows are you using that doesn't come with the runtime?

Otávio Décio 2009-06-05 20:02:22

its XP SP2, but the runtime has been removed

LoveMeSomeCode 2009-06-05 20:42:26

If they removed it they very likely don't want any .net code running on these boxes.

Otávio Décio 2009-06-05 21:08:53

as very frequently happens in the real world, there are more than one 'they' on this job, and the security IT folks 'they' don't allow the framework, and the business implementation 'they' want our app to be used throughout the organization. Obviously we can tell them to shove it, but I figured it'd be worth looking into.

LoveMeSomeCode 2009-06-22 19:08:43

+1 A:

You might consider using Mono. It'll work with a local, private copy.

Mehrdad Afshari 2009-06-05 20:02:33

Mehrdad, you mean I can just copy it into a folder and run my application, without running an installer?

tekBlues 2009-06-05 20:05:55

Yes. Btw, you can't just double click the executable after that, but you could create a batch file (or anything like that) that runs `mono assembly.exe`.

Mehrdad Afshari 2009-06-05 20:07:41

Fabulous, I must give MONO a try, have never used it, thanks

tekBlues 2009-06-05 20:15:34

thanks for the tip on mono, I'll have to check that out. unfortunately this app has already been written in c# and uses a lot of winforms stuff that i dont think will translate

LoveMeSomeCode 2009-06-05 20:45:58

+1 A:

There are some commercial tools. For example: http://www.xenocode.com/Products/Postbuild-for-NET/ but I never try it.

brzozow 2009-06-05 20:06:48

+3 A:

See this:

Running .net based application without .net framework

Dana Holt 2009-06-05 20:09:39

If you don't want to install the .NET runtime, don't write a .NET app. It's really that simple. There are other choices that don't require the framework.

Ken White 2009-06-05 20:31:15

Yeah, obviously, but that's not what I asked. The app has already been written in .NET and you don't just rewrite a 2000 man hour app before you look for a shim.

LoveMeSomeCode 2009-06-05 20:43:42

How do you write a 2000 man hour app, and only then find out you need to run it on machines not permitted to use the Framework?

John Saunders 2009-06-06 17:34:25

The app was written and went live on hundreds of machines that DO have the framework. But then the client decided she wanted to deploy it to machines in another building, and they have a strict set of security requirements and thus no framework.

LoveMeSomeCode 2009-06-22 19:06:52

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