{"id":80616,"date":"2026-04-01T14:39:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T09:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/?p=80616"},"modified":"2026-04-01T14:41:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T09:11:15","slug":"find-if-app-uses-net-framework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/find-if-app-uses-net-framework\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Find Which Installed Apps Require .NET Framework"},"content":{"rendered":"

This app tells you how to determine which apps on your computer require .NET Framework to work correctly. This can be determined on a per-app basis.<\/p>\n

Find Which Installed Apps Require .NET Framework<\/h2>\n

First, please run the respective apps. Then use one of the following methods to determine whether those apps require the .NET Framework to function correctly.<\/p>\n

Option 1: Use PowerShell<\/h3>\n

For example, if the app name is AcronisVSSDoctor.exe, to verify whether it requires the .NET Framework, do the following:<\/p>\n

Launch the app. With the app running, open PowerShell (admin)<\/strong> and run this command:<\/p>\n

(Get-Process -Name \"AcronisVSSDoctor\").Modules.Filename\r\n<\/pre>\n
In the output, you’ll see the list of modules loaded by AcronisVSSDoctor.exe. You should be able to determine the names of the .NET modules from the output.<\/p>\n
\"determine<\/p>\n
For instance, if the following module appears in the output, it means the app uses .NET Framework 4.x runtime.<\/p>\n
C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework64\\v4.0.30319\\clr.dll<\/div>\n
\n
Option 2: Use Process Explorer<\/h3>\n
    \n
  1. Launch the program (e.g., AcronisVSSDoctor.exe)<\/li>\n
  2. Download Process Explorer<\/a> from Microsoft.<\/li>\n
  3. Run Process Explorer as administrator<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  4. In Process Explorer, double-click the process named AcronisVSSDoctor.exe.<\/li>\n
  5. In the process properties dialog, click on the .NET Assemblies<\/strong> tab if it’s available.\n
    \nNote:<\/strong> If the .NET Assemblies<\/strong> tab doesn’t exist for a process, that means that the app doesn’t use the .NET Framework.<\/div>\n
    \"determine<\/p>\n
    You can check the CLR version in that tab. v4.0.30319.0 indicates that the app uses the .NET Framework 4.x.<\/p>\n
    Here’s another example. A legacy app named PreviewConfig<\/a> uses an older version of .NET Framework, as seen in the following image:\"determine<\/p>\n
    In the above example, the CLR version is v2.0.50727, which corresponds to the .NET Framework version 2.0.<\/p>\n
    Reference: Determine which .NET Framework versions are installed – .NET Framework | Microsoft Learn<\/a><\/em>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    Additional note<\/h3>\n
    If an app requires a specific version of .NET Framework and it’s not installed on the computer, you’ll see the on-demand installation screen, as below:<\/p>\n
    \".net<\/p>\n
    Note that .NET Framework version 3.5 includes .NET 2.0 and 3.0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
    This app tells you how to determine which apps on your computer require .NET Framework to work correctly. This can be determined on a per-app basis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,869],"tags":[396,412],"class_list":["post-80616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows-10","category-windows-11","tag-powershell","tag-process-explorer"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":43020,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/install-microsoft-ui-xaml-2-7-package\/","url_meta":{"origin":80616,"position":0},"title":"What is Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.7 and How to Install it","author":"Ramesh","date":"May 3, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.7 is a framework that provides Microsoft UI controls and features for Windows UWP apps. 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