Why Link .NET Framework?
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Top reasons to Link the .NET Framework directly with your EXE using Thinstall

1. The combined size of the .NET Framework and your program is at least 23MB. With Thinstall the normal size of a typical applicaition + Framework starts at 4MB (typical is 6-10MB).

2. The install size of the .NET Framework is about 100MB. With Thinstall the install size of your application remains the same as the download size (~6MB). Thinstall does not need to decompress any files used.

3. Linking the .NET Framework greatly increases the security of your application by reducing hacking.
· Your .NET EXE and DLL files are never present on the hard drive and cannot be disassembled
· Hackers no longer know you are using .NET
· Thinstall has additional secure measures to prevent memory dumps and debugging of your process

4. According to some reports .NET Framework install fails on 1% of all computers. Thinstall removes this problem even if system components are misconfigured.

5. .NET Framework cannot be installed if registry access is restricted. For example many corporate and education machines often restrict registry access to Administrator users one. Thinstall eliminates this problem and opens sales channels to these companies. Thinstall also allows you to incorporate any 3rd party ActiveX/COM component into your application and use it without needing installation.

6. Requiring users to download and install another package is simply too complex for many inexperienced users. It is also time consuming. Every additional step you add to the install process is going to add up to lost customers.

7. Future releases of the .NET Framework may be accidentally or purposefully incompatible with older byte code. Your app could break sometime in the future without your control because the user upgraded. Thinstall eliminates this problem by always using the version of the .NET Framework you tested with.