Microsoft.net.native.framework.1.7 |link| [ 2025 ]

For everyone else, it’s a silent, efficient workhorse that lets millions of Windows users launch their Store apps in milliseconds – without ever knowing its name.

| Component | Purpose | |-----------|---------| | microsoft.net.native.compiler | The compile-time toolchain (IL to native). Not runtime. | | microsoft.net.native.runtime | Older, app-local runtime (deprecated). | | Microsoft.NETCore.UniversalWindowsPlatform | NuGet package for SDK references, not runtime. | | .NET 5+ (Self-contained) | Uses CoreCLR, not .NET Native. | microsoft.net.native.framework.1.7

However, the .NET runtime itself – garbage collector, low-level type system, exception handling, reflection stubs, and interop helpers – cannot be fully AOT-compiled per app without massive duplication. The solution: installed once on the system, which all .NET Native apps link against. For everyone else, it’s a silent, efficient workhorse