Microsoft.net.native.framework.1.7 |link| -

Crucially, an app compiled against .NET Native 1.7 expects that major.minor version of the framework package to be present on the target system. Higher minor versions (e.g., 1.8) may break compatibility due to internal changes in GC behavior or exception dispatch.

Microsoft .NET Native Framework 1.7

If you maintain a UWP app today (yes, some still exist), understanding this package helps with: microsoft.net.native.framework.1.7

Framework versions like act as shared libraries. Instead of every app including its own copy of the .NET Native runtime (which would waste gigabytes of space), they all "point" to this shared framework package. Crucially, an app compiled against

With Microsoft’s shift to and WinUI 3 , .NET Native is deprecated. No new UWP apps should be built with it. The final .NET Native version was 2.x (aligned with .NET Core 3.x), but microsoft.net.native.framework.1.7 represents a peak adoption era (2017–2019). Instead of every app including its own copy of the