The Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 full installer (32- and 64-bit) is 48.1 MB and the Client Profile installer is 41.0 MB. The extracted installation files are 237 MB and 194 MB respectively, and once installed, they are 537 MB and 427 MB.
This is a difference of 110 MB. What difference is there between the two packages?
什么时候最好安装客户端配置文件而不是完整的客户端配置文件.NET框架？
What's new in .NET Framework 4 Client Profile RTM解释了许多差异:
When to use NET4 Client Profile and when to use NET4 Full Framework?
NET4 Client Profile:
Always target NET4 Client Profile for all your client desktop applications (including Windows Forms and WPF apps).NET4 Full framework:
- 如果您正在构建服务器应用程序.例如:
o ASP.NET应用程序
o基于服务器端ASMX的Web服务- 如果使用传统客户端场景.例如:
- 如果您针对的是开发人员场景，并且需要诸如MSBuild之类的工具，或者需要访问诸如System之类的设计程序集.设计动态链接库
However, as stated on MSDN, this is not relevant for >=4.5:
从这个开始.NET Framework 4.5，客户端配置文件已停止使用，只有完整的可再发行软件包可用.由提供的优化.NET Framework 4.5，例如更小的下载大小和更快的部署，已经消除了对单独部署包的需要.单个可再发行应用程序简化了安装过程，简化了应用程序的部署选项.