How to Create Framework-Dependent Executables with

Question

How do I create framework-dependent executables (FDE) with .NET Core 2.2? The MSDN documentation mentions them here as a new feature for .NET Core 2.2:

Framework-dependent executables (FDE)

Starting with .NET Core 2.2, you can deploy your app as an FDE, along with any required third-party dependencies. Your app will use the version of .NET Core that's installed on the target system.

Sadly the step-by-step examples still only refer to self-contained and framework-dependent deployments (FDD).

Answer 1

The way to do this is to specify a runtime identifier and then --self-contained false:

dotnet publish -c Release -r win-x64 --self-contained false

This will generate an executable without including the whole .NET Core framework.