How to find out which version of the .NET Framework an executable needs to run?

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Using Notepad, three decades old, 200kb in size, preinstalled tool:

  • open application with notepad appname.exe,
  • search for word framework,
  • repeat last search with F3 until .NET Framework,version=vX.Y shows up
  • if nothing found (versions below 3.0) search for v2. … still 100 times easier then installing gigabytes of dot net analyzer tools and garbage studios.

update: Thought and Marcus suggested in comments that search term could also be netstandard or netframework

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