Re: [NF] .NET Core build to runtime 3.1.5 with SDK for 3.1.6 installed - Possible?

doing this will make the distribution much larger though - a full runtime installation adds roughly 80-90megs to the application (about 30-35megs in an installer package).

For .NET Core 3.x you could try

dotnet publish -r win-x64 -c Release /p:PublishTrimmed=true

Which will build a monolithic EXE with everything unnecessary stripped out.

https://dev.to/mpetrinidev/reduce-the-size-of-your-app-in-net-core-3-and-abo...