是否可以使用Visual Studio Community开发.NET Framework v4.0？

Question

I have an ASP.NET project which is currently targeting .NET Framework 4.5. Due to the fact that it'll be deployed on Windows Server 2003, it needs to be downgraded to v4.0 (the last supported version according to https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb822049(v=vs.110).aspx .

I'm aware that both versions can't be run side-by-side... is it possible to uninstall v4.5 on my version of Visual Studio Community and replace it with v4? Are there any other workarounds?

Answer 1

4.5 and 4.0 both target the same CLR version, which is 4.0. You can have the compiler target 4.0 by changing the project settings. You don't need to uninstall anything.