The .NET Desktop Runtime is specifically designed to run and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) applications. Unlike the standard .NET Runtime (which is for console or web apps), the Desktop Runtime includes the necessary graphical interface libraries to render these specific types of desktop software.

A common point of confusion is the difference between the and the SDK .

اگر فقط می‌خواهید یک برنامه یا بازی را کنید، فقط به Runtime نیاز دارید.

Here’s the correct place to get it: