title: Is it possible to run a .NET 4.5 app on XP?
body: <p>First, I have read the following:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><a href="http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/730732/net-framework-4-5-should-support-windows-xp-sp3">Connect case</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://visualstudio.uservoice.com/forums/121579-visual-studio/suggestions/2723735-make-net-4-5-work-on-any-os-that-supports-4-0">VS case</a></li>
  <li>and especially <a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Why-is-XP-Support-for-NET-45-not-happening">this channel9 post</a></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>So, from the last bullet, I really think there is no way around this, but I had to see if I could get a definitive answer as my team would like to upgrade from .NET 4.0 to .NET 4.5. However, we have to support XP.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Is there no possibility of going to .NET 4.5 if we want to support XP?</strong></p>
  
  <p>The only thing I could think of is creating two separate solutions, but then the codebases would have to diverge if we used .NET 4.5 features.</p>
  
  <p>So, I am looking for some amazing workaround that I could not find and others maybe already know.</p>