[JIRA] (JENKINS-61862) Consider removing the use of WinSW.NET2.exe

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JENKINS-61862

Consider removing the use of WinSW.NET2.exe

Issue Type:	Improvement
Assignee:	Emilio Escobar
Attachments:	image-2020-04-10-16-09-40-287.png
Components:	core, windows-slave-installer-module, windows-slaves-plugin
Created:	2020-04-10 08:11
Priority:	Minor
Reporter:	Next Turn

The use of .exe.config file in Windows Slave Installer Module has prevented WinSW from running on machines without .NET FX 4+ installed since 2013. No one has reported that this is a problem in the past years. Instead, there are only issues regarding using .NET FX 2.0 executables on newer platforms.

https://github.com/jenkinsci/windows-slave-installer-module/blob/windows-slave-installer-1.12/src/main/resources/org/jenkinsci/modules/windows_slave_installer/jenkins-slave.exe.config

https://github.com/winsw/winsw/issues/399

JENKINS-60005

~~JENKINS-31564~~

~~JENKINS-21484~~

Therefore, I propose the following actions:

Safely switch to the .NET FX 4.0 executable in Windows Slave Installer Module.
Re-investigate the need to use .NET FX 2.0 executables in Jenkins master and slaves.