diff --git a/Laerdal.Dfu/Laerdal.Dfu.csproj b/Laerdal.Dfu/Laerdal.Dfu.csproj
index 400b43c..3d504b9 100644
--- a/Laerdal.Dfu/Laerdal.Dfu.csproj
+++ b/Laerdal.Dfu/Laerdal.Dfu.csproj
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@
 
     <!-- ==================== TARGET FRAMEWORKS GROUP ===================== -->
     <PropertyGroup>
-        <EnableWindowsTargeting Condition=" '$(IsHostMachineOSX)' == 'true' ">true</EnableWindowsTargeting>
-
+        <TargetFrameworks>$(TargetFrameworks)net8.0;</TargetFrameworks>
         <TargetFrameworks>$(TargetFrameworks)net8.0-ios;</TargetFrameworks>
         <TargetFrameworks>$(TargetFrameworks)net8.0-android</TargetFrameworks>
     </PropertyGroup>
@@ -26,6 +25,7 @@
         <IsForAndroid Condition="     '$(TargetPlatformBeingBuiltNow)' == 'android'     ">true</IsForAndroid>
         <IsForWindows Condition="     '$(TargetPlatformBeingBuiltNow)' == 'windows'     ">true</IsForWindows>
         <IsForMacCatalyst Condition=" '$(TargetPlatformBeingBuiltNow)' == 'maccatalyst' ">true</IsForMacCatalyst>
+        <IsForPlainNetX Condition="   '$(TargetFramework)'             == 'net8.0'      ">true</IsForPlainNetX>
 
         <IsForAppleStuff Condition="  '$(IsForIOS)'  == 'true' or '$(IsForMacCatalyst)' == 'true' ">true</IsForAppleStuff>
     </PropertyGroup>
@@ -38,11 +38,22 @@
         <SupportedOSPlatformVersion Condition=" '$(IsForAndroid)'     == 'true' ">21.0</SupportedOSPlatformVersion>
 
         <!-- ios   you will need specific workloads though    dotnet workload install maui -/-version 8.0.402   -->
-        <TargetPlatformVersion Condition="      '$(IsForIOS)'         == 'true' ">17.2</TargetPlatformVersion>
+        <TargetPlatformVersion Condition="      '$(IsForIOS)'         == 'true' ">17.5</TargetPlatformVersion>
         <TargetPlatformMinVersion Condition="   '$(IsForIOS)'         == 'true' ">14.2</TargetPlatformMinVersion>
         <SupportedOSPlatformVersion Condition=" '$(IsForIOS)'         == 'true' ">14.2</SupportedOSPlatformVersion>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
+    <!-- ==================== NON-NETSTANDARD ==================== -->
+    <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(IsForPlainNetX)' != 'true' ">
+        <Compile Remove="Platforms.NetX\**" />
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+    <!-- ===================== NETSTANDARD ======================= -->
+    <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(IsForPlainNetX)' == 'true' ">
+        <Compile Remove="Platforms\**\**" />
+        <!-- <Compile Include="Platforms.NetX\**" />  no need to include this explicitly -->
+    </ItemGroup>
+    
     <PropertyGroup>
         <UseMaui>true</UseMaui>
         <SingleProject>true</SingleProject>
diff --git a/Laerdal.Dfu/Laerdal.Dfu.csproj.DotSettings b/Laerdal.Dfu/Laerdal.Dfu.csproj.DotSettings
index 877f041..06347ba 100644
--- a/Laerdal.Dfu/Laerdal.Dfu.csproj.DotSettings
+++ b/Laerdal.Dfu/Laerdal.Dfu.csproj.DotSettings
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <wpf:ResourceDictionary xml:space="preserve" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" xmlns:s="clr-namespace:System;assembly=mscorlib" xmlns:ss="urn:shemas-jetbrains-com:settings-storage-xaml" xmlns:wpf="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation">
 	<s:Boolean x:Key="/Default/CodeInspection/NamespaceProvider/NamespaceFoldersToSkip/=platforms/@EntryIndexedValue">True</s:Boolean>
+	<s:Boolean x:Key="/Default/CodeInspection/NamespaceProvider/NamespaceFoldersToSkip/=platforms_002Enetx/@EntryIndexedValue">True</s:Boolean>
 	<s:Boolean x:Key="/Default/CodeInspection/NamespaceProvider/NamespaceFoldersToSkip/=platforms_005Candroid/@EntryIndexedValue">True</s:Boolean>
 	<s:Boolean x:Key="/Default/CodeInspection/NamespaceProvider/NamespaceFoldersToSkip/=platforms_005Cios/@EntryIndexedValue">True</s:Boolean>
 	<s:Boolean x:Key="/Default/CodeInspection/NamespaceProvider/NamespaceFoldersToSkip/=platforms_005Cnetstandard/@EntryIndexedValue">True</s:Boolean></wpf:ResourceDictionary>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Laerdal.Dfu/Platforms.NetX/DfuInstallation.cs b/Laerdal.Dfu/Platforms.NetX/DfuInstallation.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..63f107e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Laerdal.Dfu/Platforms.NetX/DfuInstallation.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+using System;
+using System.Globalization;
+using System.Linq;
+
+namespace Laerdal.Dfu
+{
+    public partial class DfuInstallation
+    {
+        public DfuInstallation(string deviceId, string fileUrl) : base(deviceId, fileUrl)
+        {
+        }
+
+        public DfuInstallation() : base()
+        {
+        }
+        
+        public override void Start()
+        {
+        }
+
+        public override void Pause()
+        {
+        }
+
+        public override void Resume()
+        {
+        }
+
+        public override void Abort()
+        {
+        }
+
+        protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
+        {
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Laerdal.Scripts/Laerdal.Builder.targets b/Laerdal.Scripts/Laerdal.Builder.targets
index cbe4294..f897acf 100644
--- a/Laerdal.Scripts/Laerdal.Builder.targets
+++ b/Laerdal.Scripts/Laerdal.Builder.targets
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@
 <!--        # on macos                                                                                         -->
 <!--        dotnet    msbuild                                    \                                             -->
 <!--            Laerdal.Scripts/Laerdal.Builder.targets          \                                             -->
-<!--            '"/m:1"'  '"/p:Laerdal_Version=1.0.x.0"'                                                       -->
+<!--            '"/m:1"'  '"/p:Laerdal_Version_Full=1.0.x.0"'                                                  -->
 <!--                                                                                                           -->
 <!--        # on windows powershell                                                                            -->
 <!--        dotnet   msbuild                                     ^                                             -->
 <!--            Laerdal.Scripts\Laerdal.Builder.targets          ^                                             -->
-<!--            /m:1   /p:Laerdal_Version=1.0.x.0                                                              -->
+<!--            /m:1   /p:Laerdal_Version_Full=1.0.x.0                                                         -->
 <!--                                                                                                           -->
 
 <Project DefaultTargets="BuildProjects">