Is it still possible to create a web application using the .NET Core 2.0 template that only works with full .NET Framework

Question

Back when ASP.NET Core 1.0,1.1 were out Microsoft had two separate templates to create a .NET Core Web application:

Something like:

.NET Core Web Application (.NET Core) - Windows, Linux, MacOS
.NET Core Web Application (.NET Framework) - Windows only

Is it possible to use the new ASP.NET Core 2.0 Template with only the .NET Framework? I don't see a template for it anymore and I tried the following but it is not working:

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">

  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>net461</TargetFramework>
  </PropertyGroup>

  <ItemGroup>
    <Folder Include="wwwroot\" />
  </ItemGroup>

  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.All" Version="2.0.3" />
  </ItemGroup>

  <ItemGroup>
    <DotNetCliToolReference Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.Tools" Version="2.0.1" />
  </ItemGroup>

</Project>

I basically created a new .NET Core 2.0 web application and changed TargetFramework to net461 and I am getting all kinds of errors saying:

Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.0.3 is not compatible with .NETFramework v4.6.1

Alexan Alexan · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-21T22:30:46

In left dropdown you can select .NET Framework:

and you have ASP.NET Core with target .NET Framework 4.6.1:

Is it still possible to create a web application using the .NET Core 2.0 template that only works with full .NET Framework

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