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Installing .Net Framework V3.5 and below offline on Windows 8 & 10

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Pradeep Augustine
Pradeep Augustinehttps://www.catholicgallery.org
Pradeep Augustine is the founder of Get Cool Tricks. He is a passionate Writer, An Artist, a computer geek and a part-time Blogger who loves to write a lot of technical Contents related to blogging, Windows, Softwares, Android Development and other cool tricks and tutorials in his free time. Stay connected with him on his social profiles.

In this tutorial, the steps to install ‘.Net Framework V3.5 and below‘ offline in Windows 8 & 10 are explained. Windows 8 & 10 comes with .Net Framework V4 and above by default. But you may need V3.5 and below for some software to work properly. Most of the software comes with built-in .Net Framework installer, which installs the required version automatically during the installation. But few don’t. For those, you have to install .Net Framework 3.5 or 2.5 manually. Here are the steps to do that.

What is .Net Framework?

.NET Framework (pronounced dot net) is a software framework developed by Microsoft that runs primarily on Microsoft Windows. It includes a large class library known as Framework Class Library (FCL) and provides language interoperability (each language can use code written in other languages) across several programming languages. Programs are written for .NET Framework execute in a software environment (as contrasted to hardware environment), known as Common Language Runtime (CLR), an application virtual machine that provides services such as security, memory management, and exception handling. FCL and CLR together constitute .NET Framework (from Wikipedia.org).

The easiest way

The easiest way is to allow the windows installer to find and install the required .Net Framework automatically. You can also download the offline installer from the Microsoft website and install them manually. Now let us discuss the steps to enable it or install it offline using the command prompt and the Windows 8 or 10 disk image (ISO file).

Installing .Net Framework offline

.Net Framework is a part of Windows features. To enable this feature offline you need the

  • Disk Image or the installation disk of your Windows 8 or Windows 10 Operating System.
  • Knowledge to use the Windows Command Prompt and a little patience as it takes about 10 -20 minutes to install .Net V 3.5 and below.

Steps to install .Net Framework 3.5 and below

Mount the Windows disk image (ISO image) as a virtual drive. ISO mounter comes with Windows 8, 8.1 & 10 by default. Simply you can open the ISO image in Windows Explorer. Note down the drive letter of the mounted ISO image. In my case, it is the L drive.

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Note down the drive letter of the mounted Disk Image

Open the Command Prompt with administrator privilege. To open Command Prompt as administrator, Search cmd in the start, right click on the Command Prompt and click Run as Administrator as shown here.

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Open Command Prompt with Administrator privilege

In the Command Prompt enter the following Command and hit enter. Change the highlighted source drive letter in the command to the actual source of yours. In my case, it is the L drive. check the screenshot below for the reference.

Dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:NetFX3 /All /Source:L:\sources\sxs /LimitAccess
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.Net Framework Features enabled

You have now learned to install and enable Microsoft .Net Framework offline using the Windows disk Image and the Command prompt with Administrator privilege. Dot Net framework V 3.5 and lower versions are now installed and enabled in your Windows 8 or Windows 10 machine.

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Pradeep Augustine
Pradeep Augustinehttps://www.catholicgallery.org
Pradeep Augustine is the founder of Get Cool Tricks. He is a passionate Writer, An Artist, a computer geek and a part-time Blogger who loves to write a lot of technical Contents related to blogging, Windows, Softwares, Android Development and other cool tricks and tutorials in his free time. Stay connected with him on his social profiles.
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