Microsoft.net framework 3.5 offline installer for windows 8

Windows 8 has Microsoft.net 4.5 Framework installed by default. Installation of  .Net Framework 3.5 will need the uninstallation of of version 4.5. Installing of the .Net Framework 3.5 of an online installer will demand you to connect to the internet and download the installation files.

The challenge comes in when you don’t internet connection and can connect to the internet and therefore the need to have an offline installer.

WHAT IT CAN DO

• .Has been integrated in many applications running on windows and therefore a necessity for the application to run.
• Provides an awesome programming model for building applications.

POPULAR FEATURES

• WCF and WF integration
• WPF UI Add-Ins Model
• Increased WPF XBAP integration with browsers to enable unified cookie access
• Durable WCF services
• Partial trust support for WCF in targeted scenarios
• WCF Web programming model (JSON)
• WCF Syndication (Atom and RSS)
• WCF interoperability for updated standard XAML Browser Applications (XBAPs)
• WPF Interactive 3D API and 2D on 3D API

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

• 96 MB is the Minimum, but 256MB is the Recommended RAM
• 800 x 600, 256 colors is the Minimum display required.
• 400 MHz Pentium processor is the Minimum, but 1GHz Pentium processor is the Recommended

You can get more system requirements here

STEPS TO INSTALL

1. You must have a windows 8 setup file or copy the files to your hand disk, having Windows 8 setup  ISO copied in your system, you can mount it by right-click on it and select "Mount" option or you can extract its content using winzip or winrar.

If you have Windows 8 setup disc, Just insert the disc in your CD/DVD drive so that Windows can access its content.

2. Now open Command Prompt as Administrator

add the following code

Dism /online /enable-feature /featurename:NetFx3 /All /Source:G:\sources\sxs /LimitAccess

Here "G:" represents the CD/DVD drive letter in your system which contains Windows 8 setup disc. Replace it with the correct drive letter according to your system.

If you extracted Windows 8 setup files in a directory, replace G:\sources\sxs with the correct path.

3. As soon as you execute the above mentioned command, Windows will start installing .NET Framework 3.5 in your system and it'll not require Internet connection.

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4.  Now you have installed .NET Framework 3.5 in Windows 8 without using Internet connection and .NET Framework 3.5 has been activated now as shown above.

Download Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 offline installer