Friday, November 02, 2012

HOW TO INSTALL DOT NET FRAMEWORK 3.5 IN WINDOWS 8 FROM INSTALLATION DISC or IMAGE


                                                  



Insert Windows 8 DVD in DVD drive and open command prompt with  admin privileges (Means holding the ctrl key when opening CMD or right click on cmd ->run as administrator) and type the following command.



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

Another method:


If you open CMD.EXE with Administrative Privileges i.e. at elevated level & run the this DISM command dism /online /get-features you will see that from the State that .NET Framework is not part of the Operating System.

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So the first thing you need to do is to copy the required package to local machine before you run the command to install .NET Framework. To do that use Windows 8 ISO/DVD/USB Media. You need to copy SXS folder to local machine located at D:\sources\sxs (In this case D: your drive letter on which you have loaded Windows 8 Media)

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You can also use the following command to copy this folder locally. xcopy d:\sxs\*.* c:\sxs /s
Once completed, in order to install this feature you can run the following command dism /online /enable-feature /featurename:NetFx3 /All /SourceC:\sxs /LimitAccess  and hit Enter

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After completing the installation of .NET Framework 3.5 you can see that the feature is enabled in the Control Panel –> Program and Features

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Bingo. Now you can enable .NET Framework feature on Windows 8 without needing of an internet connection.

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