Installing .net on Windows 8

[rentzk]

Our program needs to install .net version 3. when we try this on Windows 8, we get a message stating that our project requires Microsoft.NET Framework 3.0 which is pre-installed with your operating system. Please repair your operating system and try again.

It would appear that it is, in fact, not pre-installed on Windows 8 and has to be selected later. The main problem with this is that in our case, the computers in question are often hundreds of miles away from any internet access, so simply hooking them up is not an option. this is, in fact, why we want to include the pre-requisites on the installer in the first place.

Is there an updated set of scripts that support windows 8 installs? Microsoft has finalized the RTM, and we would like to have a solution before our customers start trying install our program on their systems.

[MVEMike]

Hello rentzk,

I had the same issue. It is pre-installed on Windows 8 and Server 2012, but needs to be enabled. This process can be automated as described by Bob T Bunny in the following thread.

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4737

[FrancescoT]

Many thanks "rentzk" for reporting this.

Regards