Wednesday, 18 April 2012

Installing DotNet 3.5 on Windows 8


One issue I've had with Windows 8 on my Acer W500 is that some apps I want
to run (like the VMWare vSphere client, and the MCITP Test Simulator) want
DotNet 3.5 installed. Using the Add Windows Features GUI always bombs out
with
A slightly-deeper-than-usual session with Google revealed this gem - due
to known bugs in Windows 8 Consumer Preview, you have to use the below CLI
command;

Dism /online /enable-feature /featurename:NetFX3 /All /Source:DVDLOCATION:\sources\SxS /LimitAccess

Don't forget to reboot, then run Windows Update ;)

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