PC Tips and Tricks
How to install Net Framework 3.5 and 3.0 offline in Windows 8?
NET Framework is needed to run some important applications in your system. You can download it online but you must need a steady internet connection, or you will probably encounter errors. But no worries, you can install .NET Framework 3.5 without internet connection.
1. First you need to have a copy of your Windows 8 installer (.iso format) on your system or any other media as long as its components are extracted. If it is in .iso format, you can right-click on it and mount image. You can also use 7zip or Winrar to extract it. If you have the DVD installer of it, just insert the disk so you can access its contents.
2. Now open command prompt as Administrator (go to start, right-click bottom left) and type the following command. (Note: caps and space sensitive) Dism /online /enable-feature /featurename:NetFx3 /All /Source:F:\sources\sxs /LimitAccess
1. First you need to have a copy of your Windows 8 installer (.iso format) on your system or any other media as long as its components are extracted. If it is in .iso format, you can right-click on it and mount image. You can also use 7zip or Winrar to extract it. If you have the DVD installer of it, just insert the disk so you can access its contents.
2. Now open command prompt as Administrator (go to start, right-click bottom left) and type the following command. (Note: caps and space sensitive) Dism /online /enable-feature /featurename:NetFx3 /All /Source:F:\sources\sxs /LimitAccess
F represents the drive letter in which Windows files are located. Just replace it with any letter corresponding to the drive letter where your Windows files exists. If you extracted Windows 8 .iso image on another directory, replace F:\sources\sxs with the correct path.
3. Hit the enter key as soon as you finished typing the command. After that, Windows will now be installing .NET Framework and it won't require you any internet connection.
3. Hit the enter key as soon as you finished typing the command. After that, Windows will now be installing .NET Framework and it won't require you any internet connection.
It will take a few minutes to install .NET Framework 3.5. Restart the computer after installation. And that's it, you have now installed .NET Framework 3.5 on your computer.