Enable .NET 3.0 in Windows 8 ( Offline and Online )

Windows is the most popular and used operating system worldwide . Because it has a user-friendly graphical user interface . Windows was first introduced in 1995 . Science 1995 Microsoft has published so many versions of windows like windows98, windows XP, windows Vista, windows 7 and windows 8 . Windows 8 is the latest version of windows . But it has some problems . On of the major problem is that Windows 8 has been made with .NET framework 4.5 . But a lot of necessary software has been built based on .NET 3 and 3.5 framework . So these are not supported by Windows 8 . But you can still use .NET 3 in windows 8 . There are two methods . They are offline and online . I will show you both of them .

1) Enable .NET 3 in offline .

 For this operation we need a DVD of windows 8 .  Put the windows 8 DVD on the DVD drive . First open the CMD prompt  in administrator mode .Otherwise it will show access denied . For  opening the CMD prompt in administrator mode click on the search from the start menu . Then all the program will be shown there . You will see a program named "COMMAND PROMPT" . Do a right click of mouse on it . Then some options will be shown on the bottom . There you will find a option called "Run as Administrator". Click on it . That's it . You have successfully open the COMMAND PROMPT in administrator mode . Now copy the following code and paste it into the COMMAND PROMPT .

dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:NetFx3 /All /Source:H:\sources\sxs /LimitAccess

Note that the Source:H:\sources must be according to your DVD drive letter . IF your DVD drive letter is F then the code should look like this

dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:NetFx3 /All /Source:F:\sources\sxs /LimitAccess

Now paste it into the COMMAND PROMPT and hit enter . It will take a few minutes . It show you that it has been completed . Now reboot your PC and enjoy the .NET 3.

1) Enable .NET 3 in online .
For this  operation we do not need anything without internet connection . First go to

SETTINGS>CONTROL PANEL>PROGRAMS AND FEATURES >Turn windows features on or off .

Then you will find a box like this .

Click on the following box and click OK .

Then it will download the necessary files from the internet . After the completing the operation reboot your PC and enjoy . That's it .

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