Last month, Microsoft released the .NET Framework January 2022 Cumulative Update Preview, part of the company's promise to support .NET Framework. The update targets .NET Framework versions 3.5 and 4.

In this case, a few versions of .NET are on the way out. You have until April 26, 2022, to move on from .NET Framework 4.5.2, 4.6, and 4.6.1, or face the consequences of being unsupported.

If you need to .NET Framework 2.0 or 3.0 and already have .NET Framework 3.5, you can use the desired program without further installation. Read: Fix 0x800F0922 .NET Framework installation error ...

The above steps will uninstall Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6 or higher version from your computer. After uninstalling it, restart your computer and then install .NET Framework 3.5. It should work.

Even though Microsoft's development focus has shifted to the open-source, cross-platform .NET Core initiative -- with the aging, traditional, Windows-only .NET Framework relegated primarily to fixes ...