How to target .NET Framework 4.0 in VS 2022 on Windows 11?

Lee Feng 146 Reputation points
2022-09-05T07:41:23.313+00:00

Working on some old projects targeting .NET Framework 4.0. I used VS 2022 to open the solution and was told to install 4.0 targeting pack.

I can't find the download link on the dotnet website, nor the installation option in Visual Studio Installer.

Anyway to install it?

(Of course I know it's no longer supported. But I cannot just make it target a newer version, because my boss does not let me do that.)

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  2. Ziya Ganjili 20 Reputation points
    2024-05-21T04:59:14.85+00:00

    I want to upgrade Netframework to NET 8.0. On sqlproj file I am mentioning frameworkVersion
    <TargetFrameworkVersion>net8.0<TargetFrameworkversion> but cant load project getting error:

    The expression "[MSBuild]::VersionGreaterThanOrEquals(net8.0, 4.0 )" cannot be evaluated. Version string was not in the correct format.
    trying load without TargetframeworkVerison it recommends I should upgrade it .net framework 4.8 but I want .net 8.0 how to fix?

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