What steps are needed to target previous versions of the .NET framework in Visual Studio 2010?
I installed Visual Studio and the .NET 2.0 SDK (from here), but only .NET 4.0 is in the list of available frameworks.
What am I missing?
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How strange. I've never seen anything like that. – Alastair Pitts May 22 '10 at 13:52
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Can you change it in the project settings after creation? – n535 May 22 '10 at 13:56
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what happens if you click "More frameworks" ? – Thomas Levesque May 22 '10 at 14:10
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Project settings are the same, and "more frameworks" links to the .NET framework download site. – zildjohn01 May 22 '10 at 14:25
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Download and install .NET Framework 3.5. .NET Framework 3.5 includes 2.0, 3.0 and 3.5, though it is not included with Visual Studio 2010.
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1This worked, thanks. I downloaded 3.5 SP1 instead of plain old 3.5. – zildjohn01 May 22 '10 at 14:27
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That was the solution. I would have never considered it (I already had it, but was having a heck of a time finding it). Thanks! – squeegee Feb 08 '13 at 00:50
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The .NET 2.0 SDK doesn't actually include the .NET 2.0 framework. It is merely a collection of tools and header files; they are nowadays included with the Windows SDK. You've already got that in the C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs directory.
You'll need to download and install an earlier version of .NET. Using 3.5 SP1 is the best choice, and the download is here. Pick one that's appropriate for your language.
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Which version of Visual Studio are you using?
I would suspect something like that would occur with an Express edition.
I use Premium and 2.0 is definitely there.
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