.NET Framework 4.6.1 installed but not available from Visual Studio 2015 Update 1 Projects

Question

_{Tuesday, February 16, 2016 11:54 PM}

I have visual Studio 2015 Update 1 installed on a Windows 10 x64 workstation but when I try to create a project from the available frameworks I see from 2.0 all the way to 4.6 but not 4.6.1.

At first I thought it wasn't installed so I downloaded both online and offline installers for it but when I run either they say that 4.6.1 is already installed so nothing will be installed.

I checked what version of the framework I have installed and sure enough, the registry key HKLM\Software\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP\v4\Full shows 394254, which I gather is correct for Windows 10 and framework 4.6.1.

Already tried to repair Visual Studio and reinstall it but nothing, I have not found a way to remove 4.6.1 to try to install it again as the update KB3102438 doesn't show under "Windows Installed Updates" Any thoughts? Thanks for your advice.

All replies (3)

_{Wednesday, February 17, 2016 11:39 AM ✅Answered | 4 votes}

Hi CESBlack,

How about download and install ".NET Framework 4.6.1 Developer Pack"?

# In my case, installing 4.6.1 was not required, i.e. 4.6.1 was installed with Windows 10 automatically.
  But with Windows 8.1, I had to install 4.6.1 manually. At that time, I installed 4.6.1 Developer Pack(Targeting Pack) .
Here's Program and Features. (Windows 10 Pro x64, Japanese)

Regards.

_{Thursday, February 18, 2016 8:37 PM | 1 vote}

This was it! I downloaded the pack and when I ran it, it said it was already installed but gave the option to repair, did that and afterwards 4.6.1 showed in VS! Thanks a lot!

_{Thursday, August 11, 2016 8:59 PM}

This worked for me as well!! Hooray!