Microsoft is removing .NET Framework 3.5 from Windows 11 Optional Features, starting with Canary builds, shifting it to a standalone install.

Windows Server 2008 x64, two of them in fact in an NLB cluster. Trying to install .NET Framework 4, first went fine, second refuses. Running installation ...

The classic .NET Framework 3.5 will no longer be an optional Windows component in the future, but a standalone setup.

Some Windows users while attempting to install a program or a particular version of .NET Framework on their Windows 11/10 device might be stymied by the error message ...