How to install .NET Framework 3.0 on Windows XP Embedded SP3
How to install .NET Framework 3.0 on Windows XP Embedded SP3 without re-building the installation image?
I have read that one of the options is to install the "Update Rollup 1.0 for Windows XP Embedded" from Microsoft but it seems like SP3 should already contain all the necessary dependencies.
Should mention that if attempted to install currently, the process stops with error message 1603, indicating that "Windows Communication Foundation did not install".
Found this method and it seems to be the only one that actually works:
Perform actions in the following order:
- Use .Net Framework Cleanup Tool to make your system .NET free
- Install .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1
- Install .NET Framework 3.0 (the error should stop now)
- Install .NET Framework 3.0 Service Pack 1
- Install .NET Framework 3.5
- Install .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1
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