Created by Microsoft, .NET Framework provides one of the most popular environments for running applications on Windows. Developers create their own applications based on a certain version of .NET Framework and that is why sometimes you might get a popup stating that .NET is required to execute a file, one that you are surely familiar with or have seen at least once.

While .NET Framework 4 is embedded in Windows 8 and 10, .NET Framework 3.5 and lower versions are no longer available in Windows 8 and later. Having that in mind, the developers of the .NET Framework 3.5 Offline Installer for Windows 10 and 8.x created a quick solution that can help you deploy .NET Framework 3.5 on Windows 10, 8 and 8.1 even when an Internet connection is not available.

The idea behind this application is to provide a quick means of installing .NET Framework requirements for applications that need it, but without having to go online to get the necessary packages. Instead, it can extract them from an existing Windows installation media, allowing you to quickly deploy .NET Framework 3.5, 3 and 2.

There are two install modes available. The first is the ‘Easy Install’, which requires almost no configuration, except for the selection of the source installation media. Both DVD and virtually mounted ISO disk images are supported and the availability of the source for the target location is automatically checked.

Unless you are an advanced user who knows what they are doing, you should stick to the easy install mode. Experienced Windows users get more configuration settings in the ‘Advanced install’ mode, which allows the customization of all the commands and an option to reveal or conceal the detailed command window.

As its name implies, the .NET Framework 3.5 Offline Installer for Windows 10 and 8.x can deploy version 3.5 and earlier of .NET Framework on Windows 8, 8.1 and 10, extracting the needed files from a Windows installation media. Alternatively, you can download .NET Framework 3.5 and .NET Framework 2.0 from Softpedia.