{"id":4133,"date":"2014-11-28T02:57:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-28T01:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/winows-server-2012-r2-failed-to-install-net-framework-35\/"},"modified":"2014-11-28T02:57:00","modified_gmt":"2014-11-28T01:57:00","slug":"winows-server-2012-r2-failed-to-install-net-framework-35","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/winows-server-2012-r2-failed-to-install-net-framework-35\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows Server 2012 R2: solving .NET Framework 3.5 installation problems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I faced a problem at a customer site last week when I tried to install the .NET Framework 3.5 &#8211; a prerequisite for installing SQL Server 2012 on a Windows Server 2012 R2. I opened the Server Manager and then navigated to the Manage, Add Roles and Features section:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"easyblog-thumb-preview\" title=\"pic01.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/dbi-services.com\/blog\/images\/easyblog_images\/99\/pic01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"b2ap3_thumbnail_pic01.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/b2ap3_thumbnail_pic01.jpg\" alt=\"b2ap3_thumbnail_pic01.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I selected the .NET Framework 3.5 Features option:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"easyblog-thumb-preview\" title=\"pic02.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/dbi-services.com\/blog\/images\/easyblog_images\/99\/pic02.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"b2ap3_thumbnail_pic02.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/b2ap3_thumbnail_pic02.jpg\" alt=\"b2ap3_thumbnail_pic02.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I specified an alternate source path:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"pic03.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/dbi-services.com\/blog\/images\/easyblog_images\/99\/pic03.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"b2ap3_thumbnail_pic03.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/b2ap3_thumbnail_pic03.jpg\" alt=\"b2ap3_thumbnail_pic03.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and surprise! Even though an ISO of Windows Server 2012 R2 was mapped to my D: drive, the installation failed with this strange error: &#8220;The source file could not be found&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After some investigations, I found that this problem is quite common and that Microsoft has published a fix &#8230; which unfortunately does not work for me!<br \/>\nI tried the same installation with different ways: command prompt, PowerShel l&#8230; but absolutely NO RESULT.<br \/>\nI finally decided to open a PowerShell console to check the Windows Features available on my server with the cmdlet Get-WindowsFeature:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Pic1.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/dbi-services.com\/blog\/images\/easyblog_images\/99\/Pic1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"b2ap3_thumbnail_Pic1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/b2ap3_thumbnail_Pic1-1.jpg\" alt=\"b2ap3_thumbnail_Pic1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Strangely, the status of the .NET Framework 3.5 is not showing &#8220;Available&#8221;, but &#8220;Removed&#8221;!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Pic2.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/dbi-services.com\/blog\/images\/easyblog_images\/99\/Pic2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"b2ap3_thumbnail_Pic2.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/b2ap3_thumbnail_Pic2-1.jpg\" alt=\"b2ap3_thumbnail_Pic2.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So, how do I change this state from removed to available?<\/p>\n<p>After some investigations and after having tried some fixes provided by persons who faced to the same problem as me, I finally found the <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/abbodi1406\/dotNetFx35W10\">Standalone Offline Installer<\/a> tool that solved my problem by enabling the .NET Framework 3.5 (many thanks to Abbodi1406).<\/p>\n<p>I downloaded this exe file and executed it on my server.<br \/>\nAn installer screen appeared:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"pic4.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/dbi-services.com\/blog\/images\/easyblog_images\/99\/pic4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"b2ap3_thumbnail_pic4.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/b2ap3_thumbnail_pic4-1.jpg\" alt=\"b2ap3_thumbnail_pic4.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After clicking on the Next button, a command prompt screen appeared which showed the completion state of the process.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"pic6.jpg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/pic6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"pic6.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/pic6.jpg\" alt=\"pic6.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As soon as the process was finished, I went back to my PowerShell screen to check if my .NET Framework 3.5 is now available &#8211; by running my PowerShell cmdlet Get-WindowsFeature:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"pic10.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/dbi-services.com\/blog\/images\/easyblog_images\/99\/pic10.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"b2ap3_thumbnail_pic10.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/b2ap3_thumbnail_pic10-1.jpg\" alt=\"b2ap3_thumbnail_pic10.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The .NET Framework 3.5 was now available and I was able to restart the installation process from the beginning by navigating to the server manager, selecting the concerned feature and giving the alternate source path.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"pic8.jpg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/pic8.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"pic8.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/pic8.jpg\" alt=\"pic8.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I finally succeeded to install my .NET Framework 3.5!<br \/>\nI hope that my blog post will help some of you to resolve this installation problem \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I faced a problem at a customer site last week when I tried to install the .NET Framework 3.5 &#8211; a prerequisite for installing SQL Server 2012 on a Windows Server 2012 R2. 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