LinqPad 5 and .Net Framework 4.6

KevinB

When installing LinqPad 5, it states the need for .Net 4.6. Clicking the install link takes you to Microsoft where the page states, "An app you tried to use needs .NET Framework 4.6 in order to run. The best version to use is .NET Framework 4.5.2, which will start downloading in x seconds.". Following the install of .Net 4.5.2, LinqPad 5 will not run. Has anyone else solved this?

KevinB

Search Microsoft for the .Net Framework 4.6 installer instead of using the link in the LinqPad installer.

jamesmanning

AFAICT the 4.6 installer is @ https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48130

The link from the release was http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=528259 which is likely what the LINQPad 5 installer should link to now.

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dotnet/archive/2015/07/20/announcing-net-framework-4-6.aspx

JoeAlbahari

As far as I can see, this is a bug in Microsoft's web page. When you run an app that targets Framework 4.6 and it's not installed, you're redirected to the following web page:

http://dotnetsocial.cloudapp.net/GetDotnet?tfm=.NETFramework,Version=v4.6

which gives the erroneous message.

I've logged bug report:

https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/1754712