Windows 10: Visual Studio can't locate installer or .NET Framework, Windows can't locate Visual Studio...

So I'm trying to work on a new project in Unity and using Visual Studio as my code editor. When opening Visual Studio through double-clicking a script in Unity, I get the error "Target framework not installed": The C# project Assembly-CSharp targets a version of .NET Framework that is not installed. While you can change your target framework at any time, for stability and security we recommend that you move to a recent supported release.This is already weird since the project is configured to use .NET Framework 4.8, but it suggests updating the target to .NET Framework 4.8, or to download vers

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Visual Studio (.NET Framework)

Do you still have the Visual Studio Installer or Visual Studio Manager still installed?

If you have it still installed and it opens up correctly, you could try removing all additional packages that are installed, and try reinstalling them again. It could have been a corruption issue relating to package extensions that you may have installed
into Visual Studio 2017 Community Edition. If that does not work, go to apps in settings, and select Visual Studio 2017 Community Edition and select repair. If that does not work, you could try going to TechNet, and asking there for help. It could be a
bug with the current version of the .NET Framework 48 or with the recent version of Visual Studio 2017 Community Edition.

If you can not find Visual Studio Installer or Visual Studio Manager, unfortunately in this situation the only thing I can think of is if you still have the installation file that you downloaded from the Visual Studio website. If you can't find that, then
I suggest that you download Visual Studio 2019 Community Edition, since the 2017 Community edition is not given for free anymore unless you have some sort of subscription. However, I suggest that you still check with TechNet before taking this step.

 

Unable to install visual studio, required .net framework.


I'm trying to install visual studio community 2015, however it has an error '.net framework required for setup'.
Tried installing .net framework 4.5 but it is stated that 'Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 is already a part of this operating system. You do not need to install the .NET Framework 4.5 redistributable.'

Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

 

Visual Studio (.NET Framework)

I have the latest Framework 48 installed (along with the 48 runtime) on my Windows 10 desktop.

Running Visual Studio 2017 Community.

When I select a NEW PROJECT and specify (.NET Framework) -- I get a dialog box which reads:

THIS TEMPLATE IS NOT PRESENT ON THE INSTALLATION.

Please help

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