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: Enhancements to web app scalability, responsive UI, and core libraries like ASP.NET and WCF. Reference Assemblies https://dotnet
If your project file ( csproj ) shows <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.5</TargetFrameworkVersion> , installing the usually satisfies the requirement because the reference assemblies are forward-compatible within the 4.5.x family. net framework 45 developer pack link