Did you install Visual Studio 2012 in a fresh new environment and willing to target your project for .NET Framework prior to Framework 4 but could not see the option to change to the older framework version? This post will help you in details.   Continue reading more to know about the default .NET Targeted Framework of Visual Studio 2012 and the steps to install additional framework version.   If you are new to Visual Studio 2012 and installed freshly in your all new development environment, you could probably face this issue. You will not see all the .NET framework version listed in your Visual Studio "New Project" dialog. By default this new IDE comes with only two framework version: .NET Framework 4 and .NET Framework 4.5. If you want your project to target the older version too, you need to install the same to integrate in the IDE.   By default, you will see the following targeted framework in the dropdown present in the "New Project" dialog:   ...


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