.NET issues *pulling my hair out*

[Culex]

I came across this error and managed to actually correct the problem. If you receive this error on Windows 7 only, your missing a required .Net Framework registry key.

They Key

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NETFramework\]
"InstallRoot"="C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\"

for x64 versions

"InstallRoot"="C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework64\\"

enjoy.

 

[ReikokuKo]

I was not able to install a lower version of .NET I uninstalled, cleaned up, reinstalled and the .NET Framework registry keys as posted before were already there. Recently there were some .NET fixes released by Microsoft, but none of these fixed my problem.