Application pool in IIS 7 does not show .NET Framework 3.5

Question

I've .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 installed on my system. When I create a new application pool, I just see the .NET Framework V2.0.xxx. I've a file that uses the ASP.NET MVC. It's not loading. I think this might be the reason.

Answer 1

I think rather confusingly it's referring to the .Net Runtime version, which for .Net 3.5 framework is still Runtime version 2.0.

You can google for explanations for this but it's along the lines of.

• .Net 2.0 Framework -- .Net 2.0 Runtime
• .Net 3.0 Framework -- .Net 2.0 Runtime
• .Net 3.5 Framework -- .Net 2.0 Runtime
• .Net 3.5 Sp1 -- .Net 2.0 Runtime
• .Net 4.0 Framework -- .Net 4.0 Runtime

I've noticed that MVC sometimes has problems if it's not run using the "Integrated" Managed Pipeline Mode, so might want to try that.

Answer 2

Scott Hanselman's ComputerZen.com - How to set an IIS Application or AppPool to use ASP.NET 3.5 rather than 2.0

Answer 3

Not sure what exactly the question is, if you expecting framework 3.5 in IIS don't. The two frameworks in IIS are 1.1 and 2.0. So framework 3.5 will still only show 2.0 in IIS