Cannot Change Target Framework?

Question

I came across this problem this morning that I can't change the target framework of an open source project. The Target framework option drop down is inactive/disabled. How to make it to work with .NET Framework 2.0?

This is the download link: https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/6.10.html

By the way, possible duplicate question? The "Another Question" that had linked is for VS2008. I'm using VS2017, and today's date is 2018. The linked question is about 10 years old. Things changed a lot in 10 years. The solutions provided in that link is almost inapplicable.

Answer 1

A modern class library should use multiple target frameworks today, which means the options can only be set in project files right now,

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">    <PropertyGroup>     <TargetFrameworks>netstandard1.4;net40;net45</TargetFrameworks>   </PropertyGroup> 

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/frameworks

Visual Studio does not yet have suitable UI elements to reflect the options, and that's why it is showed the way you saw.