Visual Studio 2012 on Windows 7 still asks for .NET 4.5

Question

I installed VS 2012 Professional Update 1 on Windows 7 SP1, x86. However when I try to compile a Windows App targeting .NET 4.5, I get the following error:

I installed .NET 4.5 as requested, but the same window keeps appearing. Windows is fully updated.

On the same machine I also run VS 2010 Professional SP1 and it works fine for .NET 4. What should I do in order to run VS 2010 and 2012 within the same OS?

Answer 1

Microsoft says, .NET 4.5 is in-place update that replaces the old .NET Framework 4.0 assemblies. Have you tried to de-install 4.0 and after that to install 4.5?

This problem is also explained here (more or less): http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms246609.aspx