Download _top_ Net Framework 462 Upd Jun 2026

Prior to 4.6.2, if a Windows system had the "System cryptography: Use FIPS compliant algorithms for encryption, hashing, and signing" security policy enabled, many .NET applications would crash or throw exceptions (specifically InvalidOperationException ). This happened because older versions of .NET used algorithms like MD5 or SHA1 by default, which are not FIPS-compliant.

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If you have .NET Framework 4.7, 4.8, or 4.8.1 installed, you do not need to install 4.6.2. If you are having trouble installing, let me know: What error message are you seeing? Which Windows version are you running? Prior to 4