How to enable .NET 3.5

By default, on Windows 8 and Server 2012, .NET 3.5 is not enabled, which can be a problem at times if you need to install some applications that require it. There is a Dism.exe command which you can type and run, but we can be lazy at times.

Steps

1. Disable your anti-virus
2. Download this batch file. (Register on 4shared with your Google/Facebook/Twitter account)
3. Right click on it and select Edit, then modify the path by changing to the drive letter to the one in which your Windows installation disk is in.
4. Right click on the Enable .NET 3.5.bat file and run it as an administrator.
5. Restart PC and .Net 3.5 will be enabled and your applications can now run.

To verify
On your start menu, search for, and click on "Programs and Features"

Here's how it looks on Windows 8:
  

 Here's how it looks on Windows Server 2012: