Where the hell is .NET framework 4.5 client profile ?

1. Microsoft .net Framework 4 Client Profile Download
2. Microsoft .net Framework 4 Client Profile Windows 10
3. Microsoft .net Framework 4 Client Profile For Macbook

Am I missing something ? Did I installed anything wrong ? Apocalypse ?

No nothing is wrong, Microsoft have discontinued the client profile thingy from .NET Framework 4.5 onwards.

Microsoft.NET Framework 4 Client Profile is a pack that offers you different possibilities and options when you use the web installer from Microsoft, the NET Framework 4. This package is developed and designed so you could run web applications getting the most possible execution both for WPF and Windows Forms.

Client profile was basically the version of .NET framework that was optimized for client application (according to MSDN). This basically means it can be used for most of the type of application developed against .NET framework.

/super-mario-land-2-download.html. One major difference between the full version and client profile of framework is that client profile is not the choice when you are development or deploying ASP.NET application or in generic sense server application. The client profile is the subset of the full framework targeting client machines in an domain or organization where you don’t want to provide capabilities to host or run server application.

This client profile was available in .NET framework 3.5 and 4.0 and to add it was also available on Windows Update for your machine to make commonly available at ease in most of the system and eliminate the headache to install the framework for any freshly prepared machine.

1. I tried to restart the computer, I used the Cleanup Tool and tried to install as Administrator (or right clicking the setup file and click 'Run as Administrator'), I stuck at 'Installing.NET Framework 4 Client Profile' progress bar: I also try to leave it, but unfortunately, I stuck installing.NET Framework 4.
2. Repair the Microsoft.NET Framework 4 Client Profile in Windows' Programs and Features applet to jump-start the installation of a balky Windows security update. Dennis O'Reilly Nov.
3. The documentation answers this. The.NET Framework 4 Client Profile is a subset of the.NET Framework 4 that is optimized for client applications. It provides functionality for most client applications, including Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Windows Forms, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), and ClickOnce features.

One more point to take a note of is

If your machine have .NET framework 4.0 Client profile already installed and you install the .NET framework 4.5 the previous version will be updated to the full version of .NET framework.

Microsoft .net Framework 4 Client Profile Download

So for application that you develop targeting .NET 4.5 has nothing more to choose, but for people who are developing application targeting 4.0 or 3.5 .NET framework should really decide well which version and profile they target for their application if they are not doing it already.

Microsoft .net Framework 4 Client Profile Windows 10

Reference:

Microsoft .net Framework 4 Client Profile For Macbook

The above links also shows good difference between the full version and client profile version of .NET Framework.