Open .net framework 4.5 project in VS 2022. Is there any workaround?

December 24, 2022 by Tarik

Download Microsoft.NETFramework.ReferenceAssemblies.net45 from nuget.org
Open the package as zip
copy the files from build\.NETFramework\v4.5\ to C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5

For more details: Building a project that target .NET Framework 4.5 in Visual Studio 2022