Today, we are releasing the August 2022 Cumulative Update Preview for .NET Framework.
Quality and Reliability
This release contains the following quality and reliability improvements.
Localization
- Addresses an issue in localization for some .NET Framework binaries for .NET Framework 3.5 on Windows 11 and .NET Framework 3.5 on Microsoft server operating system version 21H2.
WinForms
- Addresses an issue regarding integer overflow exception in System.Windows.Forms.InputLanguage class.
Getting the Update
The Cumulative Update Preview is available via Windows Update and Microsoft Update Catalog. For Windows 10, NET Framework 4.8 updates are available via Windows Update and Microsoft Update Catalog.
Note: Customers that rely on Windows Update will automatically receive the .NET Framework version-specific updates. Advanced system administrators can also take use of the below direct Microsoft Update Catalog download links to .NET Framework-specific updates. Before applying these updates, please ensure that you carefully review the .NET Framework version applicability, to ensure that you only install updates on systems where they apply.
The following table is for Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019+ versions.
| Product Version | Cumulative Update | |
|---|---|---|
| Windows 11 | ||
| .NET Framework 3.5, 4.8 | Catalog | 5016594 |
| Microsoft server operating systems version 21H2 | ||
| .NET Framework 3.5, 4.8 | Catalog | 5016595 |
| Windows 10 21H2 | ||
| .NET Framework 3.5, 4.8 | Catalog | 5016592 |
| Windows 10 21H1 | ||
| .NET Framework 3.5, 4.8 | Catalog | 5016592 |
| Windows 10, version 20H2 and Windows Server, version 20H2 | ||
| .NET Framework 3.5, 4.8 | Catalog | 5016592 |
| Windows 10 1809 (October 2018 Update) and Windows Server 2019 | 5016874 | |
| .NET Framework 3.5, 4.7.2 | Catalog | 5016713 |
| .NET Framework 3.5, 4.8 | Catalog | 5016593 |
The following table is for Language packages that addresses a localization issue for some .NET Framework binaries.
| Language | Microsoft Catalog update link | KB Articles description link |
|---|---|---|
| Windows 11 | 5015447 | |
| Arabic – ARA | Catalog | 5014830 |
| Chinese Simplified – CHS | Catalog | 5014832 |
| Chinese Traditional – CHT | Catalog | 5014833 |
| Czech – CSY | Catalog | 5014835 |
| Danish – DAN | Catalog | 5014837 |
| Dutch – NLD | Catalog | 5014859 |
| Finnish – FIN | Catalog | 5014845 |
| French – FRA | Catalog | 5014847 |
| German – DEU | Catalog | 5014839 |
| Greek – ELL | Catalog | 5014841 |
| Hebrew – HEB | Catalog | 5014849 |
| Hungarian – HUN | Catalog | 5014851 |
| Italian – ITA | Catalog | 5014853 |
| Japanese – JPN | Catalog | 5014855 |
| Korean – KOR | Catalog | 5014857 |
| Norwegian – NOR | Catalog | 5014861 |
| Polish – PLK | Catalog | 5014863 |
| Portuguese – PTG | Catalog | 5014867 |
| Portuguese Brazilian – PTB | Catalog | 5014865 |
| Russian – RUS | Catalog | 5014869 |
| Spanish – ESN | Catalog | 5014843 |
| Swedish – SVE | Catalog | 5014871 |
| Turkish – TRK | Catalog | 5014873 |
| Microsoft server operating systems version 21H2 | 5015446 | |
| Arabic – ARA | Catalog | 5014608 |
| Chinese Simplified – CHS | Catalog | 5014831 |
| Chinese Traditional – CHT | Catalog | 5014834 |
| Czech – CSY | Catalog | 5014836 |
| Danish – DAN | Catalog | 5014838 |
| Dutch – NLD | Catalog | 5014860 |
| Finnish – FIN | Catalog | 5014846 |
| French – FRA | Catalog | 5014848 |
| German – DEU | Catalog | 5014840 |
| Greek – ELL | Catalog | 5014842 |
| Hebrew – HEB | Catalog | 5014850 |
| Hungarian – HUN | Catalog | 5014852 |
| Italian – ITA | Catalog | 5014854 |
| Japanese – JPN | Catalog | 5014856 |
| Korean – KOR | Catalog | 5014858 |
| Norwegian – NOR | Catalog | 5014862 |
| Polish – PLK | Catalog | 5014864 |
| Portuguese – PTG | Catalog | 5014868 |
| Portuguese Brazilian – PTB | Catalog | 5014866 |
| Russian – RUS | Catalog | 5014870 |
| Spanish – ESN | Catalog | 5014844 |
| Swedish – SVE | Catalog | 5014872 |
| Turkish – TRK | Catalog | 5014874 |
Previous Monthly Rollups
The last few .NET Framework Monthly updates are listed below for your convenience:
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