Microsoft's .NET Framework Repair Tool has been updated to include Framework versions 4.5 and 4.5.1. The announcement came via the .NET Framework blog, from the self-described ".NET Fundamentals Team.

Repairing a .NET Framework installation can be tricky. That's why Microsoft recently offered an automated tool to make it easier. Version 1.0 of its .NET Framework Repair Tool came out late last week.

Even though Microsoft's development focus has shifted to the open-source, cross-platform .NET Core initiative -- with the aging, traditional, Windows-only .NET Framework relegated primarily to fixes ...