Bitdefender VPN requiring a new install?

I use VPN feature 2–3 times a week. Last week it was fine. I tried to use it today it requested that I install Bitdefender VPN. When I click the install button it just says Bitdefender VPN is configuring, runs that line for a while then the button to install shows up again

BITDEFENDER VPN INSTALLATION FAILED

BITDEFENDER VPN REQUIRES .NET FRAMEWORK 4.7.2 OR GREATER

TO USE BITDEFENDER VPN PLEASE INSTALL .NET FRAMEWORK

is it just saying my laptop is too old? lol

Simply get this Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2 offline installer for Windows - Microsoft Support
And run fresh install of the vpn
Tho it might pe possible that your windows is not compagible with this version of net framework, therefore in that case there is no option for you to get the vpn. Only if you update your windows

I came into my home office and booted my Win 7 machine and on the desktop the Bitdefender VPN icon was replaced with a generic icon. I tried to open the properties but it indicated that there were no properties so the only thing it would let me do is delete the icon. I did. Then I launched the Bitdefender Dashboard. There was a VPN showing an “Install”. When I try to install it, the wait cursor just spins and spins forever and doesn’t install anything.

did you try using bitdefender central vpn install?

Yes, I did. What you called “bitdefender central vpn” I called "Bitdefender Dashboard. All I got was a spinning wait cursor that never ended.