VS 2022, Windows application development workload, and Dotnet 6

Question

Dotnet 6 is now EOL. The current version of Visual Studio 2022, 17.12, requires Dotnet 6 to install the Windows application development workload.

Who's responsible for for this workload in VS 2022?

Answer 1

Hello @Sean Lively ,

Thank you for taking time to post this issue in Microsoft Q&A forum.

Yes, I see the same situation on my side. I’ve raised a ticket here: .NET 6 is EOL, but is still needed for installing and using "Windows application development" workload in Visual Studio 2022.

Please kindly follow up that ticket and if there’s any update, I will inform you as soon as possible.

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Update1:

Here's a similar/same ticket => Please remove the .NET 6 dependency of WinUI development component which has been escalated for further investigation. I shared it here for reference.

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Update2:

A fix for this issue is now available in preview release. Currently, you may try the latest preview version of Visual Studio 2022(Visual Studio 2022 version 17.13 Preview 3).

Thanks for your understanding, have a nice day!

Sincerely,

Tianyu

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