DotNet core winform application framework dependent deployment need DotNet desktop runtime

Sunny Sharma 1

We are building a Winform app built on DotNet Core 6 which is hosted on Network share DFS server. When users are trying to access this app they are getting an error you must install DotNet Desktop runtime in order to run this application. My query is it possible to install this DotNet Desktop runtime in non-admin mode using PowerShell since users would not have admin access. I see some article like this https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/tools/dotnet-install-script but here even after executing these scripts we are still getting the same error " you must install DotNet Desktop runtime in order to run this application". Can this be achieved ?

Jiachen Li-MSFT 26,751 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2022-07-25T09:53:07.027+00:00

Hi @Sunny Sharma ,
Could you please provide more information about your server Operating System version and which version of DotNet Desktop runtime you have installed?
Sunny Sharma 1 Reputation point

2022-07-25T16:19:09.15+00:00

Hi Jiachen,

Our .NetCore 6 winform app would be hosted on Network share DFS serve which is 64 bit windows server 2016. Since the app is built using .NetCore 6 winform, users who need to access the app must have dotnet desktop runtime installed on their machine in order to access the app.
We have not installed any desktop runtime at the moment what i was asking whether the desktop runtime can be installed on host machines which is 64 bit windows server 2016 without having admin rights on the host machines.
I can see this documentation i.e https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/tools/dotnet-install-script which talks about installing runtime in non-admin mode but even after installing that we are getting the below error
when we are trying to access the app