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I installed Visual Studio Community edition a few months ago along with .NET MAUI and WinForms workloads. Everything was going smoothly until I decided I wanted to add WinUI3 workload. I thought I selected that properly, but after downloading that and installing, I find that my .NET MAUI will no longer compile my programs I had been working on, and in WinForms I no longer have any tools in my toolbox for using in the Form Designer. I don't understand what I did wrong, but I'd like to get back to where I was. Do I have to reinstall everything all over again?
Joe
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Hi @Joe Babb ,
Maybe try a repair first. VS Installer => More => Repair(this may take some time).
Also, try to reset VS settings by running devenv /ResetSettings in Developer Command Prompt for Visual Studio.
Besides, uninstalling and reinstalling the "Windows application development" workload maybe work.
If all above don’t work, kindly try to reinstall VS.
Feel free to let us know the results.
Best Regards,
Tianyu
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I seem to have fixed the problem with .NET MAUI and WinForms by selecting those in VS installer and downloading them again. So it SEEMS like if I want to add A workload, I need to select all the ones I want not just the one I want to add. Is this correct or am I missing something?
Joe
Hi Joe,
If you mean that you unselected the previous installed workloads(.NET MAUI and WinForms), then it’s incorrect.
All workloads that you want need to be selected.
Actually, when you try to add a new workload, you launch VS Installer, the previous installed workloads should be selected by default. No need to uncheck them, just select the new workload and click Modify button to install it, then the new workload will be installed, and the previous workload will still exist.
Anyway, happy to hear that you fixed the problem. Feel free to contact us if you get any other VS issues in the future:)
Have a great day.
Tianyu
Okay, I understand....now.. But it doesn't make sense to me that to add one workload all the ones you want need to be checked. But I should be okay now.
thanks,
Joe
You can understand it as that it’s a "modification" behavior.
After you open VS Installer and click "Modify" button, you can add or remove workloads/components, instead of just adding workloads.
Happy coding,
Tianyu