Can't get VS Studio to see 6.0 or 8.0 Frameworks

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Can't get VS Studio to see 6.0 or 8.0 Frameworks

I've been at this a while and can't seem to figure out where I am going wrong.

I'm trying to get a .Net 6 or 8 Framework to show up when I create a windows forms .net app from the template. Only 4.x frameworks show up. I've reinstalled VS Studio countless times, multiple machines and have done induvial packages. Path is set correctly and I have both 6 and 8 SDKs installed.

donet --list-sdks shows correct and does dotnet --version

I've been spinning for days...and not sure where to go.

Williamson, Jason Patrick (jpw4ma) 0 Reputation points

2024-10-01T15:27:53.1166667+00:00

also at command line dotnet --list-sdks is correct as well
Anna Xiu-MSFT 31,056 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2024-10-10T09:20:51.29+00:00

Hello, may I know whether your issue has been solved or not? If not, please share it in here. We can work together to figure it out.

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Williamson, Jason Patrick (jpw4ma) 0 Reputation points

2024-10-01T15:27:53.1166667+00:00

also at command line dotnet --list-sdks is correct as well
Anna Xiu-MSFT 31,056 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2024-10-10T09:20:51.29+00:00

Hello, may I know whether your issue has been solved or not? If not, please share it in here. We can work together to figure it out.

Answer 1

Hi @Williamson, Jason Patrick,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A!

Are you using Visual Studio 2022?

When creating .NET 8.0 project, please ensure that you select the Windows Forms App project template not Windows Forms App (.NET Framework) template.

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Besides, please search "Edit the system environment variables" in Windows Search box > Open it > Environment Variables… > System variables > select Path > Edit… > check if there are two paths to dotnet:

C:\Program Files\dotnet

C:\Porgram Files (x86)\dotnet

If you can find them, please click on the Move up button to move the entry C:\Program Files\dotnet before the x86 one.

Then, re-launch your VS and create a Windows Forms App project to check if the .NET 8.0 is available.

Sincerely,

Anna

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Answer 2

Bruce (SqlWork.com) 78,006 Volunteer Moderator

with visual studio 2022 its the "Windows Form App" template, no "(.net framework)" suffix.

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