The SDK 'Microsoft.NET.Sdk' specified could not be found. in Visual Studio Community 2022 version 17.5

Raihanudin Rafif 75

Since Visual Studio 2022 updated from version 17.4 to 17.5, I couldn't load my project. and get the error "The SDK 'Microsoft.NET.Sdk' specified could not be found." But if the project was opened in version 17.4, the project was loaded successfully.

Kulani Baloyi 5 Reputation points

2023-05-23T17:27:34.44+00:00

I have been facing the same problem for the past 3 months now !!! Ive tried everything! It just shows an empty solution explorer but when I manually add files to explorer it complains about non-exiting SDK file which makes no sense because its included in installation.

Extremely frustrated please help
Ciro Corvino 60 Reputation points

2024-03-24T00:41:52.47+00:00

I followed this stackoverflow solution https://stackoverflow.com/a/67049415/3762855 and managed to solve the issue
Nazar Yeremenko 5 Reputation points

2024-09-05T14:48:36.33+00:00
For Win10:

dotnet new globaljson --sdk-version {desired-version} --force

saved the day. All projects that refused to load previously, loaded (i've tried system variables troubleshoots (Path, MSBuildSDKsPath), but none of them worked)
Tom Wang 0 Reputation points

2024-12-09T15:45:09.4966667+00:00

It fixed the issues. thank you so much!
Helani De Silva 10 Reputation points

2025-03-09T12:43:19.8433333+00:00

https://stackoverflow.com/a/67049415/3762855 this one save me.

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Tianyu Sun-MSFT 34,436 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-02-28T13:54:14.22+00:00
Hello @Raihanudin Rafif ,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A forum.

Please first confirm that .NET SDK has been checked in VS Installer > Modify > Individual components > .NET > .NET SDK. If it isn’t checked, please check it and click Modify.

Please then create a new .NET based project and check if the same error appears, if the same error appears, please try following to narrow down this issue:

Reboot your machine and restart VS.

Repair Visual Studio from VS Installer > More > Repair.

Reset VS settings(run Developer Command Prompt for Visual Studio 2022 > run devenv /ResetSettings).

If the same error doesn’t appear, then please try following:

Right-click your project > Unload Project > confirm that the <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk"> line exists > right-click your project again > Reload Project. Open VS Installer > Modify > Individual components > .NET > make sure that .NET SDK has been checked, if not, check it and click Modify.

Remove the hidden .vs, bin and obj folders in your solution/project folder and rebuild your project in VS.

Please feel free to let us know if this issue disappears.

Best Regards,

Tianyu

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Raihanudin Rafif 75 Reputation points

2023-03-01T07:53:30.3833333+00:00

Thank you Mr Tianyu, this case was solved.

Ashley Griggs 5 Reputation points

2023-03-13T15:54:54+00:00

@Tianyu Sun-MSFT I have the same problem, though the steps you outlined do not resolve it. I continue to have the issue even with a new project. What else can be done to diagnose/resolve? Thank you

Tianyu Sun-MSFT 34,436 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-03-14T05:56:50.8666667+00:00

Hi @Ashley Griggs ,

Please search Edit the system environment variables in Windows Search box and click Environment Variables… button, under the System variables, select Path and click Edit…

Confirm if both C:\Program Files\dotnet\ and C:\Program Files (x86)\dotnet\ paths exist. If both of them exist, please leave C:\Program Files\dotnet\ before C:\Program Files (x86)\dotnet\. You can select C:\Program Files\dotnet\ and click Move Up button to move it up.

If you are using any extension/antivirus, please try to disable them temporarily and reboot your machine then test again.

If above suggestions still don’t work, please try to reinstall VS and check again.

Nomer Miranda 0 Reputation points

2023-03-17T16:56:17.87+00:00

ive tried all but it doesnt fix the same problem I still don't see my project when I created one, I have tried uninstalling and resetting the vsc but it still not showing my project when I created one.

Mishra, Priya 0 Reputation points

2023-03-30T12:28:29.0466667+00:00

@Nomer Miranda I'm facing the same issue...did your problem get resolved yet? if yes, can you please tell how did you fix it?

Nikhil Patel 0 Reputation points

2023-08-26T06:55:57.29+00:00

@Tianyu Sun-MSFT you saved my life :). After VS2022 update I was facing this issue and after doing "Confirm if both C:\Program Files\dotnet\ and C:\Program Files (x86)\dotnet\ paths exist. If both of them exist, please leave C:\Program Files\dotnet\ before C:\Program Files (x86)\dotnet\. You can select C:\Program Files\dotnet\ and click Move Up button to move it up." This step and the machine restart it's looking good. Thank you once again.

moriuse 0 Reputation points

2023-10-05T13:38:11.2366667+00:00

in the environment variables there is 2 set of path variable one for user and one for system you should check both of them. my issue was solved by the system variables the program file one was after the x86 one. thank you @Tianyu Sun-MSFT

John Stewart 0 Reputation points

2024-03-08T15:43:47.27+00:00

@Tianyu Sun-MSFT This Worked. I went a full round of uninstalling and reinstalling SDK's and it turned out the paths were not in my Environment Variables. Thank You - you saved me another 2 hours.

Really Bad Dev 0 Reputation points

2024-03-17T22:26:51.0933333+00:00

Thank you for this fix!

Alexey Krasheninnikov 0 Reputation points

2024-05-03T11:25:50.0766667+00:00

Sufficed to remove the .vs folder, thank you.

Conor McCallion 0 Reputation points

2024-08-08T21:25:16.5566667+00:00

Please delete
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Ben Kimball 0 Reputation points

2023-10-18T22:17:18.81+00:00
To fix this (Doesn't make a whole lot of sense, but it worked) was:

Open Visual Studio Installer

Click Modify

Pick Individual Components

Scroll all the way down to the bottom

Make sure one of the Windows 10 SDKs are installed. (Probably the latest, and probably on Windows 11 you should pick one of the Windows 11 SDKs instead)

Let the installer do it's thing

When I started VS2022 again, the problem was gone.
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Ben Kimball 0 Reputation points

2023-10-18T22:18:14.6966667+00:00

Delete this one please
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Esther Polie 0 Reputation points

2025-05-21T10:07:17.14+00:00

I had the same issue with an avalonia project, what worked for me i changed the global.json

my current global.json was forcing the SDK version to 7.0.0, and my error:

The SDK 'Microsoft.NET.Sdk' specified could not be found.

…happened because .NET SDK 7.0.0 specifically is not installed — i had:

✅ 7.0.410

❌ Not 7.0.0
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Esther Polie 0 Reputation points

2025-05-21T10:07:28.7933333+00:00

I had the same issue with an avalonia project, what worked for me i changed the global.json

my current global.json was forcing the SDK version to 7.0.0, and my error:

The SDK 'Microsoft.NET.Sdk' specified could not be found.

…happened because .NET SDK 7.0.0 specifically is not installed — i had:

✅ 7.0.410

❌ Not 7.0.0
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