Wix Installer fail to install after upgraded to VS2022 from VS2015 with error indicate Microsoft.NET.Native.Framework.1.3 dependency conflict

Steven Wu 0

I am trying to update to use VS2022 IDE from VS2015.

I encountered following error trying to install the installer built with VS2022 with Release Configuration and x64 Platform. And this error is not recoverable even uninstalled VS2022 and VS2015 and reinstall VS2015

Originally the installer built with VS2015 works fine until I have build the project with VS2022. Then neither build works.

package depends on a framework that could not be found. Provide the framework "Microsoft.NET.Native.Framework.1.3" published by "CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US", with neutral or x64 processor architecture and minimum version 1.3.24211.0, along with this package to install. The frameworks with name "Microsoft.NET.Native.Framework.1.3" currently installed are: {Microsoft.NET.Native.Framework.1.3_1.3.24201.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe}

The project is targeting .Net Framework 4.6.1 and UWP Windows 10 anniversary edition (10.0; build 14393) with minimum version Windows 10 (10.0; build 10240). These cannot be updated due to my use cases.

The UWP dependency (https://github.com/microsoft/app-metadata/tree/master/test/assets/UwpApp_1/Dependencies/x64) is supplied in the Wix project

Here is the setup for my environment:

Wix toolset v3.11

MSBuild 14 version: 14.0.25420.1

MSBuild 17 version: 17.9.8.16306

VS2015 installed following packages:

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For VS2022, I have tested to install only the default Windows SDK (10.0.22621.0), and this could cause the above issue User's image

Tianyu Sun-MSFT 27,356 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2024-04-12T07:12:07.24+00:00

Hello @Steven Wu,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A forum.

I guess something was updated and changed while you were building the project in VS 2022.

Have you tried to check the used packages/references/assemblies… and make sure that they weren’t updated to a newer version which may be incompatible with old extensions/frameworks?
Steven Wu 0 Reputation points

2024-04-12T14:07:20.9933333+00:00

Hi @Tianyu Sun-MSFT Yes you are correct, It seems that the Microsoft.NET.Native.Framework.1.3 was updated after I installed VS 2022.

Please see the snippet below where on the left it shows the package in the installed location, and on the right is what I supplied in my project.

When only VS2015 was installed, the thumbprint in the package matched what I supplied in my project.

Do you have any suggestions on how to resolve this issue with the updated Microsoft.NET.Native.Framework.1.3?
Tianyu Sun-MSFT 27,356 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2024-04-26T09:58:48.9033333+00:00

Hi @Steven Wu,

Thanks for sharing more details.

I don’t find the way to directly get the required version of Microsoft.NET.Native.Framework.1.3(>1.3.24211.0).

I am thinking either you need to update your environment, or you may try to roll back to the previous environment(I mean replace the updated/changed package with previous version of package, if you still have the previous version of package).