C# – .NET Core 2.2 Can’t be Selected In Visual Studio Build Framework

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Previously, I was able to select the .NET Core 2.2 Framework in the properties section of the .NET Core project, but after the latest visual studio updates I haven't been able to.

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Things I've tried:

  • Repairing the .NET Core 2.2 SDK installation
  • Uninstalling and Reinstalling the .NET Core 2.2 SDK
  • Restarting Visual Studio
  • Restarting my machine
  • Making a fresh .NET Core project

Nothing has been able to work. From the fact that it was working before I installed the latest updates, could it just be a bug? Or is there something that I'm missing?

For some more clarity, I'm running in Windows 10 Professional x64 on the latest version of windows.

I installed this version of .NET Core 2.2 from here

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Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

Best Answer

I have same problem. I am trying fix this issue about one day. Finally I figuret out. My VS version is 15.9.11 and Community Edition.

Issue details: 2.1.6xx & 2.2.2xx version of the sdks are only supported on Visual Studio 2019. VS 2017 needs 2.1.5xx & 2.2.1xx versions of the sdk.

How to fix the issue? Install 2.1.5xx version of the SDK if you are targetting a 2.1 app Install 2.2.1xx version of the SDK if you are targetting a 2.2 app.

The link is here

Edit: The direct link to downloadable installers is https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-core/2.2. As noted above, do check which SDK version is compatible with Visual Studio 2019 and/or Visual Studio 2017.

For example, if you want to use .NET version 2.2.7 in Visual Studio 2017 (v15.9), the only SDK version that works is SDK 2.2.109. To use SDK 2.2.206 you must have Visual Studio 2019 (v16.0). To use SDK 2.2.402 you must have Visual Studio 2019 (v16.2).

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