installer: Updating to VS16.8.4 doesn't correctly uninstall .NET SDK 5.0.101
Updating from 16.8.3 to 16.8.4. Having 16.9P3 installed alongside.
Symptom: In control panel, SDK 5.0.102 (from VS) and 5.0.200-preview (from VS) exist as expected. SDK 5.0.101 (not from VS) exists unexpected.
Uninstalling the entry doesn’t remove 5.0.101 SDK.
dotnet --info output:
Host (useful for support):
Version: 5.0.2
Commit: cb5f173b96
.NET SDKs installed:
5.0.101 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
5.0.102 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
5.0.200-preview.20601.7 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
.NET runtimes installed:
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 3.1.9 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 3.1.11 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 5.0.0 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 5.0.1 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 5.0.2 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 3.1.9 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 3.1.11 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 5.0.0 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 5.0.1 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 5.0.2 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 3.1.9 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]
Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 3.1.11 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]
Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 5.0.0 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]
Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 5.0.1 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]
Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 5.0.2 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]
About this issue
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- State: open
- Created 3 years ago
- Reactions: 1
- Comments: 15 (14 by maintainers)
I remembered that I’ve only manually installed preview7 and rc1 before RTM. Uninstalling the entry shouldn’t break the SDK, since there are still VS installing holding it.
It should be safe to remove the unwanted folders and keep the desired layout? Repairing VS seems reliable if anything broken.