.NET SDK Not Recognized

[cdupuisKR]

Description

I have seen the posts about the same issue where you load a solution and the projects won't load and there is a problem with the SDKs but my where.exe dotnet only brings up:
C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
Does anyone have a solution for this version of the problem?
Thank You!

Configuration

Regression?

Other information

[mairaw]

As I mentioned at #5962 (comment)

can you confirm what is the architecture of your Windows machine and can you share the results of dotnet --info?

[cdupuisKR]

The architecture is Windows 10 pro x64.
dotnet --info gives me:
.NET SDK:
Version: 7.0.203
Commit: 5b005c19f5

Runtime Environment:
OS Name: Windows
OS Version: 10.0.19043
OS Platform: Windows
RID: win10-x64
Base Path: C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\7.0.203\

Host:
Version: 7.0.5
Architecture: x64
Commit: 8042d61b17

.NET SDKs installed:
7.0.203 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]

.NET runtimes installed:
Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.1.30 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.All]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.1.30 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 3.1.32 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 5.0.17 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 6.0.25 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 7.0.5 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 7.0.14 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.1.30 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 3.1.32 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 5.0.17 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 6.0.10 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 6.0.11 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 6.0.14 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 6.0.16 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 6.0.25 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 7.0.5 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 7.0.14 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 3.1.32 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]
Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 5.0.17 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]
Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 6.0.25 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]
Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 7.0.5 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]
Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 7.0.14 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]

Other architectures found:
x86 [C:\Program Files (x86)\dotnet]
registered at [HKLM\SOFTWARE\dotnet\Setup\InstalledVersions\x86\InstallLocation]

Environment variables:
Not set

global.json file:
Not found

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[mairaw]

Things look good on your output. And when you run a SDK command, you're getting the SDK not found message then @cdupuisKR? Or what kind of error you're getting when you load the project? Is it on VS or VS Code?

@baronfel any suggestions?

[baronfel]

Nothing jumps out to me as wrong from the dotnet --info output. I'd echo @mairaw's questions here - does a command-line build of your project work @cdupuisKR? Is the problem surfacing only in VS/VSCode?

[cdupuisKR]

I have only tried of VS and I got the SDK error once but doesn't pop up anymore. It made me "upgrade the solution" and gave me the attached error message also. I have tried repairing and reinstalling and it hasn't worked. What's weird is I can open my solutions using VB code just fine, it is only happening to my C# solutions.

[mairaw]

What version of VS are you using? Have you finished the upgrade and is giving you an error when you load the upgraded solution?

Can you run simple SDK commands on the console? For example, can you create a new console project using the command prompt using dotnet new console?

[cdupuisKR]

I'm using the most up to date VS 17.8.3. I opened the original solution that I have brought up in VS 17 before and then it gave all these update errors. Now I get that my projects won't load in both the updated solution and the backup solution before the update. I just ran dotnet new console in the command prompt and gave me this:
The template "Console App" was created successfully.

Processing post-creation actions...
Restoring C:\Users\cdupuis\cdupuis.csproj:
Determining projects to restore...
Restored C:\Users\cdupuis\cdupuis.csproj (in 69 ms).
Restore succeeded.

[cdupuisKR]

I have also tried reverting back to VS 17.7 and VS 16.11 and the same error comes up.

[mairaw]

Ok, so the SDK is running fine on your machine. Seems to be a problem with Visual Studio then. I still don't know which errors you're seeing in VS. But I'd recommend that you report the bug through VS so it can go to the right team. On the main menu, select Help > Send Feedback > Report a Problem.

[cdupuisKR]

Okay thank you!

[cdupuisKR]

Sorry one last try! Visual Studio support takes a long time to respond. I recreated opening the solution for the first time and have attached the errors it gives me. Not sure you can help me but worth a try!

[jekelly]

Hi @cdupuisKR - can you report this on Developer Community? Providing repro steps and a recording with your ticket should give us enough information to fully investigate.

If you've already done this, please include a link to the feedback.

[cdupuisKR]

Here is the link to the developer community:
https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/NET-Solutions-Not-Opening-Properly/10555085

[cdupuisKR]

Most of the post on the developer community were put as private if you need help accessing I can send some screen shots.

[mairaw]

We can see the private messages and images when logged in with the Microsoft credentials. Thank you!

[cdupuisKR]

Would you be able to help me with the ticket? I haven't heard a response in over a week and I'm not sure if the person I was talking to is still working on it. I have the solutions posted in that developer community and can provide more information if needed. Thank You!

[github-actions]

This issue is stale because there has been no response to a request for more information for 7 days.

[github-actions]

This issue was closed because there was no response to a request for more information for 10 days.