When clicked Yes for pop up "To run this application, you must install .NET. Would you like to download it now?", it won't open web page to download .net if I already have some other .net installed.

Question

My application needs ".NET 5.0 Desktop Runtime" to get executed and if this .net version is not available then the application gives pop up saying "To run this application, you must install .NET. Would you like to download it now?". If I Click on yes, it will open web page to download the " .NET 5.0 Desktop Runtime", However if I already have some other version like "Microsoft Windows Desktop Runtime 6.0.24" then it still shows that pop up but it will not open any web page when clicked on yes button like previously.

I found Microsoft document related to it but it won't answer my question
Troubleshoot app launch failures - .NET | Microsoft Learn

The problem is when we click "yes" on the below pop up, it won't take to the web page if we already have a different version installed.

Answer 1

Hi @harinder singh This pop-up should not have appeared in the context of .NET Desktop Runtime 6.0.24 already installed. Try running your app in compatibility mode or as an administrator. Perhaps you should update your application's target framework to a newer version. Best Regards.

Jiachen Li

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