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AngryHacker
AngryHacker

Reputation: 61646

How to change the .NET Core SDK version that VS2015 uses?

I've installed VS2017 and it totally broke my VS2015 install. When I try to create a new .net core web application project I get the error below:

I do not have version preview2-a-003177 in my c:\program files\dotnet\sdk folder and I can't seem to find that version online anywhere either.

So how can I change the the version of the .net core sdk (to something I do have installed) that VS2015 template uses?

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P.S. I know that I can add a global.json that points to a specific dotnet sdk version, but I'd rather not do that. That scenario is already addressed in this question.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2889

Answers (1)

Dmitry
Dmitry

Reputation: 16825

Sorry you can't.

VS 2015 use only .xproj file, while latest SDK (since preview3 or 4) use old-new '.csproj'. Latest SDK will try to convert (migrate) you project to .csproj.

You should switch to VS2017 to use latest SDK or stick with preview2-1 to work in VS0215.

Check that you really have required SDK version in your c:\program files\dotnet\sdk (my installations of VS 2017 does not removed any previous sdk installed). If required, you can download any version of old SDK from here

Upvotes: 1

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