Improving .NET Core installation in Visual Studio and on Windows
Visual Studio 2019 version 16.3 and .NET Core 3.0 Preview 7 improve the installation experience of .NET Core on Windows. The goal is to reduce the number of .NET Core versions that might be on a machine. The improvements are based on customer feedback and our own experiences as well as laying the groundwork for future improvements. .NET Core SDK installer for Windows Let’s start with the .NET Core SDK installer. Install now removes previous versions Starting with .NET Core 3.0 Preview 7, the .NET Core SDK installer will remove previous patch versions after a successful installation. This means that if you have 3.0 Preview 5 and Preview 7 on a machine then install Preview 7, only Preview 7 will remain once the process is complete. You will see “Processing: Previous version” in the progress dialog during this step. if you would like to know more, see Overview of how .NET Core is versioned . The change to remove the previous patch version was made based on customer feedback re...