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Updating to VS16.8.4 doesn't correctly uninstall .NET SDK 5.0.101

See original GitHub issue

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]

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huoyaoyuancommented, Jan 22, 2021

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.

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PtrJsncommented, Mar 5, 2021

@joeloff - Any update to this issue? I’m noticing similar behavior to @huoyaoyuan. I appreciate how thorough you both have been in documenting the different aspects of the problem here.

I had 5.0.103 and 5.0.200 SDK’s installed, I believe via VS 2019 installations only. 5.0.200 seemed to be the only one in use, so I uninstalled 5.0.103. dotnet CLI still reports 5.0.103 is installed, & the sdk\5.0.103 directory is still present, but the ARP entry is gone. The dotnet\packs\Microsoft.NETCore.App.Ref\5.0.0 directory is gone too. No errors in the %temp% logs. dotnet-core-uninstall lists neither 5.0.103 nor 5.0.200 SDK’s.