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Windows Installer should not provide option to change install path
See original GitHub issueSteps to reproduce
Run the Windows installer.
Expected behavior
No option to change installation directory
Actual behavior
Option to change installation directory. Setting this option is a null-op, simply frustrating users.
Environment data
dotnet --info output:
1.0.0-preview2-003067
Issue Analytics
- State:
- Created 7 years ago
- Comments:13 (9 by maintainers)
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In my opinion, the path should be somehow configurable, via UI, at installation time (in which case it should provide a default path), or an environment variable. I had to move the Program Files\dotnet folder to another disk and changed the dotnet variable accordingly, and all worked well. Until I installed another version of .NET Core SDK and wondered why on Earth isn’t Visual Studio picking it up?
The option has been removed in 2.0.