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Widgets don't work if .NET 8 runtime is not installed
Dev Home version
0.1601.561.0
Windows build number
10.0.26257.0
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Steps to reproduce the bug
- Install Dev Home
- Have a system without global .NET 8 runtime installed (uninstall and reboot if installed already)
- Open Windows Widgets view
- Click "+ Add widget"
- Choose any "Dev Home" widget (e.g. GPU widget) and click "+ Add widget"
Expected result
Widget is added to the view and fully usable (e.g. shows GPU information)
Actual result
The widget is not added to the view at all because the view freezes, or if it is added it is not working or interactive.
After installing the .NET 8 runtime, the widgets start to work immediately.
The reason is that Dev Home is a self contained .NET 8 app, that seems to use CsWinRT authored components for the widgets. But these are framework dependant and require a global .NET runtime being installed.
The bug/"feature request" at CsWinRT is open since a long time without any fix being in sight. Would be great if you could help push this internally, as this is a big pain point for users of many WinAppSDK apps - as it's very hard to detect or debug. And rarely happens for .NET developers as they have the .NET SDK installed. https://github.com/microsoft/CsWinRT/issues/1141
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