Can we target .Net Standard 2.0 projects with Visual Studio 2017 Express?

Asked Jan 22 '18 at 18:58

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I just installed Visual Studio 2017 Express for Windows Desktop (version 15.5.4), and I am trying to open a C# project that targets the framework .Net Standard 2.0.

But it doesn't work, it tells me that the project needs a migration. I reload the project and VS performs this "one way upgrade", but when trying to compile afterwards, I get this error:
The current .NET SDK does not support targeting .NET Standard 2.0. Either target .NET Standard 1.6 or lower, or use a version of the .NET SDK that supports .NET Standard 2.0.

What bothers me is that the most recent version of the SDK is already installed, running the command dotnet --info tells me that the current version for the .Net Core is 2.0.5.

Also, I tried installing Visual Studio Community 2017 (instead of Express), and everything worked just fine, the .Net Standard 2.0 framework was detected. But I can't use VS Community because of its licence.

So in the end my question is, is it possible to "use" the .Net Standard 2.0 framework with VS 2017 Express ?

Thanks a lot

asked Jan 22 '18 at 18:58

Skiss

is your install all up to date? – Daniel A. White Jan 22 '18 at 18:59
Yes, I'm using VS 2017 Express 15.5.4. – Skiss Jan 22 '18 at 19:20
did you install .net core support? – Daniel A. White Jan 22 '18 at 19:21
oh windows desktop might not work - try using the web version – Daniel A. White Jan 22 '18 at 19:22
I can only find a link to download the windows desktop version for VS Express [https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/visual-studio-express/?rr=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.ca%2F](https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/visual-studio-express/?rr=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.ca%2F) – Skiss Jan 22 '18 at 19:25
looks like it doesn't support web. try using vs code or something else – Daniel A. White Jan 22 '18 at 19:29
Not sure I understand, I can build and run my project using Visual Studio Code ? – Skiss Jan 22 '18 at 19:32
yea. its a free version that works well w/ .net core – Daniel A. White Jan 22 '18 at 19:33
I will check that out. But in the meantime, is it 100% sure that I cannot open/run projects targeting .Net Standard 2.0 with VS 2017 Express ? – Skiss Jan 22 '18 at 19:51
i'm pretty sure. .net core really targets for web, not desktop – Daniel A. White Jan 22 '18 at 19:52

Can we target .Net Standard 2.0 projects with Visual Studio 2017 Express?

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