When creating a new WinUI project in Visual Studio, it doesn't work

[branislavjuhas]

Describe the bug

When creating a new project, it doesn't build, but just writes, even reinstalling Visual Studio with all of the dependencies doesn't help. In addition, the fun part is that the .NET SDKs listed in the error cannot be downloaded and as of right now the last released version of SDK is 8.0.401, but it requires 402:

Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State
Error (active) This version of the Windows App SDK requires Microsoft.Windows.SDK.NET.Ref 10.0.19041.38 or later.
Please update to .NET SDK 6.0.134, 6.0.426, 8.0.109, 8.0.305 or 8.0.402 (or later).
Or add a temporary Microsoft.Windows.SDK.NET.Ref reference which can be added with:

10.0.19041.38

wooooork C:\Users\juhas.nuget\packages\microsoft.windowsappsdk\1.6.240829007\buildTransitive\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.targets 76

Steps to reproduce the bug

1. Create a new WinUI C# project in visual studio
2. Try to build

Expected behavior

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Screenshots

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NuGet package version

WinUI 3 - Windows App SDK 1.6.0: 1.6.240829007

Windows version

Windows 11 (22H2): Build 22621

Additional context

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[huoyaoyuan]

It's really a known issue of unsynchronized release. WASDK 1.6 introduces breaking change in dependency, but released before it gets synchronized into .NET SDK. It's already checked into 8.0.402 but not reaching the release date.

[branislavjuhas]

@huoyaoyuan, do you have any idea, how to hotfix this? I'd like to create a WinUI new project, but right now, I am quite stack because of this.

[huoyaoyuan]

The workaround is shown the error message that add a temporary <WindowsSdkPackageVersion>. Then everything should build.

[AJsuper007]

Can you post a video so we can see how to solve the issue?

[Skittles2519]

@AJsuper007 I have made a video which showcases the workaround @huoyaoyuan recommended. My Error is different, but it is resolved with the same method. https://youtu.be/B0EcMfr9INw

I added
<WindowsSdkPackageVersion>10.0.22621.38</WindowsSdkPackageVersion> to my PropertyGroup section in the csproj file.

If you are targeting 19041 instead, you would add
<WindowsSdkPackageVersion>10.0.19041.38</WindowsSdkPackageVersion>