How to install .Net 6 on Windows 10?

Question 1

I’m writing .Net code that needs a priority queue and would like to use this one: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.collections.generic.priorityqueue-2?view=net-6.0

Which says it needs .Net 6. Do I have that already installed?

reg query "HKLMSOFTWAREMicrosoftNet Framework SetupNDP" /s

… many screenfuls of output that seem to be talking about versions 2 and 3, but the highest versions mentioned, seem to be

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftNet Framework SetupNDPv4

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftNet Framework SetupNDPv4Client
    CBS    REG_DWORD    0x1
    Install    REG_DWORD    0x1
    InstallPath    REG_SZ    C:WindowsMicrosoft.NETFramework64v4.0.30319
    Release    REG_DWORD    0x80ff4
    Servicing    REG_DWORD    0x0
    TargetVersion    REG_SZ    4.0.0
    Version    REG_SZ    4.8.04084

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftNet Framework SetupNDPv4Client1033
    CBS    REG_DWORD    0x1
    Install    REG_DWORD    0x1
    Release    REG_DWORD    0x80ff4
    Servicing    REG_DWORD    0x0
    TargetVersion    REG_SZ    4.0.0
    Version    REG_SZ    4.8.04084

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftNet Framework SetupNDPv4Full
    CBS    REG_DWORD    0x1
    Install    REG_DWORD    0x1
    InstallPath    REG_SZ    C:WindowsMicrosoft.NETFramework64v4.0.30319
    Release    REG_DWORD    0x80ff4
    Servicing    REG_DWORD    0x0
    TargetVersion    REG_SZ    4.0.0
    Version    REG_SZ    4.8.04084

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftNet Framework SetupNDPv4Full1033
    CBS    REG_DWORD    0x1
    Install    REG_DWORD    0x1
    Release    REG_DWORD    0x80ff4
    Servicing    REG_DWORD    0x0
    TargetVersion    REG_SZ    4.0.0
    Version    REG_SZ    4.8.04084

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftNet Framework SetupNDPv4.0
    (Default)    REG_SZ    deprecated

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftNet Framework SetupNDPv4.0Client
    Install    REG_DWORD    0x1
    Version    REG_SZ    4.0.0.0

… 4.x. And sure enough, when I try to compile code using PriorityQueue, the compiler will have none of it. Okay, Google leads me to what looks like an installer for .Net 6 Desktop Runtime: https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/thank-you/runtime-desktop-6.0.2-windows-x64-installer

Download, run, click through the various prompts, it claims successful completion.

And… Nothing has changed. Compiler gives the same error messages, and the attempt to check what versions are installed, gives exactly the same output as before.

What am I missing?

Question 2

How to install .Net 6 on Windows 10?

You already did.

What am I missing?

The framework died at 4.8. What you want is now called .NET. .NET Core has jumped versions – going from 3.x to 5.x and then 6 and is now known as .NET

Press Win + R

Type cmd

On the command prompt, type dotnet --version

(if you’ve installed the SDK)

ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREWOW6432NodedotnetSetupInstalledVersions

(if you love regedit)

https://www.iowacomputergurus.com/insights/article/microsoft-announces-end-of-net-framework-net-core-meet-net-5

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