ImageGlass not starting with .Net 8.0 installed.

[Big-Iron-Cheems]

System information

• Windows OS version: Windows 10 Pro 22H2
• ImageGlass version: 9.2.0.1208
• ImageGlass release: Classic

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Install via Scoop scoop bucket add extras; scoop install extras/imageglass
2. Install .Net 8 Desktop Runtime
3. Start ImageGlass
4. Popup appears unexpectedly

Actual behavior

The program still complains about the missing runtime.

Expected behavior

The program should run as intended, I have installed the dependencies as specified.

Screenshots / Video / Sample image file

Additional context

dotnet --list-runtimes
Microsoft.NETCore.App 8.0.0 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 8.0.0 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]

This wasn't an issue with the now unsupported ImageGlass 8.
Let me know if there's any info I can add to help.

[d2phap]

@Big-Iron-Cheems Can you try installing the latest version .NET Desktop Runtime 8.0.12?

[Big-Iron-Cheems]

Here's what I did:

1. Remove .Net Desktop Runtime 8.0.0
2. Install .Net Desktop Runtime 8.0.12
3. Restart the device
4. Open ImageGlass

The issue persists.

dotnet --list-runtimes
Microsoft.NETCore.App 8.0.12 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 8.0.12 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]

[d2phap]

Thanks @Big-Iron-Cheems.
I'm still not sure about the issue. Can you run this command and send me the output?

dotnet --info

[d2phap]

The other option you can try is to open the ImageGlass.runtimeconfig.json and igcmd.runtimeconfig.json file, and add "rollForward": "LatestMinor":

{
  "runtimeOptions": {
    "tfm": "net8.0",
+    "rollForward": "LatestMinor",
    "frameworks": [
      {
        "name": "Microsoft.NETCore.App",
        "version": "8.0.0"
      },
      {
        "name": "Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App",
        "version": "8.0.0"
      }
    ],
    "configProperties": {
      "System.Runtime.Serialization.EnableUnsafeBinaryFormatterSerialization": true,
      "CSWINRT_USE_WINDOWS_UI_XAML_PROJECTIONS": false
    }
  }
}

[Big-Iron-Cheems]

dotnet --info

Host:
  Version:      8.0.12
  Architecture: x64
  Commit:       89ef51c5d8
  RID:          win-x64

.NET SDKs installed:
  No SDKs were found.

.NET runtimes installed:
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 8.0.12 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 8.0.12 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]

Other architectures found:
  None

Environment variables:
  DOTNET_ROOT       [G:\Scoop\apps\dotnet-sdk\current]

global.json file:
  Not found

Learn more:
  https://aka.ms/dotnet/info

Download .NET:
  https://aka.ms/dotnet/download

Adding minor version compat didn't seem to fix the issue as well.

[d2phap]

Should it be the issue of DOTNET_ROOT?
Your installed runtime location is C:\Program Files\dotnet but the variable points to G:\Scoop\apps\dotnet-sdk\current.

Can you try deleting the variable or point it to the correct location?

Btw, I will create self-contained release in the next versions, it won't be any issues with the .NET runtime.

[Big-Iron-Cheems]

Great catch on the DOTNET_ROOT var, deleting it seems to make the app work properly 👍
After that, it works just fine even without setting the rollForward property.

I'll close the issue, thanks for your help.
Looking forward to your future releases.