DotNet SDK needed for Windows X64 binary to run? about booklibconnect

[audiamus]

The SDK is not required.

The .Net 5 download page is : https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/5.0

You will need .NET Desktop Runtime 5.0.*, emphasize: Desktop, for Windows x64.

At the time of writing this is 5.0.16.

The direct link for that is:
https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/thank-you/runtime-desktop-5.0.16-windows-x64-installer

[aweussom]

I can assure you that the program would NOT run until I installed the SDK.
The runtime alone was NOT enough.

It may be just my laptop; Running Windows 11.

[audiamus]

The important thing is to install the Windows Desktop version of the runtime, not the ordinary runtime or the ASP.Net Core runtime. SDK stands for "System Development Kit". It contains all the runtimes plus the development tools like the compiler, debugger support and a number of utilities. None of the development tools is needed to run a .Net app.

[aweussom]

Ok. I installed the one that was suggested in the app popup when it failed to start.
I probably selected the wrong version then :-)