Have Runner verify app dependencies

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Microsoft PowerToys version

0.47.0

Running as admin

• Yes

Area(s) with issue?

General

Steps to reproduce

If user for some reason decides to uninstall .NET Core Desktop Runtime 3.1.x, it would be great if PowerToys:

• Did not show 3 error messages, one per module/ program using this dependency.
  
• If Windows reboot and PowerToys is set to auto start, do a check for the dependency and fail to start any PowerToys program, and show one error, not 3.
  • Same if user tries to start PowerToys.

Maybe consider to build PowerToys with .Net Core built in/ self contained deployment?

• Yes, it will become bigger, but like the author of Paint.NET figured out, it's worth it vs. all the troubleshooting and scenarios one have to think about.
  • https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/118660-paintnet-43-is-now-available/

✔️ Expected Behavior

Graceful exit/ shutdown, with one error message.

❌ Actual Behavior

And some parts of PowerToys continue running.

Other Software

No response

[jaimecbernardo]

This would be an interesting improvement. Sometimes we get issues where the solution is to install .net. This would prevent those errors.

[crutkas]

I think this is an edge case. You uninstalled a runtime dependency that our installer installs. How we're designed with a hub + spoke model, then we're forcing the hub to know more context around individual utilities.