PowerToys setup gets stuck at: "Installing .NET Desktop Runtime 6"

[RandomGitHuber101]

Microsoft PowerToys version

0.64.1

Installation method

GitHub

Running as admin

Yes

Area(s) with issue?

General

Steps to reproduce

1. Open and start the PowerToys 0.64.1 setup.
2. Let PowerToys install and it'll get stuck on "Installing and downloading .NET Desktop Runtime 6"

✔️ Expected Behavior

For PowerToys to install properly.

❌ Actual Behavior

The PowerToys setup just gets stuck.

Other Software

No response

[crutkas]

/reportbug

[ghost]

Hi there!

We need a bit more information to really debug this issue. Can you add a "Report Bug" zip file here? You right click on our system tray icon and just go to report bug. Then drag the zipfile from your desktop onto the GitHub comment box in this issue. Thanks!

[crutkas]

does the .net 6 desktop runtime installer succeed by itself if you do it manually?

[RandomGitHuber101]

I don't know. I've never tried installing .NET 6 manually.

[dungwaichn]

i have already installed .net 6,but when i installed powertoys ,it installed .net 6 again,and seemed got stuck , very slow

[RandomGitHuber101]

That's possibly my problem. I think I have 2 versions of .NET 6.

[dungwaichn]

That's possibly my problem. I think I have 2 versions of .NET 6.o

i am now trying to install them ,thank you ,you reply so fast

[dungwaichn]

i installed .net 6.0.10 and webview2 manually again .when i installed powetoys ,it installed .net 6 again , the download speed very slow.

[RandomGitHuber101]

Try to uninstall .NET 6. Maybe that'll help.

[jaimecbernardo]

You can download the .net 6.0.10 installer and put it in the same folder as the PowerToys installer. It will use that local installer then.
Does this help? /neeinfo

[jaimecbernardo]

/needinfo

[RandomGitHuber101]

Where exactly is the setup folder?

[BijanEisapour]

I had the same problem.
I already installed the SDK which has desktop runtime in it, but PowerToys installer tried to download it separately.
My version of PowerToys was 0.63.0 and I tried to update it automatically via the app and also manually via the installer but non of them worked.

I found out that I can't download the runtime from Microsoft's website either and had to use a proxy to do so.
After enabling the proxy on my system, the installer had no problem downloading runtime as well.

But I think the proper way to fix this issue is to prevent installer from downloading the runtime when it is already installed on the client's system.

[jaimecbernardo]

@BijanEisapour
We're detecting a specific version only, since that's what we can do with what Wix Bootstrapper provides us. The issue here is that for example 0.64.1 ships with .NET 6.0.10 but users might have .NET 6.0.11 already installed.
We are trying to geet .net self contained be distributed with PowerToys so we stop having these kind of issues.

[jaimecbernardo]

@RandomGitHuber101 , When you download the PowerToys from GitHub (the installation method you mentioned in your bug report) I guess it'll go to your default Downloads folder. Does this help?
/needinfo

[ghost]

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