Launchpad (and utilities) silently exiting on Windows, log empty

[AmEv7Fam]

Upon attempting to run the pre-compiled Launchpad binaries (and the utilities app) under Windows 10 1809, the app immediately closes silently. There's no output to either the command line or the log.

I suspected that it might be due to missing .net libraries, but when I attempt to install it, I get .NET Framework 4.6.2 or a later update is already installed on this computer., with no way to force an install.

So, switching to trying to compile my own version in Visual Studio 2017, I am presented with these errors:

Again, I can't install these libraries for the reason stated above.

I tried installing Mono, as somebody suggested in another thread, but even installing both x64 and x86 libraries made no difference.

[Nihlus]

You need the .NET Core SDK installed as well. That should, at least partially, solve the issue. The precompiled binaries are broken as far as I know, and I haven't had time to go back and fix them.

As for the 4.6.2 issue, you need the targeting pack in VS, not the runtime itself.

[AmEv7Fam]

Found the Core 2.2 SDK here: https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download

and the .net 4.6.2 development libraries here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=53321

OK, looks like it compiled! Found the utilities in the source. I feel these links might be useful to somebody else!