{"id":12176,"date":"2025-04-22T06:58:59","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T06:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bacancytechnology.com\/qanda\/?p=12176"},"modified":"2025-04-22T06:58:59","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T06:58:59","slug":"check-if-net-core-is-installed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bacancytechnology.com\/qanda\/dot-net\/check-if-net-core-is-installed","title":{"rendered":"How to Determine If .NET Core is Installed"},"content":{"rendered":"

You can determine if .NET Core (now known as .NET) is installed on your system using the following methods:<\/p>\n

1. Using Command Line (Recommended)<\/h2>\n

Windows, macOS, and Linux<\/h3>\n

Open a terminal or Command Prompt and run:
\ndotnet --list-runtimes<\/code>
\nThis command will display a list of installed .NET runtimes, including .NET Core and newer .NET versions.<\/p>\n

Alternatively, you can check the installed SDKs with:
\ndotnet --list-sdks<\/code><\/p>\n

If .NET Core is installed, you should see output like:
\n3.1.32 [C:\\Program Files\\dotnet\\sdk]
\n6.0.410 [C:\\Program Files\\dotnet\\sdk]
\n8.0.100 [C:\\Program Files\\dotnet\\sdk]<\/code><\/p>\n

If .NET Core or .NET is not installed, you will see an error like:
\nCommand 'dotnet' not found<\/code><\/p>\n

2. Checking Version (If Installed)<\/h2>\n

To check the currently active .NET version, run:
\ndotnet --version<\/code>
\nThis will return the latest installed SDK version.<\/p>\n

3. Checking via File Explorer (Windows)<\/h2>\n

Navigate to:<\/strong>
\nC:\\Program Files\\dotnet\\<\/code><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. If this folder exists, .NET Core is installed.<\/li>\n
  2. Inside the sdk or shared\\Microsoft.NETCore.App folders, you can see the installed versions.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    4. Checking via Control Panel (Windows)<\/h2>\n
      \n
    1. Open Control Panel \u2192 Programs and Features.<\/li>\n
    2. Look for entries like .NET Core SDK or .NET Runtime.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      5. Checking via Registry (Windows)<\/h2>\n

      You can check the Windows Registry using PowerShell:
      \nGet-ChildItem -Path \"HKLM:\\SOFTWARE\\dotnet\\Setup\\InstalledVersions\\x64\\sharedhost\" | Select-Object Name<\/code>
      \nThis will show installed versions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      You can determine if .NET Core (now known as .NET) is installed on your system using the following methods: 1. Using Command Line (Recommended) Windows, macOS, and Linux Open a terminal or Command Prompt and run: dotnet –list-runtimes This command will display a list of installed .NET runtimes, including .NET Core and newer .NET versions. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dot-net"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bacancytechnology.com\/qanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12176"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bacancytechnology.com\/qanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bacancytechnology.com\/qanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bacancytechnology.com\/qanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bacancytechnology.com\/qanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12176"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bacancytechnology.com\/qanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12178,"href":"https:\/\/www.bacancytechnology.com\/qanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12176\/revisions\/12178"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bacancytechnology.com\/qanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bacancytechnology.com\/qanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bacancytechnology.com\/qanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bacancytechnology.com\/qanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}