Failed to acquire .NET runtime

[rajanirajampeta1-eaton]

Does this occur consistently?
Repro steps:

Action: azextAgent.activate
Error type: Error
Error Message: Failed to acquire .NET runtime. Please report an issue and share the output from the .Net Install Tool output channel.

Version: 0.3.131
OS: win32
OS Release: 10.0.22621
Product: Visual Studio Code
Product Version: 1.96.4
Language: en

Call Stack

extension.bundle.js:2:1834109extension.bundle.js:2:1834109
fulfilled extension.bundle.js:2:1833204

[msalaman]

Hi @rajanirajampeta1-eaton , This is likely a duplicate of #123. Could you please share the output logs from @Azure and the .NET Install Tool?

Issue #123 also has a pointer for working around this by manually installing the .NET runtime.