Runtime 8.0.11 2021: .net Desktop

And for the love of stable software: stop ignoring those little runtime updates. Today it’s 8.0.11. Tomorrow it might be 8.0.12 with a fix for your most-hated crash.

If you’ve opened Visual Studio, checked Windows Update, or looked at your installed apps list recently, you might have seen it sitting there: Microsoft .NET Desktop Runtime 8.0.11 . .net desktop runtime 8.0.11

If you’ve ever installed a Windows app and got the dreaded “To run this application, you must install .NET” popup—you needed this runtime. And for the love of stable software: stop