Describe the bug.
VSCode is installing the wrong runtime version. I am using Windows 11 on an AMD x86-64 CPU. It is attempting to install Arm64.
VSCode version:
Visual Studio Code
Version: 1.123.0
Commit: 6a44c352bd24569c417e530095901b649960f9f8
Date: 2026-06-03T11:29:03+02:00 (4 days ago)
Electron: 42.2.0
ElectronBuildld: 14159160
Chromium: 148.0.7778.97
Node.js: 24.15.0
V8: 14.8.178.14-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200
Please attach log file(s) here if you have any.
Output window, .Net Install Tool output.
dotnet-runtime-library requested to download the .NET Runtime.
Downloading .NET version(s) 10.0.8arm64 ..... Done!
.NET 10.0.8arm64 executable path: d:\code\vscode\VSCode-current\data\user-data\User\globalStorage\ms-dotnettools.vscode-dotnet-runtime.dotnet\10.0.8~arm64\dotnet.exe
dotnet-runtime-library requested to download the ASP.NET Core.
Downloading .NET version(s) 10.0.8arm64aspnetcore ...... Done!
.NET 10.0.8arm64aspnetcore executable path: d:\code\vscode\VSCode-current\data\user-data\User\globalStorage\ms-dotnettools.vscode-dotnet-runtime.dotnet\10.0.8arm64aspnetcore\dotnet.exe
Reproduction Steps
delete previously bad downloded files (.dotnet*arm64*... ) and then wait a while
Expected Behavior
I would expect the .NET install tool to NOT download Arm64 on my X64 windows 11 machine.
Exceptions & Errors (if any)
No response
.NET Install Tool Version
V3.0.02
Your operating system? Please provide more detail, such as the version and or distro above.
Windows
VS Code Version
1.123.0
Describe the bug.
VSCode is installing the wrong runtime version. I am using Windows 11 on an AMD x86-64 CPU. It is attempting to install Arm64.
VSCode version:
Visual Studio Code
Version: 1.123.0
Commit: 6a44c352bd24569c417e530095901b649960f9f8
Date: 2026-06-03T11:29:03+02:00 (4 days ago)
Electron: 42.2.0
ElectronBuildld: 14159160
Chromium: 148.0.7778.97
Node.js: 24.15.0
V8: 14.8.178.14-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200
Please attach log file(s) here if you have any.
Output window, .Net Install Tool output.
dotnet-runtime-library requested to download the .NET Runtime.
Downloading .NET version(s) 10.0.8
arm64 ..... Done!arm64 executable path: d:\code\vscode\VSCode-current\data\user-data\User\globalStorage\ms-dotnettools.vscode-dotnet-runtime.dotnet\10.0.8~arm64\dotnet.exe.NET 10.0.8
dotnet-runtime-library requested to download the ASP.NET Core.
Downloading .NET version(s) 10.0.8
arm64aspnetcore ...... Done!.NET 10.0.8
arm64aspnetcore executable path: d:\code\vscode\VSCode-current\data\user-data\User\globalStorage\ms-dotnettools.vscode-dotnet-runtime.dotnet\10.0.8arm64aspnetcore\dotnet.exeReproduction Steps
delete previously bad downloded files (.dotnet*arm64*... ) and then wait a while
Expected Behavior
I would expect the .NET install tool to NOT download Arm64 on my X64 windows 11 machine.
Exceptions & Errors (if any)
No response
.NET Install Tool Version
V3.0.02
Your operating system? Please provide more detail, such as the version and or distro above.
Windows
VS Code Version
1.123.0