Visual Studio can not find the latest installed .NET SDK

Question

I downloaded a project from Github with its Target Framework netcoreapp3.1. After building it, an error stating that

The current .NET SDK does not support targeting .NET Core 3.1. Either target .NET Core 2.2 or lower, or use a version of the .NET SDK that supports .NET Core 3.1.

Hence, I downloaded and installed dotnet-sdk-3.1.300-win-x64 and now my SDK list is the following:

dotnet --list-sdks
2.1.602 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
2.1.700 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
2.1.801 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
2.2.401 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
3.1.300 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]

In the environment variables, I added a new variable for the Path User variables pointing to C:\Program Files\dotnet\.

However, Visual Studio still outputs the same error in regards to the .NET SDK's version. If I go to the project's Properties, all previous 4 SDK versions appear, except for the 3.1 one. Is there any workaround fix for this or shall I just reinstall Visual Studio?

Thank you! My VS is indeed older than 16.6 - it's 16.2.2. I will update it and see if that works! — Questieme, May 24 '20 at 14:48
have you tried the last 16.6 version? Does it solve the issue? — magicandre1981, May 25 '20 at 13:59
@magicandre1981 Sorry for the delayed answer! Yes, it did solve the issue, indeed! Thank you very much! — Questieme, May 25 '20 at 14:09
ok, I posted it as answer, so that you can [accept the reply as answer](https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/5235) to "close" the question. — magicandre1981, May 25 '20 at 14:19
See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/67049414/the-latest-installed-net-sdk-not-found/67049415 which is the MS supported answer — RickAndMSFT, Apr 12 '21 at 17:57

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 25 '20 at 14:18

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To target .Net Core 3.1 with the SDK 3.1.300 you Visual Studio 2019 Update 6 (16.6):

So, run Visual Studio Installer and install the offered 16.6 update.

answered May 25 '20 at 14:18

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 11 '21 at 19:41

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Visual Studio won't be able to find the latest SDK if it's a different bit size than the first SDK installation. To fix that case see Windows or Visual Studio can't find the latest installed .NET SDK

answered Nov 11 '21 at 19:41

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Visual Studio can not find the latest installed .NET SDK

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