VS2017 : Target framework drop down does not show .NET Core 2.1 option

Question

I have already installed VS2017 Enterprise 15.6.4. Recently installed .NET Core 2.1.101 SDK from official site

I was expecting .NET Core

Answer 1

I have faced the same problem. I solved this by installing the right SDKs with Runtime for .NET Core 2.1.

Basically to run/create 2.1 projects from VS Preview, you need to install the "2.1.300" (not 2.1.4) .NET Core SDKs and Runtime. https://www.microsoft.com/net/download/dotnet-core/sdk-2.1.300-preview1 (this includes required Runtime already)

The good explanation of this misleading with versions i found here https://github.com/dotnet/cli/issues/8309 (dasMulli commented on Feb 24).