The specified framework 'Microsoft.NETCore.App', version '2.2.0' was not found

Question

I am using Visual Studio 2019 Version 16.3.7. I assume it is the latest update.

When I try to compile a basic .NET Core 2.2 console application:

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Answer 1

For whatever reason, .NET Core 2.2 is not installed by the ".NET Core cross-platform development" workload.

Open up the Visual Studio installer then go to the "Individual components" tab and you can install it from there: