Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Ref 9.0.0

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dotnet add package Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Ref --version 9.0.0                
NuGet\Install-Package Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Ref -Version 9.0.0                
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package.
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Ref" Version="9.0.0" />                
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package.
paket add Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Ref --version 9.0.0                
#r "nuget: Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Ref, 9.0.0"                
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package.
// Install Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Ref as a Cake Addin
#addin nuget:?package=Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Ref&version=9.0.0

// Install Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Ref as a Cake Tool
#tool nuget:?package=Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Ref&version=9.0.0                

About

Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Ref is a packaging of the Windows Desktop runtimes of Windows Forms (WinForms) and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF).

How to Use

When developing a WinForms or WPF application, you do not need to install the Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Ref package separately. This package is automatically included as part of the .NET SDK for WinForms and WPF apps, which means you can start using WinForms or WPF namespaces right away in your WinForms or WPF projects.

Addtional Documentation

Feedback & Contributing

WinForms and WPF is released as open source under the MIT license. Bug reports and contributions are welcomed at the WinForms GitHub repository and the WPF GitHub repository.

Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET net9.0 is compatible.  net9.0-android was computed.  net9.0-browser was computed.  net9.0-ios was computed.  net9.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net9.0-macos was computed.  net9.0-tvos was computed.  net9.0-windows was computed. 
Compatible target framework(s)
Included target framework(s) (in package)
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This package has no dependencies.

NuGet packages

This package is not used by any NuGet packages.

GitHub repositories (3)

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dotnet/winforms
Windows Forms is a .NET UI framework for building Windows desktop applications.
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Home of .NET's Virtual Monolithic Repository which includes all the code needed to build the .NET SDK from source
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Produce NuPkg files that have .NET Reference assemblies as resources
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9.0.2 5,104 2/11/2025
9.0.1 33,017 1/14/2025
9.0.0 235,729 11/12/2024
9.0.0-rc.2.24474.4 13,867 10/8/2024
9.0.0-rc.1.24452.1 30,510 9/10/2024
9.0.0-preview.7.24405.2 1,504 8/13/2024
9.0.0-preview.6.24327.6 23,867 7/9/2024
9.0.0-preview.5.24306.8 18,440 6/11/2024
9.0.0-preview.4.24267.11 2,545 5/21/2024
9.0.0-preview.3.24175.3 5,997 4/11/2024
9.0.0-preview.2.24128.10 337 3/12/2024
9.0.0-preview.1.24081.3 14,249 2/13/2024
8.0.13 31,196 2/11/2025
8.0.12 218,529 1/14/2025
8.0.11 1,424,137 11/12/2024
8.0.10 411,161 10/8/2024
8.0.8 784,870 8/13/2024
8.0.7 574,162 7/9/2024
8.0.6 232,730 5/28/2024
8.0.5 753,342 5/14/2024
8.0.4 171,247 4/9/2024
8.0.3 478,298 3/12/2024
8.0.2 134,463 2/13/2024
8.0.1 120,681 1/9/2024
8.0.0 325,514 11/14/2023
8.0.0-rc.2.23479.10 27,063 10/10/2023
8.0.0-rc.1.23420.5 2,434 9/12/2023
8.0.0-preview.7.23376.1 13,404 8/8/2023
8.0.0-preview.6.23329.4 2,039 7/11/2023
8.0.0-preview.5.23302.2 537 6/13/2023
8.0.0-preview.4.23260.1 3,035 5/16/2023
8.0.0-preview.3.23178.1 623 4/11/2023
8.0.0-preview.2.23128.5 1,528 3/14/2023
8.0.0-preview.1.23112.2 440 2/21/2023
7.0.20 1,491,366 5/28/2024
7.0.19 464,549 5/14/2024
7.0.18 307,439 4/9/2024
7.0.17 304,712 3/12/2024
7.0.16 502,708 2/13/2024
7.0.15 515,143 1/9/2024
7.0.14 1,337,651 11/14/2023
7.0.13 40,497 10/24/2023
7.0.12 118,755 10/10/2023
7.0.11 73,054 9/12/2023
7.0.10 58,256 8/8/2023
7.0.9 89,289 7/11/2023
7.0.8 53,634 6/22/2023
7.0.7 10,198 6/13/2023
7.0.5 110,593 4/11/2023
7.0.4 23,277 3/14/2023
7.0.3 28,635 2/14/2023
7.0.2 86,653 1/10/2023
7.0.1 74,274 12/13/2022
7.0.0 124,611 11/7/2022
7.0.0-rc.2.22472.13 3,272 10/11/2022
7.0.0-rc.1.22427.1 15,181 9/14/2022
7.0.0-preview.7.22377.1 973 8/9/2022
7.0.0-preview.6.22351.3 469 7/12/2022
7.0.0-preview.5.22302.5 432 6/14/2022
7.0.0-preview.4.22229.2 521 5/10/2022
7.0.0-preview.3.22177.1 539 4/13/2022
7.0.0-preview.2.22153.5 460 3/14/2022
7.0.0-preview.1.22077.5 496 2/17/2022
6.0.36 1,721,609 11/12/2024
6.0.35 780,807 10/8/2024
6.0.33 1,251,160 8/13/2024
6.0.32 810,511 7/9/2024
6.0.31 1,123,671 5/28/2024
6.0.30 764,405 5/14/2024
6.0.29 873,435 4/9/2024
6.0.28 862,077 3/12/2024
6.0.27 933,481 2/13/2024
6.0.26 807,023 1/9/2024
6.0.25 2,038,161 11/14/2023
6.0.24 197,350 10/24/2023
6.0.23 167,009 10/10/2023
6.0.22 244,141 9/12/2023
6.0.21 270,681 8/8/2023
6.0.20 276,225 7/11/2023
6.0.19 160,408 6/22/2023
6.0.18 113,869 6/13/2023
6.0.16 447,762 4/11/2023
6.0.15 168,002 3/14/2023
6.0.14 214,790 2/14/2023
6.0.13 440,152 1/10/2023
6.0.12 804,041 12/13/2022
6.0.11 453,039 11/7/2022
6.0.10 40,070 10/11/2022
6.0.9 47,127 9/13/2022
6.0.8 23,950 8/9/2022
6.0.7 72,186 7/12/2022
6.0.6 27,880 6/14/2022
6.0.5 114,848 5/10/2022
6.0.4 27,915 4/11/2022
6.0.3 30,577 3/8/2022
6.0.2 21,507 2/8/2022
6.0.0 177,764 11/8/2021
6.0.0-rc.2.21501.6 1,777 10/12/2021
6.0.0-rc.1.21451.3 1,221 9/14/2021
6.0.0-preview.7.21378.9 1,311 8/10/2021
6.0.0-preview.6.21353.1 1,007 7/14/2021
6.0.0-preview.5.21301.4 799 6/15/2021
6.0.0-preview.4.21254.5 531 5/24/2021
6.0.0-preview.3.21201.3 911 4/8/2021
6.0.0-preview.2.21154.2 530 3/11/2021
6.0.0-preview.1.21103.5 473 2/12/2021
5.0.0 10,057,474 11/9/2020 5.0.0 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
5.0.0-rc.2.20475.6 3,602 10/13/2020
5.0.0-rc.1.20452.2 1,184 9/14/2020
5.0.0-preview.8.20411.6 717 8/25/2020
5.0.0-preview.7.20366.1 1,147 7/21/2020
5.0.0-preview.6.20308.1 643 6/25/2020
5.0.0-preview.5.20278.3 577 6/10/2020
5.0.0-preview.4.20251.1 613 5/18/2020
5.0.0-preview.3.20214.2 569 4/23/2020
5.0.0-preview.2.20160.6 616 4/2/2020
5.0.0-preview.1.20127.5 606 3/16/2020
3.1.0 16,093,359 12/3/2019 3.1.0 has at least one vulnerability with high severity.
3.1.0-preview3.19553.2 744 11/13/2019
3.1.0-preview2.19525.6 634 11/1/2019
3.1.0-preview1.19506.1 5,472 10/15/2019
3.0.1 5,742 11/18/2019 3.0.1 has at least one vulnerability with high severity.
3.0.0 8,298,899 9/23/2019
3.0.0-rc1-19456-20 7,518 9/16/2019
3.0.0-preview9-19423-09 2,024 9/4/2019
3.0.0-preview8-28405-07 2,530 8/13/2019
3.0.0-preview7-27912-14 6,748 7/23/2019
3.0.0-preview6-27804-01 3,646 6/12/2019
3.0.0-preview5-27626-15 4,221 5/6/2019
3.0.0-preview4-27615-11 3,210 4/18/2019