.NET Desktop Runtime - gerhardol/gitextensions GitHub Wiki

The .NET Desktop Runtime is required for running Git Extensions. (Due to its size, we are not bundling it with the Git Extensions installer / portable package.)

It is possible to install the .NET Desktop Runtime into your profile folder without administrator privileges: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/install/windows#install-with-powershell Then set the following environment variable:

DOTNET_ROOT=%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\dotnet