Bug title: Cannot install extension WPF UI 4.0.2

[Harry4Offies]

Describe the bug

Tried to upgrade the WPF UI extens from 3.0.4 to 4.0.

dd_VSIXInstaller_20250305195400_36e0.log

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To Reproduce

1. Mark in the extension manager the upgrade of WPF UI to 4.0.2.
2. Exit visual studio.
3. VSIX installer starts.
4. Click on modify.
5. Installation aborted. Part from logfile:

5-3-2025 19:54:11 - Install Error : Microsoft.VisualStudio.ExtensionManager.MissingReferencesException: This extension cannot be installed because the following references are missing:
-Microsoft.NetCore.Component.Runtime.9.0 (Microsoft.NetCore.Component.Runtime.9.0)
-Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.ManagedDesktop.Prerequisites (Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.ManagedDesktop.Prerequisites)
-Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.CoreEditor (Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.CoreEditor)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.ExtensionManager.EngineUtilities.EnsureNoMissingReferences(IEnumerable1 missingRefs) at Microsoft.VisualStudio.ExtensionManager.PackageInstaller.PrepareEngineInstall(IDependencyGraph dGraph, IDependencyComparisonSeed seed, Component vsixComponent, Boolean isProductComponent, Int32& totalInstallationSteps) at Microsoft.VisualStudio.ExtensionManager.InstallModule.PerformSetupEngineInstall(InstallableExtensionImpl extensionToInstall, Boolean installPerMachine, Boolean isPackComponent, IDictionary2 extensionsInstalledSoFar, List1 extensionsUninstalledSoFar, IInstalledExtensionList modifiedInstalledExtensionsList, IProgress1 progress, InstallFlags installFlags, AsyncOperation asyncOp, Version targetedVsVersion, IInstalledExtension& newExtension)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.ExtensionManager.InstallModule.InstallInternal(InstallableExtensionImpl extension, InstallFlags installFlags, IDictionary2 extensionsInstalledSoFar, List1 extensionsUninstalledSoFar, IInstalledExtensionList modifiedInstalledExtensionsList, AsyncOperation asyncOp, IProgress`1 progress, Version targetedVsVersion)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.ExtensionManager.InstallModule.BeginInstall(IInstallableExtension installableExtension, InstallFlags installFlags, AsyncOperation asyncOp, Version targetedVsVersion)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.ExtensionManager.InstallModule.InstallWorker(IInstallableExtension extension, InstallFlags installFlags, AsyncOperation asyncOp)

Expected behavior

Expected successful installation

Screenshots

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OS version

Edition Windows 10 Pro
Version 22H2
Installed on ‎1-‎6-‎2021
OS build 19045.5555
Serial number 067318384753
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.19061.1000.0

.NET version

Microsoft .NET SDK 9.0.200 (x64) from Visual Studio

WPF-UI NuGet version

4.0.2

Additional context

No response

[Montago]

Maybe you should mention which Visual Studio version you have and which .NET versions are installed.

have you tried uninstalling the 3.x nuget package and installing the 4.x afterwords ?

[DerekGooding]

This is a duplicate of #1369 and it's top priority already.