Fails to start #209

New Issue

claunia · 2026-01-29T16:33:56Z

claunia commented

2026-01-29 16:33:56 +00:00

Originally created by @xlar54 on GitHub (Sep 21, 2018).

Originally assigned to: @GregorBiswanger on GitHub.

I follow this tutorial:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuM6AojRFHk

And get:
C:\Users\me\work-csharp\myapp>dotnet electronize start
Start Electron Desktop Application...
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.15063]
(c) 2017 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\me\work-csharp\myapp>dotnet publish -r win-x64 --output "C:\Users\me\work-csharp\myapp\obj\Host\bin"
Microsoft (R) Build Engine version 15.6.84.34536 for .NET Core
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Restore completed in 56.89 ms for C:\Users\me\work-csharp\myapp\myapp.csproj.
Restore completed in 71.07 ms for C:\Users\me\work-csharp\myapp\myapp.csproj.
Restoring packages for C:\Users\me\work-csharp\myapp\myapp.csproj...
Restore completed in 1.16 sec for C:\Users\me\work-csharp\myapp\myapp.csproj.
Program.cs(23,18): error CS1061: 'IWebHostBuilder' does not contain a definition for 'UseElectron' and no extension method 'UseElectron' accepting a first argument of type 'IWebHostBuilder' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?) [C:\Users\me\work-csharp\myapp\myapp.csproj]
Startup.cs(54,19): error CS0103: The name 'Electron' does not exist in the current context [C:\Users\me\work-csharp\myapp\myapp.csproj]
C:\Users\me\work-csharp\myapp>
Error occurred during dotnet publish.

Originally created by @xlar54 on GitHub (Sep 21, 2018). Originally assigned to: @GregorBiswanger on GitHub. I follow this tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuM6AojRFHk And get: C:\Users\me\work-csharp\myapp>dotnet electronize start Start Electron Desktop Application... Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.15063] (c) 2017 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\Users\me\work-csharp\myapp>dotnet publish -r win-x64 --output "C:\Users\me\work-csharp\myapp\obj\Host\bin" Microsoft (R) Build Engine version 15.6.84.34536 for .NET Core Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Restore completed in 56.89 ms for C:\Users\me\work-csharp\myapp\myapp.csproj. Restore completed in 71.07 ms for C:\Users\me\work-csharp\myapp\myapp.csproj. Restoring packages for C:\Users\me\work-csharp\myapp\myapp.csproj... Restore completed in 1.16 sec for C:\Users\me\work-csharp\myapp\myapp.csproj. Program.cs(23,18): error CS1061: 'IWebHostBuilder' does not contain a definition for 'UseElectron' and no extension method 'UseElectron' accepting a first argument of type 'IWebHostBuilder' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?) [C:\Users\me\work-csharp\myapp\myapp.csproj] Startup.cs(54,19): error CS0103: The name 'Electron' does not exist in the current context [C:\Users\me\work-csharp\myapp\myapp.csproj] C:\Users\me\work-csharp\myapp> Error occurred during dotnet publish.

claunia added the question label 2026-01-29 16:33:56 +00:00

Sign in to join this conversation.

1 Participants

Notifications

Due Date

No due date set.

Dependencies

No dependencies set.

Reference: starred/Electron.NET#209