Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) end of life - Microsoft Q&A (2024)

2022-12-19T17:50:51.293+00:00

Hi All,

I would like to know if anyone has any information on future roadmap for WPF. Is there any date for microsoft retiring WPF and removing future support?

Thanks in advance

Narayanan

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   Hui Liu-MSFT 32,151Reputation points • Microsoft Vendor

   2022-12-20T08:38:03.913+00:00

   Hi, @Narayanan Subramanian (Nara) . Welcome Microsoft Q&A.

   According to the documentation Overview - Product end of support, there are no plans to remove wpf. So it will be supported.

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      Hui Liu-MSFT 32,151Reputation points • Microsoft Vendor

      2022-12-23T09:58:00.84+00:00

      Hi, @Narayanan Subramanian (Nara) . Is there any update to the question? Did the answer solve your problem? If so, you could accept it as the answer. It's helpful for community members with related questions.

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   jp2code 21Reputation points

   2023-02-14T17:29:01.46+00:00

   I am trying to create a NEW WPF project now using Visual Studio 2022, and I only see "Out of support" options available.

   It seems that WPF is tied to Internet Explorer, and Microsoft does not know how to support WPF anymore.

   

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      Paul Hodgson 5Reputation points

      2023-02-24T09:09:02.97+00:00

      Isn't that reference to the .NET versions being out of support rather than WPF, try installing the .NET 6.0 or 7.0 SDKs to see if you get the same message.

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      jp2code 21Reputation points

      2023-02-24T12:15:41.5666667+00:00

      7.0 SDK has been installed over a month.

      

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      qwalters 0Reputation points

      2023-03-02T02:32:16.62+00:00

      What version of Visual Studio are you using? VS2019 will only show .NET 5 in my experience and VS2022 shows all options correctly, including 6 & 7.

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      jp2code 21Reputation points

      2023-03-02T21:48:28.6066667+00:00

      @qwalters I am using Visual Studio 2022 Enterprise

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      Mark Greenwood 16Reputation points

      2023-06-26T03:53:34.43+00:00

      

      All good on VS2022

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      Carter Canedy 5Reputation points

      2023-09-29T14:14:08.68+00:00

      If you install the .net 7/8 sdk through the visual studio installer, you should be able to see that combo box populated with the corresponding options for a new WPF (.net core) project. There's also a different project type that is specific to netfx. All of the above options are currently within their stated support periods, so I would recommend verifying that your tools are up to date.

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      Marc Armbruster 5Reputation points

      2024-01-08T12:17:31.2466667+00:00

      WPF is still a great technology to build Windows Applications.
      Actually there are no plans (as I know) to end support for WPF.
      See also the WPF roadmap: https://github.com/dotnet/wpf/blob/main/roadmap.md

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