.NET Hosting Bundle 6.0.32 missing dotnet-host-6.0.32-win-x64.msi from Package Cache

[vsbhatt-at-ucb]

Description

I’m trying to install a commercial application that requires dotnet-host-6.0.32-win-x64.msi to complete installation.

I’ve installed the .NET 6.0.32 Hosting Bundle (x64) from the official page, but only dotnet-host-6.0.32-win-x86.msi is placed into the Package Cache, not the x64 version.

This is causing the installer to fail because it explicitly looks for the x64 .msi under the GUID path in the cache:
C:\ProgramData\Package Cache{GUID}\dotnet-host-6.0.32-win-x64.msi

I’ve tried installing:

.NET 6.0.32 Hosting Bundle (x64)
.NET 6.0.32 Runtime
.NET SDK 6.0.424 and 6.0.132
ASP.NET Core and Desktop Runtimes

But none of them deposit the x64 .msi in the Package Cache.

Can you please help provide a direct download link for dotnet-host-6.0.32-win-x64.msi, or advise on which installer correctly places it?

Reproduction Steps

Reproduction Steps:

Visit https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/6.0

Download and run dotnet-hosting-6.0.32-win.exe

Check C:\ProgramData\Package Cache

Observe that dotnet-host-6.0.32-win-x86.msi exists, but no dotnet-host-6.0.32-win-x64.msi

Expected behavior

After installing the .NET 6.0.32 Hosting Bundle (x64), I expect both dotnet-host-6.0.32-win-x86.msi and dotnet-host-6.0.32-win-x64.msi to be written to the C:\ProgramData\Package Cache directory. This would allow third-party application installers (like PairTrade Finder) to locate and use them during installation.

Actual behavior

Only dotnet-host-6.0.32-win-x86.msi is placed in the Package Cache after running the Hosting Bundle installer.

dotnet-host-6.0.32-win-x64.msi is missing entirely, which causes the third-party installer to fail when it tries to locate this specific .msi file using its GUID-based path.

Regression?

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Known Workarounds

No response

Configuration

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Other information

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[nagilson]

@wtgodbe May you PTAL? I think this is fixed. Technically OOS but an interesting bug that may apply elsewhere?

[vsbhatt-at-ucb]

Hi again — following up on this issue.

Since the .NET 6.0.32 Hosting Bundle does not cache or expose dotnet-host-6.0.32-win-x64.msi, and it's needed to install a third-party application, would you be able to:

• Provide a copy of dotnet-host-6.0.32-win-x64.msi, or
• Share a link to a Microsoft archive or build artifact that includes it?

I've confirmed it's not present in:

• C:\ProgramData\Package Cache
• %TEMP%
• or when extracting dotnet-hosting-6.0.32-win.exe using UniExtract

This .msi is the only missing dependency preventing installation.
Any help recovering this file would be hugely appreciated — thank you!