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How do you fix the error 'Failed to load the DLL hostfxr.dll' when running a .NET test executed via dotnet test and starting an x86 .NET application in the test? I'm using .NET 8. Failed to load ...
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How do you fix 'Failed to load the dll hostfxr.dll' when starting an x86 .NET process in a test run via dotnet test?
How do you fix the error 'Failed to load the DLL hostfxr.dll' when running a .NET test executed via `dotnet test` and starting an x86 .NET application in the test?
I'm using .NET 8.
```lang-none
Failed to load the dll from [C:\Program Files\dotnet\host\fxr\8.0.4\hostfxr.dll], HRESULT: 0x800700C1
The library hostfxr.dll was found, but loading it from C:\Program Files\dotnet\host\fxr\8.0.4\hostfxr.dll failed
- Installing .NET prerequisites might help resolve this problem.
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=798306
```