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Is it possible to create an SDK-style .NET Framework project in Visual Studio (to be more specific I use the latest VS2019)? Or does it still require manual manipulations?

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">

I'm interested in creating a new project, not in migrating existing project from old .csproj file style to the new .csproj SDK-style. I've already edited .csproj files manually many times but it's super inconvenient.

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    All .NET Core and .NET Standard projects use the new project format. What are you trying to do? Create a .NET Framework project with the new format? Commented Jul 23, 2020 at 13:28
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    Sure, just create a new .NET Standard / .NET Core project, and change the <TargetFramework> Commented Jul 23, 2020 at 13:32
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    @PanagiotisKanavos Yes, I have to work with .net framework. And it's possible to use sdk style projects in .net framework. I wanted to know how to create such projects with VS. Now I have to edit csproj file manually Commented Jul 23, 2020 at 13:32
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    @isxaker I think it's just that there isn't a template for .NET Framework + SDK-style, but you can very easily use the .NET Core / Standard + SDK-Style template, and change a couple of characters to set the target to net48 or whatever Commented Jul 23, 2020 at 13:39
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    Yeah, but if you're using an SDK-style project you're going to be manually manipulating the csproj anyway (and VS makes this easy with SDK-style projects). Chances are that the template isn't using the right version of netstandard / netcoreapp, so you're going to be changing it regardless. It's just you'll change it from e.g. netstandard2.1 to net48, instead of e.g. netstandard2.1 to netstandard2.0 Commented Jul 23, 2020 at 13:43

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We have to create a sdk-style .net framework project manually. By setting the TargetFramework to (for example) net472.

You can refer to the following steps to make it.

First, we need to create a Class Library (.NET Standard) project.

Second, we need to modify the csproj file.

The initial file:

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">

  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
  </PropertyGroup>

</Project>

You can edit it to:

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">

  <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>net472</TargetFramework>
  </PropertyGroup>

</Project>

Finally, you can get a sdk-style .net framework project.

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and in case i want to "upgrade" an existing (old) csproj file where i have all the includes... do I need to add them manually, too?
If you want to "upgrade" an existing .NET-Framework project to use the SDK style project format but still target .NET Framework you can use the dotnet-upgrade-assistant tool and exit after the "convert project to sdk style" step. See: dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/platform/upgrade-assistant
I didn't even realize this was possible. Is there any reason why VS can't do this by default? Has this changed?
The old upgrade-assistant version (which is able to cancel after SDK style migration was done) can be installed with dotnet tool install --global upgrade-assistant --version 0.4.421302.
The new (0.5.261.51392) version of the upgrade-assistant has a special section specifically for sdk type upgrades so no need to "exit early" anymore. Just select "Upgrade project features"
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Thanks to the comments on the previous answer which pointed to upgrade-assistant. Here are the commands I used:

Install the tool:

$ dotnet tool install -g upgrade-assistant

Then either run interactively and select "Upgrade project features > Convert project to SDK style (feature.sdkstyle)":

upgrade-assistant upgrade

Or do this in one-shot on the cli like this:

upgrade-assistant upgrade MyProj/MyProj.csproj -o feature.sdkstyle
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The documentation for the upgrade-assistant CLI has moved. It can now be found here learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/porting/…
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Easyest way for do that - just use template for .Net Core enter image description here

choose any framework.

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When VS generate for you file *.csproj, open it by click mouse

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delete 2 lines <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings> <Nullable>enable</Nullable>

and change TargetFramework to net48 (in case you use NetFramework 4.8) enter image description here

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