I know this is a bit of an old thread but for anyone else that is running into this and getting the message regarding, Microsoft.NET.SDK.WorkloadAutoImportPropsLocator
, apparently you can disable this lookup by setting the flag MSBuildEnableWorkloadResolver
to false.
I’m not sure how to do so in Visual Studio but if you happen to be using Rider you can refer to this post
Could be worth trying first before installing a bunch of stuff you might not need right away if at all.