From aa408e4b95db9e3bace4779dfe5afed1153ff06c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aditya Patwardhan <adityap@microsoft.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2025 18:17:33 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add default .NET install path for SDK validation

---
 .pipelines/templates/release-validate-sdk.yml | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.pipelines/templates/release-validate-sdk.yml b/.pipelines/templates/release-validate-sdk.yml
index 781c9bcdf67..d672792132b 100644
--- a/.pipelines/templates/release-validate-sdk.yml
+++ b/.pipelines/templates/release-validate-sdk.yml
@@ -87,7 +87,16 @@ jobs:
         Get-Content $nugetPath
 
         # Add workaround to unblock xUnit testing see issue: https://github.com/dotnet/sdk/issues/26462
-        $dotnetPath = if ($IsWindows) { "$env:LocalAppData\Microsoft\dotnet" } else { "$env:HOME/.dotnet" }
+
+        $possibleDotnetLocation = "$env:ProgramFiles\dotnet"
+        
+        $dotnetPath = if ($IsWindows) { 
+          if (Test-Path $possibleDotnetLocation) { $possibleDotnetLocation } else { "$env:LocalAppData\Microsoft\dotnet" }
+        }
+        else {
+          "$env:HOME/.dotnet" 
+        }
+
         $env:DOTNET_ROOT = $dotnetPath
 
         dotnet --info