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+name: .NET Core Desktop
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+
+jobs:
+
+  build:
+    runs-on: windows-latest  # For a list of available runner types, refer to
+                             # https://help.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idruns-on
+
+    env:
+      Solution_Name: TemplatesVSIX.sln                     # Replace with your solution name, i.e. MyWpfApp.sln.      
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 0
+
+    # Install the .NET Core workload
+    - name: Install .NET Core
+      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
+      with:
+        dotnet-version: 8.0.x
+
+    # Add  MSBuild to the PATH: https://github.com/microsoft/setup-msbuild
+    - name: Setup MSBuild.exe
+      uses: microsoft/setup-msbuild@v2
+
+    # Execute all unit tests in the solution
+    - name: Execute unit tests
+      run: dotnet test
+
+    # Restore the application to populate the obj folder with RuntimeIdentifiers
+    - name: Restore the application
+      run: msbuild $env:Solution_Name /t:Restore /p:Configuration=Release
+
+    - name: build the application
+      run: msbuild $env:Solution_Name /t:Build /p:Configuration=Release
+
+
+