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Vfox failes to return version on Windows #2

@HalvorNygaard

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@HalvorNygaard

Trying to install latest dotnet version through mise on windows, but vfox dotnet plugin seems to not work. Did see this issue here version-fox#6 where someone seemingly stumbled over the same problem.

mise use dotnet --verbose
DEBUG ARGS: C:\Users\halvo\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Links\mise.exe use dotnet --verbose
DEBUG config: C:\Users\halvo\.config\mise\config.toml
DEBUG install_some_versions: dotnet@latest
DEBUG GET http://mise-versions.jdx.dev/dotnet
DEBUG starting new connection: http://mise-versions.jdx.dev/
DEBUG GET http://mise-versions.jdx.dev/dotnet 200 OK
INFO  dotnet@9.0.304  install
DEBUG [vfox:dotnet] pre_install
DEBUG Getting metadata for dotnet
DEBUG starting new connection: https://builds.dotnet.microsoft.com/
Error:
   0: Failed to install tool: dotnet@latest

      Individual error details:
        1. dotnet@latest:
           Error {
               msg: "failed to install vfox:dotnet@9.0.304",
               source: LuaError(
                   FromLuaConversionError {
                       from: "table",
                       to: "PreInstall",
                       message: Some(
                           "no version returned from vfox plugin",
                       ),
                   },
               ),
           }

Location:
   src\toolset\mod.rs:238

Version:
   2025.8.8 windows-x64 (2025-08-11)

Backtrace omitted. Run with RUST_BACKTRACE=1 environment variable to display it.
Run with RUST_BACKTRACE=full to include source snippets.

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