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+name: .NET Core Desktop
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ main ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ main ]
+
+jobs:
+
+  build:
+
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        configuration: [Release]
+
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+
+    env:
+      Solution_Name: UnlockECU.sln
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 0
+
+    # Install the .NET Core workload
+    - name: Install .NET Core
+      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v1
+      with:
+        dotnet-version: 5.0.x
+
+    # Add  MSBuild to the PATH: https://github.com/microsoft/setup-msbuild
+    - name: Setup MSBuild.exe
+      uses: microsoft/setup-msbuild@v1.0.2
+
+    # Restore the application to populate the obj folder with RuntimeIdentifiers
+    - name: Restore UnlockECU dependencies
+      run: msbuild UnlockECU/UnlockECU.sln /t:Restore /p:Configuration=$env:Configuration
+      env:
+        Configuration: ${{ matrix.configuration }}
+
+    # Create the app package by building and packaging the Windows Application Packaging project
+    - name: Build VisualUnlockECU
+      run: msbuild UnlockECU/VisualUnlockECU/VisualUnlockECU.csproj /property:Configuration=$env:Configuration
+      env:
+        Configuration: ${{ matrix.configuration }}
+
+    # Upload the MSIX package: https://github.com/marketplace/actions/upload-a-build-artifact
+    - name: Upload build artifacts
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+      with:
+        name: VisualUnlockECU
+        path: UnlockECU\VisualUnlockECU\bin\Release\net5.0-windows