The current .NET SDK does not support targeting .NET Standard 2.0 error in Visual Studio 2017 update 15.3

Question

I want to create a class library project with Target Framework .NET Standard 2.0.

I\'ve updated my Visual Studio 2017 to Version 15.3 and

Answer 1

while the above answers didn't solve my problem. I finally solved it by specifically going to this link https://www.microsoft.com/net/download/visual-studio-sdks and download the required sdk for Visual Studio. It was really confusing and i don't understand why but that solved my problem