Using with Visual Studio 2022 is a common challenge for developers maintaining legacy WinForms applications. While DotNetBar was a pioneer in providing Office-style ribbons and advanced UI components, its official support effectively ended before the release of Visual Studio 2022.

Since the automated installer may not work for newer IDE versions, you must manually reference the libraries:

Standard installers may not detect VS 2022; manual toolbox adding is required. 2. How to Add DotNetBar to Visual Studio 2022