cncnet5.exe doesn't launch

[untitled83]

I'm trying to play ra1 online. I click on the "Play Online" which attempts to launch cncnet5.exe but it doesn't launch. The event viewer shows the following 2 events when i try to run the game

Event 1

Level: Error 
Message: .NET Runtime version 2.0.50727.9151 - 
Source: .NET Runtime

^^^ Not a very informative error

Event 2

level: Information
source: windows error reporting
Message:
Fault bucket 1500961723287199156, type 5
Event Name: CLR20r3
Response: Not available
Cab Id: 0

Problem signature:
P1: cncnet5.exe
P2: 5.0.0.0
P3: 5f4f87ab
P4: cncnet5
P5: 5.0.0.0
P6: 5f4f87ab
P7: 2
P8: 61
P9: FatalError
P10: 

To be fair, I'm a developer and i've got a .net development environment going (this is my work laptop as well) with every possible .net version for various reasons.  I've installed and uninstalled .net 3.5 a few times but still no success.

Do we know if/when there will be a .net 4.5 version of cncnet?

 

Edited May 5, 2021 by untitled83