Docfx: Cannot generate documentation for project using Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop

[RayKoopa]

Operation System: (Windows or Linux or MacOS)
Windows 10 Pro x64 1903

DocFX Version Used:
2.42.2

Template used: (default or statictoc or contain custom template)
default

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Create a .NET Core 3 console app using the Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop SDK
2. Run docfx.exe metadata ConsoleApp1.csproj on it in a VS2017 developer command prompt (I also installed the ASP.NET workload).

Expected Behavior:
Extracts metadata

Actual Behavior:
Cannot create metadata, failing with
Warning:[ExtractMetadata](...ConsoleApp1.csproj)Workspace failed with: [Failure] Msbuild failed when processing the file '...ConsoleApp1.csproj' with message: The SDK 'Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop' specified could not be found. ...ConsoleApp1.csproj

Am I missing something here?

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[cryptic-ai]

The issue is still going on

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