vscode .net framework 4.8; debug clr without dotnet exe

I'm trying to setup vscode with a legacy .net framework console app project. I understand that the C# extension is on limited support.

There's a wiki that describes how to setup the project with a debugger: https://github.com/dotnet/vscode-csharp/wiki/Desktop-.NET-Framework

My build task creates a PDB and executable just fine, but the launch task, as documented, tries to execute

dotnet

dotnet

for some reason, and errors out before even trying to launch in the internal console. I do not have the

dotnet

dotnet

executable installed on purpose (to avoid mixing .net core tools with this .net framework 4 project).

Is there a way I'm supposed to run the vscode debugger with clr but without the dotnet executable?

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