remove redundant casts

src/NuGet.Clients/NuGet.CommandLine/MsBuildToolset.cs

@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ private static DateTime ConvertFILETIMEToDateTime(FILETIME time)
         {
             long highBits = time.dwHighDateTime;
             highBits = highBits << 32;
-            return DateTime.FromFileTimeUtc(highBits | (long)(uint)time.dwLowDateTime);
+            return DateTime.FromFileTimeUtc(highBits | (uint)time.dwLowDateTime);
         }
 
         public static string GetMsBuildDirFromVsDir(string vsDir)

src/NuGet.Clients/NuGet.CommandLine/MsBuildUtility.cs

@@ -928,18 +928,13 @@ private static List<MsBuildToolset> GetInstalledSxsToolsets()
             ISetupConfiguration configuration;
             try
             {
-                configuration = new SetupConfiguration() as ISetupConfiguration2;
+                configuration = new SetupConfiguration();
             }
             catch (Exception)
             {
                 return null; // No COM class
             }
 
-            if (configuration == null)
-            {
-                return null;
-            }
-
             var enumerator = configuration.EnumInstances();
             if (enumerator == null)
             {

src/NuGet.Clients/NuGet.Console/WpfConsole/WpfConsole.cs

@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ private async Task WriteProgressAsync(string operation, int percentComplete)
                     1 /* in progress */,
                     operation,
                     (uint)percentComplete,
-                    (uint)100);
+                    100);
             }
         }
 
@@ -648,8 +648,8 @@ private void HideProgress()
                 ref _pdwCookieForStatusBar,
                 0 /* completed */,
                 string.Empty,
-                (uint)100,
-                (uint)100);
+                100,
+                100);
         }
 
         private async Task HideProgressAsync()
@@ -660,8 +660,8 @@ private async Task HideProgressAsync()
                 ref _pdwCookieForStatusBar,
                 0 /* completed */,
                 string.Empty,
-                (uint)100,
-                (uint)100);
+                100,
+                100);
         }
 
         public void SetExecutionMode(bool isExecuting)

src/NuGet.Clients/NuGet.PackageManagement.UI/Options/AddMappingDialog.xaml.cs

@@ -92,9 +92,9 @@ private void ExecuteAddMapping(object parameter)
             var viewModel = new SourceMappingViewModel(packageId, packageSources);
             _parent.SourceMappingsCollection.Add(viewModel);
 
-            (_parent.ShowAddDialogCommand as DelegateCommand).RaiseCanExecuteChanged();
-            (_parent.RemoveMappingCommand as DelegateCommand).RaiseCanExecuteChanged();
-            (_parent.RemoveAllMappingsCommand as DelegateCommand).RaiseCanExecuteChanged();
+            _parent.ShowAddDialogCommand.RaiseCanExecuteChanged();
+            _parent.RemoveMappingCommand.RaiseCanExecuteChanged();
+            _parent.RemoveAllMappingsCommand.RaiseCanExecuteChanged();
 
             bool isGlobbing = packageId.Contains("*");
             var evt = NavigatedTelemetryEvent.CreateWithAddPackageSourceMapping(

src/NuGet.Clients/NuGet.PackageManagement.VisualStudio/OptionsPageActivator.cs

@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ private async Task ShowOptionsPageAsync(string optionsPageGuid)
             IVsUIShell vsUIShell = await _vsUIShell.GetValueAsync();
             vsUIShell.PostExecCommand(
                 ref toolsGroupGuid,
-                (uint)VSConstants.cmdidToolsOptions,
-                (uint)0,
+                VSConstants.cmdidToolsOptions,
+                0,
                 ref targetGuid);
         }
     }

src/NuGet.Clients/NuGet.PackageManagement.VisualStudio/PackageFeeds/RecommenderPackageFeed.cs

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public class RecommenderPackageFeed : IPackageFeed
         private readonly IPackageMetadataProvider _metadataProvider;
         private readonly Common.ILogger _logger;
 
-        public (string modelVersion, string vsixVersion) VersionInfo { get; set; } = (modelVersion: (string)null, vsixVersion: (string)null);
+        public (string modelVersion, string vsixVersion) VersionInfo { get; set; } = (modelVersion: null, vsixVersion: null);
 
         private readonly AsyncLazyNuGetRecommender _nuGetRecommender;
 
@@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ private async Task<SearchResult<IPackageSearchMetadata>> RecommendPackagesAsync(
                 if (!(NuGetRecommender is null))
                 {
                     var VersionDict = NuGetRecommender.GetVersionInfo();
-                    VersionInfo = (modelVersion: VersionDict.ContainsKey("Model") ? VersionDict["Model"] : (string)null,
-                                    vsixVersion: VersionDict.ContainsKey("Vsix") ? VersionDict["Vsix"] : (string)null);
+                    VersionInfo = (modelVersion: VersionDict.ContainsKey("Model") ? VersionDict["Model"] : null,
+                                    vsixVersion: VersionDict.ContainsKey("Vsix") ? VersionDict["Vsix"] : null);
                 }
             }
 

src/NuGet.Clients/NuGet.Tools/PackageManagerLaunchService.cs

@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ public void LaunchSolutionPackageManager()
                 var guidNuGetDialog = GuidList.guidNuGetDialogCmdSet;
                 vsUIShell.PostExecCommand(
                     ref guidNuGetDialog,
-                    (uint)PkgCmdIDList.cmdidAddPackageDialogForSolution,
-                    (uint)0,
+                    PkgCmdIDList.cmdidAddPackageDialogForSolution,
+                    0,
                     ref targetGuid);
             }).PostOnFailure(nameof(PackageManagerLaunchService));
         }

src/NuGet.Clients/NuGet.VisualStudio.Implementation/Extensibility/VsProjectJsonToPackageReferenceMigrator.cs

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft;
 using NuGet.PackageManagement.VisualStudio;
-using NuGet.ProjectManagement.Projects;
 using NuGet.VisualStudio.Etw;
 using NuGet.VisualStudio.Implementation.Resources;
 using NuGet.VisualStudio.Telemetry;
@@ -93,8 +92,7 @@ private async Task<object> MigrateProjectToPackageRefAsync(string projectUniqueN
                         project, optionalContext: null);
                 Assumes.Present(legacyPackageRefBasedProject);
 
-                await ProjectJsonToPackageRefMigrator.MigrateAsync(
-                    legacyPackageRefBasedProject as BuildIntegratedNuGetProject);
+                await ProjectJsonToPackageRefMigrator.MigrateAsync(legacyPackageRefBasedProject);
                 var result = new VsProjectJsonToPackageReferenceMigrateResult(success: true, errorMessage: null);
                 await nuGetProject.SaveAsync(CancellationToken.None);
                 await _solutionManager.Value.UpgradeProjectToPackageReferenceAsync(nuGetProject);

src/NuGet.Core/NuGet.CommandLine.XPlat/Utility/ProjectPackagesPrintUtility.cs

@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ internal static IEnumerable<FormattedCell> BuildPackagesTable(
             // Include "Requested" version column for top level package list
             if (!printingTransitive)
             {
-                valueSelectors.Add(p => new FormattedCell((p as ListReportPackage)?.RequestedVersion));
+                valueSelectors.Add(p => new FormattedCell(p?.RequestedVersion));
             }
 
             // "Resolved" version

src/NuGet.Core/NuGet.Configuration/Settings/Items/TrustedSignerItem.cs

@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ internal override void Update(SettingItem other)
                 }
                 else if (cert is SettingItem item)
                 {
-                    item.Update(otherChild as SettingItem);
+                    item.Update(otherChild);
                 }
             }
 

src/NuGet.Core/NuGet.PackageManagement/NuGetPackageManager.cs

@@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@ private async Task<IEnumerable<NuGetProjectAction>> PreviewUpdatePackagesForClas
                         if (packageIdentity.HasVersion)
                         {
                             preferredVersions[packageIdentity.Id] = packageIdentity;
-                            ((List<PackageIdentity>)primaryTargets).Add(packageIdentity);
+                            primaryTargets.Add(packageIdentity);
                         }
                         // Otherwise we just have the Id and so we wil explicitly not prefer the one currently installed
                         else
@@ -3477,7 +3477,7 @@ await BuildIntegratedRestoreUtility.ExecuteInitPs1ScriptsAsync(
                 if (dgSpecForParents.Restore.Count > 0)
                 {
                     // Restore and commit the lock file to disk regardless of the result
-                    // This will restore all parents in a single restore 
+                    // This will restore all parents in a single restore
                     await DependencyGraphRestoreUtility.RestoreAsync(
                         dgSpecForParents,
                         referenceContext,

src/NuGet.Core/NuGet.PackageManagement/Projects/ProjectJsonNuGetProject.cs

@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ private async Task UpdateFrameworkAsync(JObject json)
                 {
                     // project.json can have only one target framework
                     JsonConfigUtility.ClearFrameworks(json);
-                    JsonConfigUtility.AddFramework(json, newTargetFramework as NuGetFramework);
+                    JsonConfigUtility.AddFramework(json, newTargetFramework);
                 }
             }
         }

src/NuGet.Core/NuGet.Packaging/Rules/DependenciesGroupsForEachTFMRule.cs

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public IEnumerable<PackagingLogMessage> Validate(PackageArchiveReader package)
 
         internal IEnumerable<PackagingLogMessage> GenerateWarnings(HashSet<NuGetFramework> compatNotExactMatches, HashSet<NuGetFramework> noExactMatchesFromFile, HashSet<NuGetFramework> noExactMatchesFromNuspec)
         {
-            (string noExactMatchString, string compatMatchString) = GenerateWarningString(noExactMatchesFromFile, noExactMatchesFromNuspec, (ICollection<NuGetFramework>)compatNotExactMatches);
+            (string noExactMatchString, string compatMatchString) = GenerateWarningString(noExactMatchesFromFile, noExactMatchesFromNuspec, compatNotExactMatches);
 
             var issues = new List<PackagingLogMessage>();
 

src/NuGet.Core/NuGet.Packaging/Signing/Verification/AllowListVerificationProvider.cs

@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ private bool IsSignatureAllowed(
                             if (IsSignatureTargeted(certificateHashEntry.Target, repositoryCountersignature.Value) &&
                                 StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase.Equals(certificateHashEntry.Fingerprint, countersignatureCertificateFingerprint))
                             {
-                                if (ShouldVerifyOwners(certificateHashEntry as TrustedSignerAllowListEntry, repositoryCountersignature.Value as IRepositorySignature, out var allowedOwners, out var actualOwners))
+                                if (ShouldVerifyOwners(certificateHashEntry as TrustedSignerAllowListEntry, repositoryCountersignature.Value, out var allowedOwners, out var actualOwners))
                                 {
                                     if (allowedOwners.Intersect(actualOwners).Any())
                                     {

src/NuGet.Core/NuGet.ProjectModel/JsonPackageSpecReader.Utf8JsonStreamReader.cs

@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ internal static PackageSpec GetPackageSpec(ref Utf8JsonStreamReader jsonReader,
                     {
                         ReadScripts(ref jsonReader, packageSpec);
                     }
-#pragma warning restore CS0612 // Type or member is 
+#pragma warning restore CS0612 // Type or member is
                     else if (jsonReader.ValueTextEquals(DependenciesPropertyName))
                     {
                         ReadDependencies(
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ private static void ReadMappings(ref Utf8JsonStreamReader jsonReader, string map
                         {
                             var files = new IncludeExcludeFiles()
                             {
-                                Include = new[] { (string)jsonReader.GetString() }
+                                Include = new[] { jsonReader.GetString() }
                             };
 
                             mappings.Add(mappingKey, files);
@@ -1641,7 +1641,7 @@ private static void ReadScripts(ref Utf8JsonStreamReader jsonReader, PackageSpec
                     {
                         if (jsonReader.TokenType == JsonTokenType.String)
                         {
-                            packageSpec.Scripts[propertyName] = new string[] { (string)jsonReader.GetString() };
+                            packageSpec.Scripts[propertyName] = new string[] { jsonReader.GetString() };
                         }
                         else if (jsonReader.TokenType == JsonTokenType.StartArray)
                         {

src/NuGet.Core/NuGet.ProjectModel/Utf8JsonStreamReader.cs

@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ internal IReadOnlyList<string> ReadNextStringOrArrayOfStringsAsReadOnlyList()
                 switch (_reader.TokenType)
                 {
                     case JsonTokenType.String:
-                        return new[] { (string)_reader.GetString() };
+                        return new[] { _reader.GetString() };
 
                     case JsonTokenType.StartArray:
                         return ReadStringArrayAsReadOnlyListFromArrayStart();
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ private void GetMoreBytesFromStream()
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Loops through the stream and reads it into the buffer until the buffer is full or the stream is empty, creates the Utf8JsonReader. 
+        /// Loops through the stream and reads it into the buffer until the buffer is full or the stream is empty, creates the Utf8JsonReader.
         /// </summary>
         private void ReadStreamIntoBuffer(JsonReaderState jsonReaderState)
         {