Error: Path appears valid, but to something that is not Hops related

Yes, I believe at the moment Hops/Rhino.Compute will only work with .NET 7.0. I believe one of the latest service releases made Rhino 8 compatible with .NET 8.0 although it has to be launched in a special way in order for this change to be in effect. Perhaps @curtisw could provide more input here as he is the developer with the most knowledge on this change.