Visualstudio-docs: Create an offline installation of Visual Studio 2017 (Community)

[gremlinsmasher]

1. Download the Visual Studio Community 2017 installer
2. Go to the installer Folder file where you download it. Usually it is C:\Users\\Downloads
3. Go to the top of the Explorer and type in cmd
4. Type mkdir vs2017
5. Type vs_Community.exe --lang en-en --layout f:\vs2017 --all

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[gremlinsmasher]

Type vs_Community.exe --lang en-us --layout f:\vs2017 --all

I used the same command last year but forgot the command. I have to look it up again and copy the command from stackoverflow. The person typed in en-en instead of en-us. lol

[TerryGLee]

@gremlinsmasher Thanks for your contribution! FYI: You can also find further examples on the following page: https://docs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/install/install-vs-inconsistent-quality-network.

Cheers,
~ Terry

[gremlinsmasher]

You are welcome. Thank you for posting.

[LeFiend]

Can I edit what components I can add?

[marketinable]

Habia intentado por dias instalar desde el ambiente grafico, pero gracias a este comando lo he logrado, Gracias.

[lowiza]

how to create an installation when i already downloaded it not using cmd

[arvindsoniindia]

Can we download only some part of it not MSDN in Visual Studio 2017 (Community) because it full size around 30gb

[TCB13]

Can we download only some part of it not MSDN in Visual Studio 2017 (Community) because it full size around 30gb

Yes you can, instead of --layout f:\vs2017 --all you can do something like this:

vs_community.exe --layout f:\vs2017 --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NativeDesktop --includeRecommended --lang en-US

To discover the IDs of the components you need:

• Method A: https://docs.microsoft.com/pt-pt/visualstudio/install/workload-and-component-ids?view=vs-2017
• Method B: 1) run a normal setup of VS and install the components you need; 2) export your config as a .vsconfig file; 2) open the file and you'll see the names of everything you've installed.

Use the --add flag to add what you need to your offline installer.

[anuradha27]

where to find the offline folder after creating offline installer for visual studio 2017 ?

[JohnDoit2]

Thank you for the commands, it was helpful. However there is a small error that I was able to fix. The fifth line the command "Type vs_Community.exe --lang en-en --layout f:\vs2017 --all" --lang en-en is wrong it is supposed to be "--lang en-us" or "--lang en-uk" and so on.

[gremlinsmasher]

Yes, it was a typo. Thanks

On Tue, Apr 16, 2019, 19:03 JohnDoit2 [e-mail] wrote:

Thank you for the commands, it was helpful. However there is a small error
that I was able to fix. The fifth line the command "Type vs_Community.exe
--lang en-en --layout f:\vs2017 --all" --lang en-en is wrong it is supposed
to be "--lang en-us" or "--lang en-uk" and so on.

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[HaashimButt167]

hi there m new here its my first time on github platform...
well i wanna know i want to install vs2017 offline. Issue is my internet is so slow and i want to install vs2017 in my computer lab in which there are more than 50 computers so my question is.. is this article solve my problem or not ???

[HaashimButt167]

look here i am following the same 5 instructions... !!
after this i just have to copy this vs2017 folder to where i want to install and run the setup file is that right ????