If you want to do an offline update from VS17.12 to 17.13 , you can follow below steps:
- Update the layout to a specific version of the product.
- Go to the Visual Studio 2022 Release History page and download a particular fixed version bootstrapper(e.g vs_Enterprise17.13.0), copy it into your layout, and use it to update the layout to that exact version specified in the bootstrapper.
- Run the --layout command in an elevated prompt to download the latest packages into your layout.
vs_enterprise.exe --layout c:\VSLayout
- Update your Visual Studio 2022 by running the Visual Studio Installer > Update or you can also use the following command:
vs_enterprise.exe update --noWeb --quiet --installpath "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise"
Update
The easiest and fastest way to update your offline Visual Studio instances: using a minimal offline layout.
Do i have to download the entire VS Layout package everytime if there is an version update?
Unlike a full Visual Studio layout, a minimal layout only contains the updated packages, so it is always smaller and faster to generate and deploy.
1.Generating a minimal layout.
MinimalLayout.exe generate --targetLocation c:\VSLayout\ --productIds Microsoft.VisualStudio.Product.Enterprise --baseVersion 17.12.5 --targetVersion 17.13.0 --languages en-US
2.Update the Visual Studio Installer
vs_enterprise.exe --quiet --update --offline C:\VSLayout\vs_installer.opc
3.Update the Visual Studio application
vs_enterprise.exe update --noWeb --quiet --installpath "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise"
Docs Referred:
Update the layout to a specific version of the product
Update Visual Studio from a layout
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You can use the Download all, then install feature from the Visual Studio Installer to download an installation package on the local machine before you install it locally, or you can use the command line to create a local installation package to install locally later. After you download the bootstrapper, run it to install Visual Studio.
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If you already have Visual Studio ... Installer. You can download a bootstrapper for a specific version from the Visual Studio 2022 Release History page and use it to install Visual Studio....
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November 24, 2023how to download visual studio 22 community
Go to the Visual Studio download page. Select the Community edition, which is a free, fully featured IDE for students, open-source developers, and individual developers. Click on the Free download button to download the bootstrapper file. More on learn.microsoft.com
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Hi all,
Have been waiting for a few days to create an offline installation of studio 2022 but it seems that Microsoft are still listing the preview bootstrapper as being the only one available at present ( Create a network-based installation - Visual Studio (Windows) | Microsoft Docs )
Has anyone successfully created an offline layout yet for the final release? Can this be done using the standard installer available from the download pages or do I specifically need to wait for the bootstrapper to be made available?
Cheers!
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i made one we use in our educational department, i remember seeing two different versions of t he bootstrapper, but you can see which one is the preview one by taking properties on the file and go to details, this link should be the correct version https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/thank-you-downloading-visual-studio/?sku=enterprise&ch=pre&rel=17
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MSDN offline cache installation guide is now updated with the bootstrapper for community edition https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/install/create-an-offline-installation-of-visual-studio?view=vs-2022#use-the-command-line-to-create-a-local-cache
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If you want to do an offline update from VS17.12 to 17.13 , you can follow below steps:
- Update the layout to a specific version of the product.
- Go to the Visual Studio 2022 Release History page and download a particular fixed version bootstrapper(e.g vs_Enterprise17.13.0), copy it into your layout, and use it to update the layout to that exact version specified in the bootstrapper.
- Run the --layout command in an elevated prompt to download the latest packages into your layout.
vs_enterprise.exe --layout c:\VSLayout
- Update your Visual Studio 2022 by running the Visual Studio Installer > Update or you can also use the following command:
vs_enterprise.exe update --noWeb --quiet --installpath "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise"
Update
The easiest and fastest way to update your offline Visual Studio instances: using a minimal offline layout.
Do i have to download the entire VS Layout package everytime if there is an version update?
Unlike a full Visual Studio layout, a minimal layout only contains the updated packages, so it is always smaller and faster to generate and deploy.
1.Generating a minimal layout.
MinimalLayout.exe generate --targetLocation c:\VSLayout\ --productIds Microsoft.VisualStudio.Product.Enterprise --baseVersion 17.12.5 --targetVersion 17.13.0 --languages en-US
2.Update the Visual Studio Installer
vs_enterprise.exe --quiet --update --offline C:\VSLayout\vs_installer.opc
3.Update the Visual Studio application
vs_enterprise.exe update --noWeb --quiet --installpath "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise"
Docs Referred:
Update the layout to a specific version of the product
Update Visual Studio from a layout
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Microsoft has a handy post that details what you need to do. Essentially, at the command line on the computer with internet access, execute:
vs_enterprise.exe --layout c:\localVSlayout
Replace c:\localVsLayout with where you want to dump the files. It's going to be big! You may need to change vs_enterprise.exe with the correct executable name for your version of Visual Studio.
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November 11, 2025 - To get the latest bootstrappers for Visual Studio 2022 that always install the latest version of the Current channel, download one of the files in the following table. Alternatively, to install a specific version or a specific channel of Visual Studio 2022, see the Visual Studio 2022 Release History page.
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March 11, 2024 - You might be using a different version of Visual Studio or different environment settings. For more information, see Personalize the IDE. Create a folder that is named after the locale name. On 32-bit computers, create the folder in the \Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\ClickOnce Bootstrapper\Packages\<BootstrapperPackageName>\ folder.
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November 24, 2023 - Go to Visual Studio Installer folder: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer, and run the vs_installershell.exe file. Re-download the VS bootstrapper from the page and move the .exe file to a clean folder in another drive.
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Hi Shay Wilner,
You can download Visual Studio 2022 community by using this link. Hope this helps! If my answer was helpful, please follow the instructions here so others with the same problem, can benefit as well.
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Vs 2022 community is no longer available. The current version is vs 2026 community. Vs 2022 is only available as a paid version now.
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September 9, 2025 - To use another bootstrapper, you can download and run one of the bootstrapper files for Visual Studio 2022 from either the Visual Studio downloads page or the Visual Studio 2022 releases page for the minor version that you want to install ...
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You can get the bootstrapper for the latest version of Visual Studio from the downloads page.