Introduction: Why Offline Matters In an era of high-speed fiber optics and ubiquitous Wi-Fi, the concept of an "offline installer" might seem like a relic of the dial-up age. However, for professional developers, students, and enterprise IT administrators, the Visual Studio Community Edition offline installer remains an indispensable tool.
foreach ($workload in $Workloads) $Arguments += " --add $workload" $BootstrapperUrl = "https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vs_community.exe" $BootstrapperLocal = "$LayoutPath\vs_community.exe" Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $BootstrapperUrl -OutFile $BootstrapperLocal Start the layout creation Start-Process -FilePath $BootstrapperLocal -ArgumentList $Arguments -Wait -NoNewWindow visual studio community edition offline installer
vs_community.exe --layout C:\VS2022_Offline --lang en-US --lang de-DE --lang ja-JP The instructions above are consistent for Visual Studio 2022 (64-bit IDE). However, legacy projects may require older versions. Introduction: Why Offline Matters In an era of
Run the same layout command again from the original PC: However, legacy projects may require older versions
Most developers don't need everything. Here is a realistic command for a C++ and .NET desktop developer:
vs_community.exe --layout C:\VS2022_Offline --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NetCrossPlat --exclude Microsoft.VisualStudio.ComponentGroup.UWP.Xamarin Solution: You didn't specify --lang . By default, the layout uses your system locale. To add Japanese and German:
vs_community.exe --layout C:\VS2022_Offline --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.CoreEditor --lang en-US This process will take anywhere from 20 minutes to several hours depending on your internet speed. The command prompt will display a progress bar for each package. Once finished, you will see a message: "Layout created successfully."
Introduction: Why Offline Matters In an era of high-speed fiber optics and ubiquitous Wi-Fi, the concept of an "offline installer" might seem like a relic of the dial-up age. However, for professional developers, students, and enterprise IT administrators, the Visual Studio Community Edition offline installer remains an indispensable tool.
foreach ($workload in $Workloads) $Arguments += " --add $workload" $BootstrapperUrl = "https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vs_community.exe" $BootstrapperLocal = "$LayoutPath\vs_community.exe" Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $BootstrapperUrl -OutFile $BootstrapperLocal Start the layout creation Start-Process -FilePath $BootstrapperLocal -ArgumentList $Arguments -Wait -NoNewWindow
vs_community.exe --layout C:\VS2022_Offline --lang en-US --lang de-DE --lang ja-JP The instructions above are consistent for Visual Studio 2022 (64-bit IDE). However, legacy projects may require older versions.
Run the same layout command again from the original PC:
Most developers don't need everything. Here is a realistic command for a C++ and .NET desktop developer:
vs_community.exe --layout C:\VS2022_Offline --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NetCrossPlat --exclude Microsoft.VisualStudio.ComponentGroup.UWP.Xamarin Solution: You didn't specify --lang . By default, the layout uses your system locale. To add Japanese and German:
vs_community.exe --layout C:\VS2022_Offline --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.CoreEditor --lang en-US This process will take anywhere from 20 minutes to several hours depending on your internet speed. The command prompt will display a progress bar for each package. Once finished, you will see a message: "Layout created successfully."