On my Windows 10 Pro desktop machine both Visual Studio Community 2017 & 2019 do not start at all but no errors are shown when I create a log file.
Starting them with the switch /SafeMode did not help either.
I have tried repairing the installation, uninstalling them and installing them again with my Antivirus disabled but to no avail.
Please help, Visual Studio is absolutely necessary for me as a .NET developer and I don't want to go back to Visual Studio 2010.
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I am able to succesfully install/uninstall Visual Studio 2019 but not 2017. Please see the attached screenshot.
I have tried the following on my Windows 10 remote desktop machine:
Remove the contents of C:\Users(useraccountid)\AppData\Local\Temp and try to install VS Pro 2017
Uninstall VS Professional 2019 and also Remove the folder and contents of C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019 and
try to install VS Pro 2017
Shut down all programs and try to install VS Pro 2017 but it will not move past the error message.
The issue with VS Professional 2019 is also attached in the second screenshot.
I have Visual Studio 2017 with Xamarin on my PC. VS 2015 has been long uninstalled but VS 2015 Tools for Xamarin keeps taking up space on my drive. Can I uninstall it or it will 'harm' my VS2017 installation in some way?
Also, I'm not sure if Microsoft VS2015 Shell (Isolated) is needed at all?
Can I get rid of both installations?
Uninstalling VS2015 Tools for Xamarin was ok, but VS2015 Shell Isolated is required by MS SQL Server, so don't uninstall.
I installed Visual Studio 2015 Preview, when I am trying to uninstall it by rerunning vs_Enterprise.exe, in the end it gives me this:
I also installed Visual Studio 2017 RC, trying to uninstall in the same way it gives the same error message.
When I click 'Modify' from
It gives me this error:
Now both are stuck there, I can't remove them and also can't reinstall them.
I also tried the possible solutions which I can find from google, and none of these works:
Uninstall from control panel:
Can't find Visual Studio 2015 Preview and Visual Studio 2017 RC in control panel's Programs and Features window
Run vs_enterprise.exe by using the /uninstall /force command-line:
can't find vs_enterprise.exe from Package Cache folders, somewhere like this:
"%ProgramData%\Package Cache",
Use VisualStudioUninstaller:
This doesn't work either.
When you install the VS 2017 RC on the Pc that already installed the VS “15” preview, the prior previews of Visual Studio "15" must be uninstalled first, so you not need to uninstall the VS “15” preview again. During installation of Visual Studio 2017 RC, a cleaning tool will automatically be run on your machine that will detect artifacts from a prior preview installation and then remove them, you can check Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for Visual Studio 2017 RC.
To uninstall the VS 2017 RC and VS "15" preview edition, you can try to directly remove those 3 folders: %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Visual Studio\VS15Preview, %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017 and %ProgramData%\Microsoft\VisualStudio\Packages, then re-run the VS 2007 RC installer as administrator, it should display as a new installation.
I have a Windows 8.1 computer with Visual Studio Community 2015 installed and no other version of Visual Studio. I want to install Visual Studio Community 2013 because this is required to use C++ with Unreal Engine 4. But I get
this error message when I try to install.
So I restarted my computer, and the same error message still shows up. I have tried installing from an executable from the Visual Studio webpage, and from a button in Unreal Engine 4 that opens the Visual Studio 2013 installer. What could be the problem? Thanks.
From memory, you're supposed to be able to install multiple versions of visual studio, provided you install them chronologically.
Make a backup.
Then try uninstalling VS 2015. Then installing VS 2013, then re-installing VS 2015.
Better yet, do this in a virtual machine.
- Additionally; A virtual machine will allow you to install VS 2013 in isolation, so that you won't need to uninstall VS 2015.
I have Windows 8 machine.
I had visual studio 2010 and Visual Studio 2012 installed on my computer.
I installed the visual studio 2013 preview, and the 8.1 WDK.
After I installed Visual Studio 2013, my old project in C++ wasn't able to be compiled (in Visual Studio 2012) so I uninstalled Visual Studio 2013 and the WDK.
But the issue remains, i cannot compile my C++ project. I get error message such as "Windows.h cannot be found" I looked at the include directory and saw that I have the following include: $(WindowsSDK_IncludePath). but when I open "Macros>>" I can't this macro "$(WindowsSDK_IncludePath)".
I tried to uninstall Visual Studio 2010 and 2012 and reinstall them but it didn't fix the issue.
Does anyone know what might cause this issue and how to resolve it?
In order to build windows 8 apps in visual studio 2013, you must be using windows 8.1. (defined here). This is possibly the issue.
You also wouldn't see the windows sdk include path because the wdk would be uninstalled. I would recommend one of two things
get visual studio 2012 again, and download the windows 8 sdk
get windows 8.1, then install visual studio 2013, and use the windows 8.1 sdk
I know, its quite silly.