Missing features in Visual Studios Community 2017 - visual-studio

I am new to using Visual Studios Community. I am currently working out of a book called "Head First C#".
The problem is that I cannot find some features that are in the book, such as "Windows Store" (which the book says should be a subcategory under "Visual C#" when one wants to create a new project) or "Basic Page".
Have these features been discontinued? Or do I have to modify my installation in someway using the VS installer?
I am using Visual Studios Community 2017 on a Windows 10 OS.

VS 2017 community supports UWP development. Open the visual studio installer and select modify. There is an update available install that before trying to modify. Make sure the Universal Windows Platform Development workflow is checked and press the update button.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/get-started/get-set-up

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This, however, seems not to work, as I don't have access to the mentioned file afxcoll.h. Indeed: there is no file, called afx*.h on my PC.
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Thanks in advance
You need to explicitly install MFC support in Visual Studio - which you can do on Community editions:
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I recently installed Microsoft Visual Studio community verion 2015 on my computer for educational purposes. However while installation I conservatively chose not to install the source files for C/C++. Is there any way to rectify this? There doesn't seem to be any update menu in Visual Studio where I can do this.
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We just switched over to VS 2013 and I heard that you're supposed to be able to
generate code maps for your entire application. Awesome feature indeed, that could
get new developers on our project up to speed.
Watched a couple of tutorials, but when I tried to just right click on a method
in the application, the 'Show on Code Map' context menu is missing. In fact, I
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My version:
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http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj739835.aspx
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First of all I'm new to visual studio. I need to develop a Setup (.exe) using Visual Studio C#. In order to create a setup, we need Windows Installer wizard. While searching on google I got a link from msdn Here
I tried to create a new project as described, but I wasn't able to find "Other Project Types". I searched google again and finally I got: InstallShield Limited Edition template provided by flexerasoftware.com. I registered and downloaded InstallShield 2013 Express Edition, and installed it. Restarted the machine and opened Visual Studio 2013, still I couldn't find other project type templates.
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What am I missing here, and why this much complexity to create setup file wizard. Guide me If I am missing anything, I'm in a serious trouble.
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Thanks.
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http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn531020.aspx
From the link below:
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To enable InstallShield Limited Edition On the menu bar, choose File,
New, Project.
In the New Project dialog box, expand the Other Project
Types node, and then choose the Setup and Deployment node.
In the template list, choose Enable InstallShield Limited Edition, and then
choose the OK button.
In the browser window that opens, read the
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This ist you answer:
Instructions for installing and activating InstallShield Limited Edition
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into the following editions of Visual Studio: Professional, Premium,
and Ultimate. Note that Visual Studio Express Edition does not support
integration with InstallShield Limited Edition.
I try to see if it is possible anyway...

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