If I reinstall Visual Studio 2013 on a clean box, do I need to suffer through every 4 (until now) updates as well, or is it enough to install the latest one (Update 4 currently)?
You only need to install Update 4. The updates are cumulative.
From Update 4 page:
This update is the latest in a cumulative series of feature additions
and bug fixes for Visual Studio 2013.
Better still, you can download the slipstreamed package (VS 2013 with Update 4):
http://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/
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I have trouble installing a specific version of Visual Studio 2017.
Microsoft released the new Update 3 (Version 15.3.1) and they only provide an online installer. This one installs the most recent version, which always includes the update 3.
The problem is that I need to install VS 2017 Update 2, but I found no way of doing that. I already had a look in creating an offline installation, but there is no argument for setting a specific version.
Do you know of any way to install VS 2017 with an older version then update 3?
I already had Visual Studio 2015 Community Edition Update 3 installed on my computer but realized some programs won't run with it and I needed to downgrade to Update 2. I found this link which is the version I need but whenever I run the setup it retrieves Update 3 in the list. I can't seem to get Update 2 installed. Is it because I had the Update 3 installed before? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Maybe someone knows a direct link to the Update 2 ISO!
Thanks.
Have you tried to completely remove the VS 2015 community with update 3? If not, please try to download the VisualStudioUninstaller to clean up and delete Preview, RC and final releases of Visual Studio 2013 and Visual Studio 2015, as well as early previews of Visual Studio 2017, and you can run it for several times.
Follow this document: How to: Install a Specific Release of Visual Studio to download the VS community 2015 RTM version from the same website that you shared in here , then use the specific command like vs_community.exe /OverrideFeedURI http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/6/B/06BB0C5C-C767-4250-91DA-AB463377597E/20160405.3/enu/feed.xml or vs_ community.exe /OverrideFeedURI http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/6/B/06BB0C5C-C767-4250-91DA-AB463377597E/20160405.3/enu/feed.xml to install the VS community 2015 with update 2 per your requirement.
.NET Core 1.0.0 was released yesterday and it needs VS update 3 to be installed.
So I downloaded the installer from here and tried installing but this weird issue is happening:
It's as if the installer is trying to get update 2 instead of update 3. I'm already on update 2 and it's telling me that. I tried searching but didn't find anything on the subject. Also tried restarting my machine.
And now I'm being blocked by this since I already uninstalled .NET Core RC2, and .NET Core 1.0.0 doesn't want to install before VS update 3.
Forget the downloaded update, just go to Programs and Features, double click Visual Studio 2015 Update 2 and choose "Modify" from the VS installer options. Update 3 will be available there.
Check this -> https://msdn.microsoft.com/vs-knownissues/vs2015-update3
"Workaround:
Instead of installing Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 by using VS2015.3.exe, install the update by using a full product installer. You can find installers for "Visual Studio 2015 with Update 3" on the Visual Studio download page. Select the "Visual Studio 2015 with Update 3" download that matches the edition you already have installed, whether Community, Professional, or Enterprise.
Alternatively, you can follow the steps in Updating an installation to force an update to the layouts."
I faced this problem
I solved it by downloading the offline iso file then installed it from the iso file
you can find offline iso file
http://www.kunal-chowdhury.com/2016/06/visual-studio-2015-update-3.html
the direct links
Visual Studio Community 2015 with Update 3 - iso
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=615448&clcid=0x409
Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 - ISO
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=708984
A workaround is to not use the download. Instead, open Program and Features from the Control Panel. Select "Visual Studio 2015 with Updates" (or your equivalent), and click Change. From the installation dialog, click Modify and you should see Update 3 available to be selected.
After downloading the full installer Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 - ISO I ran it from admin command prompt with vs2015.3.exe /Passive
With the /Passive switch it finally installed the upate!
I have just installed Visual Studio 2013. I am wondering do I need to install ALL the service packs for visual studio or just the latest?
For example I have installed CTP5 and when I go to 'about' then it says CTP5 is it safe to assume that all the other service packs up to 5 have been installed?
In general the official updates are designed to be cumulative such as the last official update 4 where it specifically says:
This update is the latest in a cumulative series of feature additions
and bug fixes for Visual Studio 2013.".
But since this is a CTP (communitiy tehcnology preview) update 5 (U5 has not officially been released and not meant for production machines):
PLEASE NOTE: This Community Technology Preview has not been subject to final validation and is not meant to be run on production workstations or servers.
For the Visual Studio update package: The recommended approach for
upgrading Visual Studio on test workstations is installing the latest
Visual Studio Update CTP on top of an RTM release or a previous CTP
build of that Update. Visual Studio CTPs can be upgraded to a
different build.
With that wording on top of an RTM release it implies that one does not have to install the previous updates; hence this is intended to be a rollup cumulative release as well.
Is it important to install the version one and two for visual studio 2013 simultaneous to be updated?
No, you don't need to install previous updates. The update packages are cumulative, and include all feature additions and bug fixes from previous versions. You just need to install the latest one.
This is documented in the KB articles describing each update. For example, Description of Visual Studio 2013 Update 2.
The same is true for the various Visual Studio 2012 updates.
No just install Update 2 for Visual Studio 2013 & you are good to go.
The Update 1 is more focused on fixing issues with the VS2013:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/somasegar/archive/2014/01/20/visual-studio-2013-update-1.aspx
Whilst the Update 2, according to VS2013 team, provides more new features:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2014/04/04/the-release-candidate-for-visual-studio-2013-update-2.aspx