Visual Studio 2019 Offline Installer

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For a standard offline installer using English, use:

This downloads the core components, which is best for small, targeted installations. Full Offline Layout (Comprehensive)

The Ultimate Guide to Creating and Using a Visual Studio 2019 Offline Installer visual studio 2019 offline installer

Use this for a comprehensive offline installer, but be mindful of the disk space required:

Open a as an administrator and navigate to your download folder. Use the --layout command to download the installation files to a specific directory. Common Layout Commands

The "layout" is the local folder containing all the necessary installation files. Open an (Run as Administrator). The clock on the wall read 11:30 PM

The Visual Studio downloader uses the BITS service (Background Intelligent Transfer). If your internet cuts out, just re-run the exact same layout command. It will resume from where it left off.

--add Microsoft.Net.Component.4.8.TargetingPack

A 45 GB layout is massive. You can prune it. For a standard offline installer using English, use:

Run the layout with the --certificatePath parameter:

The syntax is: [bootstrapper_name] --layout [destination_path] --add [WorkloadID] --lang [Language]

Inside your layout folder, you will find \Archive and \feedback . These contain older versions of installers and telemetry logs. Deleting them saves space but prevents rolling back to older updates. Only do this if you are certain.