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visual-studioinstallationwindows-10visual-studio-2019
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Reputation: 61

How do I fix visual studio installer (2019 community) is empty?

I downloaded the visual studio 2019 community installer and ran it. It ran successfully but instead of opening the visual studio installer when it completed it just closed. I located the visual studio installer 'setup.exe' (under C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/Installer) and ran it. It opens the installer but instead of allowing me to select tools to install it just has 2 empty tabs labeled 'installed' and 'available' and a side bar that shows developer news.

I don't have any antivirus or firewall running. I uninstalled every version of visual studio I had in case the installer was assuming I already have VS2019. I updated windows and my drivers.

EDIT: I had a hunch that I might find something out by using 'setup -h' in command prompt. It appears that it may be possible to install vs2019 by using the right tags. I guessed

setup install --productid Microsoft.VisualStudio.Product.Community --channelid VisualStudio.15.Release

might work but the installer says " A product matching the following parameters cannot be found: channelId: VisualStudio.15.Release productId: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Product.Community "

If you know what the right tags are that might be an adequate solution.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 9177

Answers (1)

Mr Qian
Mr Qian

Reputation: 23715

Please try to reinstall it:

1) run cmd as Administrator and then type:

"%programfiles(x86)%\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\resources\app\layout\InstallCleanup.exe" -full

2) restart vs_installer again.

Upvotes: 3

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