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Berend
Berend

Reputation: 1069

Upgrade VS2022 preview to release version

I have Visual Studio 2022 Preview installed and would like to replace it with the release version that went live yesterday.

When I started VS and checked for updates, it let me upgrade from the previous release candidate to Preview 1.0, but not the actual release version.

Is it possible at all to replace the preview with a release version, or do I have to install them side by side (and delete the preview)?

This is the version I have now: Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2022 (64-bit) - Preview Version 17.1.0 Preview 1.0

Upvotes: 38

Views: 14185

Answers (7)

DanMar
DanMar

Reputation: 11

You can install the release version also if Preview is already installed

Open "VS Installer" --> "Available" --> "Install"

After you selected the version you want to install, you can change the install path and download it

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Upvotes: 1

CKE
CKE

Reputation: 1608

Another way to change the VS 2022 update channel is possible directly inside the Visual Studio UI:

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Just click on "Help" --> "Check for Updates"

The afterwards opened "Visual Studio Installer" dialog looks a bit different to the shown one of this post, but allows to switch the Update Channel between

Preview
Current
LTSC version xx.y

I prefer to use the Long Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) one due to VS stability and with all security updates provided, as informed by the vendor.

Upvotes: 1

Orhan ODABAŞI
Orhan ODABAŞI

Reputation: 314

You don't need to reinstall. From my experience, you just need to run the installer NOT from inside visual studio, but from the start menu.

I had switched to preview from release channel for my installation. When I first saw an update notification in visual studio, I opened the installer via the notification and only preview channel was there in the channel list. Then I decided to try the installer from the start menu before hopelessly re-installing as suggested here, the usual full channel list appeared. Then I went back to visual studio and opened the installer from there again, and the channel list was refreshed in there, too. It seems like a metadata refresh problem. Or, maybe the channel data was updated while I was tinkering with it, IDK.

Upvotes: 4

Craig
Craig

Reputation: 445

I was able to switch the Update channel, but the context menu still says "Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 Preview" and the application still lives in "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Preview".

I can't live with that rubbish. These may be minor, but in what other areas was the upgrade done so poorly?

I'll be uninstalling and reinstalling as soon as I can find the time to waste on something I shouldn't need to do.

Upvotes: 4

antarct
antarct

Reputation: 621

You don't have to reinstall anything. Just switch the update channel in Visual Studio Installer (More -> Update settings):

screenshot

Upvotes: 48

Randall Flagg
Randall Flagg

Reputation: 5098

No need to reinstall or to uninstall. Just download the installer of the channel you want and start it. Once the installer finished updating the installer check again the solution from @antarct and it should show you the option to change.

Upvotes: 8

Edgar
Edgar

Reputation: 344

You have to reinstall. Preview is basically an Insider build. It will continue to update as pre-release even after 2022 releases.

Upvotes: 17

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