Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 Community: Offline Installer

vs_community.exe --noweb --passive --norestart

| Aspect | Rating | Notes | |--------|--------|-------| | Install speed | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Much faster than online on slow connections | | Repair reliability | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Works fully offline | | Uninstall | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Leaves some cache files, but generally clean | | Layout creation time | ⭐⭐ | Very slow (hours) for full layout | | Cross-Windows compatibility | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Works on Win10/11, Server 2019+ | microsoft visual studio 2022 community offline installer

vs_community.exe --layout C:\VS2022Offline --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.ManagedDesktop --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NetWeb --includeOptional --lang en-US Specifies where the files will be saved. vs_community

Before we jump into the "how," let's look at the "why": " let's look at the "why":