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I'm having continuing problems updating/installing Visual Studio 2022 from an offline layout.
The Visual Studio offline installer and package tree were downloaded according to the following link:
Commands on Internet connected system:
vs_Professional.exe --layout c:\Temp\vslayout --lang en-US
vs_Professional.exe --layout c:\Temp\vslayout --lang en-US --verify (77 missing packages)
vs_Professional.exe --layout c:\Temp\vslayout --lang en-US --fix
vs_Professional.exe --layout c:\Temp\vslayout --lang en-US --verify (all packages OK)
The 70.1GB tree was then transferred to the system to be updated.
Command on air-gap system:
.\vs_setup.exe --layout F:\vslayout\ --noweb
Error from Visual Studio Installer:
Setup can't continue. We need to download some files to complete the operation, but the --noweb parameter was specified. Please remove the --noweb parameter and try again.
Current best guess is that the previous install of 2022 was from a different location and that location is saved in Visual Studio ... somewhere.
Uninstall performed.
'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\InstallCleanup.exe' -i 17
Ran the installation command (.\vs_setup.exe --layout F:\vslayout\ --noweb) again. Same error. Logs say that it's trying to install from the Internet.
Collected the logs.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=12493
Reported problem (doing that now):
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/ask/
The 'vslogs.zip' file couldn't be attached due to limitations in this. How do I get the log files uploaded?
From WINVER:
Windows Server 2016
Version 1607
OS Build 14393.7699
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Hello @Peter Ashford ,
Welcome to Microsoft Q&A forum.
I notice that you are using .\vs_setup.exe --layout F:\vslayout\ --noweb command to install Visual Studio 2022 offline. Please try to not use the --layout parameter, instead, navigate to the layout and then install VS. For example:
Use cd F:\vslayout then vs_setup.exe --noweb. Or directly use F:\vslayout\vs_setup.exe --noweb.
Have a nice day!
Tianyu
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While this information might be useful at some point, it does not address the current problem.
Hi @Peter Ashford ,
I’m a little confused. Do you mean, after you remove the "--layout" parameter, the installer still fails to recognize the offline layout and asks for the Internet?
Actually, --layout parameter is not used for installing VS, but for preparing VS(download/checking the offline layout).
When you use it in your command to install/update VS offline, the installer detects it and considers that you want to download workloads and prepare an offline layout.
So, it asks for network. But you also have "--noweb" parameter set, the error message appears, it asks to not use "--noweb" parameter, as it’s conflict.
About the remaining Visual Studio you mentioned, I believe that using the InstallCleanup.exe tool is enough.
The InstallCleanup.exe tool is a powerful tool to remove Visual Studio. The document also says that
Use the InstallCleanup tool only as a last resort if repair or uninstall fail.
All the components should be removed after you use this tool. Some user cache files or folders may be remained.
Anyway, you can try to check following folders to double confirm or remove VS manually:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
%programdata%\Microsoft\visualstudio\packages
%localappdata%\Microsoft\VisualStudio\Packages
%Temp%
And the Windows Registry keys(remember to back up these keys before you remove/modify them):
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\VisualStudio\Setup
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\Setup
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\VisualStudio\Setup
About "clear the setting for the installation location", perhaps you can refer to this thread: VS Enterprise 2022: How can I change installation path of Shared components, tools and SDKs?
BTW, Visual Studio can be installed side-by-side.
Feel free to contact us :)
Regards,
Tianyu
At this time, the issue appears to be that someone installed Visual Studio from the Internet. This must have been while the system was being built, as it's no longer connected to the Internet, and can't be.
We need a way to remove/clear the setting for the installation location so that the installer will recognize the offline layout. When we run the installer, we end up waiting for the Internet to respond, which it never will.