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Ramesh Krishnappa (external) 1 Reputation point
2021-03-04T14:43:10.453+00:00

Hi Team,

Please help me with silent commands for Install and Uninstall with required workload as attachment.
Please treat as high priority, very urgent.

Thanks & Regards
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  1. Dylan Zhu-MSFT 6,421 Reputation points
    2021-03-05T02:53:38.713+00:00

    Hi RameshKrishnappaexternal,

    You can type these commands to install and uninstall this tool:

    • Offline download build tool
      vs_buildtools.exe --layout C:\Users\[username]\Documents\tempInstall --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.VCTools --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.x86.x64 --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Windows10SDK.19041 --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.CMake.Project --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.TestTools.BuildTools --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.ASAN --lang en-US --quiet
    • Install build tool
      1. Find the vs_buildtools_[number].exe in layout folder
      2. Run this command: "C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\tempinstall\vs_buildtools__1918087662.1600134275.exe" --noweb --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.VCTools --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.x86.x64 --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Windows10SDK.19041 --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.CMake.Project --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.TestTools.BuildTools --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.ASAN
    • Uninstall build tool
      vs_buildtools.exe uninstall --installPath "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\BuildTools" --quiet

    Best Regards,
    Dylan

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  2. Ramesh Krishnappa (external) 1 Reputation point
    2021-03-05T14:37:50.78+00:00

    Hi DylanZhu-MSFT,

    Its not working. please help me out

    Thanks
    Ramesh

  3. Ramesh Krishnappa (external) 1 Reputation point
    2021-03-08T08:51:23.293+00:00

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    The requirement is to install only 5 components of C++ build tools as per the attached screenshot. 75379-vs-2019-buildtools.png

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