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Is offline layout installation for VS Enterprise 2022 broken?

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2025-10-01T13:41:27.5366667+00:00

I am experiencing offline installation issue with Visual Studio Enterprise.

I followed https://free.blessedness.top/en-us/visualstudio/install/create-an-offline-installation-of-visual-studio?view=vs-2022#step-3---install-visual-studio-from-the-local-layout and is not able to install.

I am able to download the layout using

vs_enterprise.exe --layout d:\temp\localVSlayout --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.ManagedDesktop --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NetWeb --includeOptional --lang en-US

But when I run below command, the visual studio installer dialog comes up and after I click continue, the dialog disappears and nothing is happening.

vs_enterprise.exe --noWeb --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.ManagedDesktop --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NetWeb --includeOptional

I also came across below thread with similar issue, is this resolved?

https://free.blessedness.top/en-us/answers/questions/5557148/is-the-offline-installation-for-visual-studio-19-2

Can you advise what is the resolution to address this? Thanks.

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  1. Surya Amrutha Vaishnavi Lanka (INFOSYS LIMITED) 810 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
    2025-10-03T08:18:31.9666667+00:00

    Thanks for reaching out, this is a common problem with recent Visual Studio offline installs because the installer still tries to connect online for certain required files unless the layout was created correctly.

    Here are some steps you can follow.

    1. Create the offline layout correctly

    Run Command Prompt as Administrator and use this syntax:

    vs_enterprise.exe --layout d:\vs2022offline --lang en-US

    Replace d:\vs2022offline with your folder path.

    1. Install from the offline cache

    Navigate to the layout folder and run:

    vs_enterprise.exe --noweb --noUpdateInstaller

    --noweb ensures it won’t try to connect to the internet.

    --noUpdateInstaller prevents it from checking for a newer installer online

    1. Check if certificates are blocking install

    Sometimes Visual Studio requires certificates to be installed for the offline installer.

    Inside your layout folder, run: certutil -addstore Root Certificates*.crt

    1. Update the installer first

    If the downloaded installer is too old, it may not work. Download the latest Visual Studio Bootstrapper from Microsoft

    1. Logs for troubleshooting

    If it still fails, check the installer logs and press Win + R, run: %TEMP%\dd_bootstrapper*.log

    Look for errors about missing packages.

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  2. Surya Amrutha Vaishnavi Lanka (INFOSYS LIMITED) 810 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
    2025-10-10T04:38:18.71+00:00

    Hope you're doing well! Please let us know if the issue persists or resolved. If the answer is helpful, please click "Accept Answer" and kindly approve it. If we didn't get any response from your side. we will proceed to close the thread by 15th october

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