Install Visual Studio 2022 Offline [upd] Jun 2026
Installing Visual Studio 2022 on a machine without internet access requires creating a , which acts as a portable repository of all the necessary installation files . Since Microsoft no longer provides traditional ISO files for Visual Studio, this command-line method is the official way to perform an offline installation. Phase 1: Create the Offline Layout (Online Machine)
(Replace en-US with your preferred language code like fr-FR , de-DE , or zh-CN ). install visual studio 2022 offline
: Get the small installer file (bootstrapper) for your edition—Community, Professional, or Enterprise—from the Official Visual Studio Download Page . Installing Visual Studio 2022 on a machine without
Navigate to the offline folder. You do not run the original bootstrapper you downloaded from the internet. Instead, run the Setup executable located inside the layout folder: : Get the small installer file (bootstrapper) for
vs_community.exe --layout C:\VS2022Offline --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.ManagedDesktop --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NativeDesktop --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NetWeb --includeRecommended --lang en-US
You must first download the installation files on a computer with a reliable internet connection.