💻 Overview of Visual Studio 2019 Offline Installer
Visual Studio 2019 Offline Installer provides developers with the complete installation files of Microsoft’s powerful integrated development environment (IDE) for offline use. This version is ideal for users who want to install Visual Studio on multiple PCs or in environments without a stable internet connection.
With the offline setup, developers can access all core components, including .NET Framework, C#, C++, Python, and web development tools, without needing to download anything during installation.
It’s designed for both beginners and professional programmers who need reliable access to all the features of Visual Studio, even without online connectivity.
⚙️ Key Features of Visual Studio 2019
🧠 Comprehensive Development Environment
Visual Studio 2019 supports multiple programming languages like C#, C++, VB.NET, Python, and JavaScript. It offers everything needed to build desktop, mobile, and web applications efficiently.
🚀 Offline Installation Advantage
Unlike the online setup that requires constant internet access, the offline installer lets you download once and install anywhere. It’s perfect for organizations and developers managing several machines.
🧩 Integrated Debugging and Testing
The IDE includes advanced debugging tools, live unit testing, and performance analyzers, helping developers identify and fix issues faster.
💡 Improved IntelliSense
With smarter code suggestions and context-aware completion, IntelliSense in Visual Studio 2019 boosts productivity and minimizes syntax errors.
🧰 Support for Cloud and .NET Core
Developers can build Azure cloud applications, .NET Core projects, and cross-platform solutions, all within the same environment.
🔄 How to Create the Offline Installer
Creating the offline setup is straightforward and requires only a few steps:
Download the Visual Studio Bootstrapper from Microsoft’s official website.
Open Command Prompt and use the following command:
Download the Visual Studio Web Installer executable file from the above links to a drive on your local machine.
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Run Visual Studio setup executable file with the following arguments from a command prompt: For example, if you downloaded the community edition web installer vs_community.exe --layout "download-path" --lang "download-language"
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Example A: Install all languages vs_community.exe --layout C:\vs2019
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Example B: Install one language vs_community.exe --layout C:\vs2019 --lang en-US
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Example C: Install multiple languages vs_community.exe --layout C:\vs2019 --lang en-US de-DE ja-JP
Currently, there is no such direct ISO available at this moment. Only option that we have is just to download the web installer and do a layout to grab the offline installation media.
Country codes
ISO Code
Language
cs-CZ
Czech
de-DE
German
en-US
English
es-ES
Spanish
fr-FR
French
it-IT
Italian
ja-JP
Japanese
ko-KR
Korean
pl-PL
Polish
pt-BR
Portuguese - Brazil
ru-RU
Russian
tr-TR
Turkish
zh-CN
Chinese - Simplified
zh-TW
Chinese - Traditional
Update Visual Studio 2019 Installation Layout
As updates become available for Visual Studio 2019, you can run the --layout command again, pointing to the same layout folder, to ensure that the folder contains the latest components. Only those components that have been updated since the last time --layout was run will be downloaded.
