Cause I got sick of those dickheads not allowing us downloading a offline copy I made a small batch file. Code: @echo off rem Required parameters: rem %1 - TYPE must be a know VS 2017 edition name e.g. Enterprise , Professional , rem TestProfessional , Community , TeamExplorer , TestAgent , TestController , rem FeedbackClient , BuildTools . rem %2 - TARGETDIR is target directory for offline-copy, by default is ".\vs2017offline" if not "%~1"=="" (set prm="%~1") else (set prm=enterprise) if not "%~2"=="" (set trg="%~2") else (set trg=.\vs2017offline) if exist %trg% (rd /s/q %trg% > nul & md %trg%) if exist vs_%prm%.exe (del /f/q vs_%prm%.exe > nul) curl -C - -RLOSs https://aka.ms/vs/15/release/vs_%prm%.exe start /i vs_%prm%.exe --layout %trg% exit /b However I will update it with the needed SDK to avoid conflicts.
They do allow an offline install copy. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/install/install-vs-inconsistent-quality-network
It's not working for me, it just acts like setup which downloads the file and convert it via the offline cache. Seems you never tried it.
Try again, it worked for me. And isn't offline what we want here? As long as it installs who cares. https://www.hanselman.com/blog/HowToMakeAnOfflineInstallerForVS2017.aspx
Pls don't reply in any of my threads, thanks. You waste my time, you never tried it and it won't work it's a cached copy not 'offline'. Maybe learn the difference between the setup and that offline installer it's exactly the same.