By following the steps outlined in this guide, you can set up a fully functional Visual Studio Community environment on any Windows machine—whether it has internet access or not—and stay productive wherever your work takes you.
vs_community.exe --layout C:\VSOfflineLayout
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How to Create and Use a Visual Studio Community Edition Offline Installer
The "Download all, then install" option in the Visual Studio Installer UI is not designed to be transferred to another machine; it creates a layout customized for the local computer only. For transferring to multiple offline machines, you must create a layout using the command line. By following the steps outlined in this guide,
Run vs_community.exe --layout C:\VSLayout --verify to scan for missing or corrupted files.
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Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NetCrossPlat Step 3: Run the Command to Create the Layout