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Apr 21, 2017
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vswhere is now installed with Visual Studio 2017

Heath Stewart
Heath Stewart

Starting in the latest preview release of Visual Studio version 15.2 (26418.1-Preview), you can now find vswhere installed in "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer" (on 32-bit operating systems before Windows 10, you should use "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer"). While I initially made vswhere.exe available via Nu...

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Apr 19, 2017
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Cleaning up the Visual Studio 2017 package cache

Heath Stewart
Heath Stewart

With the ability to disable or move the package cache for Visual Studio 2017 and other products installed with the new installer, packages are removed for whatever instance(s) you are installing, modifying, or repairing. If you have a lot of instances and want to clean all of them up easily from the command line - perhaps scripting it for users ...

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Apr 17, 2017
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Moving or disabling the package cache for Visual Studio 2017

Heath Stewart
Heath Stewart

In the latest preview release of Visual Studio we are introducing the ability to disable (or re-enable) the package cache, or move it to another drive. This can be done using the command line or the registry, which can be deployed on a domain using group policy. This will be generally available in Visual Studio in a few weeks - scheduled for the 15...

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