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    Installation and containerization of the Visual Studio family of products

    September 2017 | Visual Studio Setup

    Installing Build Tools for Visual Studio 2017 in a Docker container
    Installing Build Tools for Visual Studio 2017 in a Docker container
    AvatarHeath StewartSeptember 18, 2017Sep 18, 201709/18/17
    Follow this guidance to install Build Tools for Visual Studio 2017 into a Docker container and save the image for later.
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    Cleaning up corrupt Visual Studio instances
    Cleaning up corrupt Visual Studio instances
    AvatarHeath StewartSeptember 1, 2017Sep 1, 201709/1/17
    When older versions of Visual Studio 2017 report an error about not being able to load the instance, follow these instructions to clean up corrupt instances and re-install.
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