Visual Studio Setup

Installation and containerization of the Visual Studio family of products

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Changes to Visual Studio “15” Setup

September 15, 2016 Sep 15, 2016 09/15/16
Heath Stewart
We've listened to feedback over the years, and while each new release brought changes to the setup experience of Visual Studio and related products, none have been more significant than what we're doing for Visual Studio "15". New setup engine With Visual Studio supporting so many platforms and toolkits, one of the goals for Visual Studio "15...

How to relocate the Package Cache

February 11, 2014 Feb 11, 2014 02/11/14
Heath Stewart
Visual Studio can require a lot of space on the system drive. Based on years of data collected from customers’ installations from the Customer Experience Improvement Program, we took advantage of this feature in Burn – the Windows Installer XML (WiX) chainer – to eliminate most errors during repair, servicing, and even uninstall. This ...