Visual | Studio 2019 Offline Installer

To download the full installer payload, you must run the bootstrapper from the Command Prompt using specific arguments. 1. Open Command Prompt

The offline installer is essentially a command-line operation. You need to download the appropriate bootstrapper (the small web installer) for your edition:

Avoid installation failures caused by unstable or slow connections during the setup process.

To start, you need the "bootstrapper" file for your specific edition. These can be found on the Visual Studio Older Downloads page . visual studio 2019 offline installer

The Visual Studio Installer will open and pull data exclusively from the local folder instead of reaching out to Microsoft servers. Select the pre-downloaded workloads and click .

To focus strictly on web development, ASP.NET, and cloud applications:

The basic syntax is as follows:

First, download the small installer (bootstrapper) for the version you need. As of April 2026, these direct links from are standard: Community: vs_community.exe Professional: vs_professional.exe Enterprise: vs_enterprise.exe Step 2: Create the Offline Layout

Ensure every developer in your organization installs the exact same version and toolsets, preventing "it works on my machine" compatibility issues.

Before initiating the offline download, the following requirements must be met: To download the full installer payload, you must

Downloading multi-gigabyte payloads once saves massive amounts of data when deploying to an entire development team.

vs_community.exe --layout C:\VS2019Layout --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.ManagedDesktop --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NetWeb --includeRecommended --lang en-US Use code with caution. Copied to clipboard

vs_enterprise.exe --layout C:\VSLayout --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.ManagedDesktop --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NativeDesktop --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NetWeb --includeRecommended --lang en-US You need to download the appropriate bootstrapper (the