Why wont Visual Studio allow me to use it? (visual studio community)

Daniel Shepherd 246 Reputation points
2021-10-13T13:28:24.857+00:00

Whenever I start Visual Studio Community 2019, it opens this dialog box:
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How can i fix this?

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Visual Studio Setup
Visual Studio: A family of Microsoft suites of integrated development tools for building applications for Windows, the web and mobile devices.Setup: The procedures involved in preparing a software program or application to operate within a computer or mobile device.
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  1. PengGe-MSFT 3,331 Reputation points
    2021-10-14T05:50:31.03+00:00

    Hi, @Daniel Shepherd

    Welcome to Microsoft Q&A!

    You can click check for update license, if it doesn’t work, you can sign out then sign in again.

    Sincerely,
    Peng
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  2. Michael Taylor 47,966 Reputation points
    2021-10-13T16:54:11.323+00:00

    Your license has expired (top right). You need to check for an updated license. Since this is community edition it'll just update the registration and you're good. VS has to periodically update the license.

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