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After opening the Visual Studio 2022 Developer Command Prompt, the loading screen gets stuck.
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In Task Manager, it shows that pwsh has very high usage. Also, vcpkg is not working, displaying the following error:
error: in triplet x64-windows: Unable to find a valid Visual Studio instance
Could not locate a complete Visual Studio instance
The following paths were examined for Visual Studio instances:
D:\Microsoft Visual Studio\BuildTools\VC\Auxiliary/Build\vcvarsall.bat
Repairing the installation has not resolved the issue.
I only installed Build Tools, not the IDE. Is there any relevance?
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I've resolved the problem.
It's caused by the build-in Powershell of Windows.
To resolve it, you can download the latest version of Powershell, and then replace the one that comes with system.
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Hi @Steve Yu,
Welcome to Microsoft Q&A!
Did you install any workloads when installing the Visual Studio Build Tools?
Please open the Visual Studio Installer > Modify > ensure that the “Desktop development with C++” workload is installed. Then, reboot your machine and check it again.
Besides, Visual Studio Build Tools are only CLI tools and you can install the build tools and VS IDE side by side. I recommend you install the Visual Studio 2022 Community, Professional or Enterprise edition.
Download Visual Studio Tools - Install Free for Windows, Mac, Linux
Sincerely,
Anna
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Yes, I've installed “Desktop development with C++” workload.
Installing IDE doesn't work, I've tried.
I found if I close the pwsh.exe in taskmgr, it'll get right. But I think it's not a correct way to solve this problem.
Hello, maybe an application on your system is triggering the PowerShell process, which may impact the performance of Visual Studio 2022 Developer Command Prompt.