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Unable to re-install Visual Studio 2019

redskam 41 Reputation points
2020-09-14T10:39:54.42+00:00

Hello,

The hard drive in which Visual Studio Community 2019 (VSC) was installed suddenly stopped working (It was really old)

So I tried to install VSC in a new hard drive, but the Visual Studio Installer wanted to install the "shared composants" on my old hard drive that doesn't exist anymore. (And I can't change the location)

Also, windows 10 still considers that VSC is installed, which may be why the installer has a problem ?

So how can I solve this problem ?

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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. Anna Xiu-MSFT 29,506 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2020-09-15T03:06:41.99+00:00

    Hi redskam,

    For your requirement, you could open your Registry Editor and navigate to the following registry:
    Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\Setup

    Then, modify the value data of SharedInstallationPath to the new drive (Before editing, we suggest you back-up the data).

    If there is something wrong, please feel free to contact us.

    Best regards,
    Anna

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