Found setup instance but not in launchable state

Question

I'm trying to install extensions inside a container (mcr.microsoft.com/windows:ltsc2019) as part of Intel OneAPI HPCKit installation, but it's failing.
The same setup succeeds on a windows machine.

OS: Windows container (mcr.microsoft.com/windows:ltsc2019)
Visual Studio Enterprise 22 version: 17.6.33815.320

VS was installed with the following command:
.\vs_Enterprise.exe --quiet --wait --norestart --noUpdateInstaller --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NativeDesktop --includeRecommended

I'm getting the errors:

Install to Visual Studio Enterprise 2022 completed successfully. The extension has been installed to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\Extensions\hd12tfsq.xj0
Beginning to install extension to Visual Studio Enterprise 2022...
Instantiate download manager silently: True
VSIX TaskScheduler: Skipping scheduling task in container.
Found setup instance 3d3e95d6 but not in launchable state.
Install Error : System.InvalidOperationException: Cannot find setup engine instance.

Interestingly, only one extension was installed succesfully

Could anyone help me out?

Logs:

dd_VSIXInstaller_20240201122540_0aac.log

dd_VSIXInstaller_20240201124021_0a6c.log

Answer 1

Hello @moo,

Thank you for taking time to post this issue in Microsoft Q&A forum.

Found setup instance xxxxxxxx but not in launchable state.

"not in launchable state", looks like the setup instance is not in launchable state, it might be blocked.

Is there any previous installation process paused/stopped(not completed)? I may suggest trying to confirm this in VS Installer(complete the paused installation).

It seems that there’s more than one extension to install, is it possible to try to install them one by one, I mean separately?

I also suggest trying to restart your machine and reinstall the extensions.

BTW, if it’s acceptable, perhaps reinstalling Visual Studio and then reinstalling the extensions works.

Best Regards,

Tianyu

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