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a VS2019 installation from a win10 system to a win11 system

Rfrank 0 Reputation points
2025-10-25T17:27:05.09+00:00

I had a VS2019 installation on a older system, and want to install on a win11 system so I can migrate older VS2010 projects to VS2022 but I cannot download from the MS site. I have copied the files from the original system but there is no setup.exe or installer. The installer on my system is for VS2022

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  1. Michael Le (WICLOUD CORPORATION) 11,325 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
    2025-10-29T03:47:58.16+00:00

    Hello,

    You can use the following direct links to download the web installers for the various editions of Visual Studio 2019 (version 16.11).

    Visual Studio 2019 Download Links

    You can visit the official Visual Studio Older Downloads page. You may need to sign in with a Microsoft account to access these resources.

    I hope this information is helpful.

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-11-05T04:49:14.0866667+00:00

    Hello Thanks for reaching out!

    Option 1: Create a New Offline Installer (Recommended)

    If you can access the internet on any system, follow these steps:

    1. Download the VS2019 Bootstrapper
      • Go to Visual Studio Older Downloads.
        • Sign in with a Microsoft account.
          • Download the Visual Studio 2019 Community/Professional/Enterprise bootstrapper (e.g., vs_community.exe). Create Offline Installer
    • Open Command Prompt.
    • Run the following command:

    vs_community.exe --layout C:\VS2019Offline --lang en-US

    This downloads all required files to C:\VS2019Offline

    Transfer to Windows 11 System

    • Copy the entire C:\VS2019Offline folder to your Windows 11 machine Install Visual Studio 2019
      • On the Windows 11 system, go to the copied folder.
      • Run vs_setup.exe from the folder.
      • Choose workloads (e.g., .NET desktop development) and proceed with installation.

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  3. Thao Tran 180 Reputation points
    2025-10-27T02:38:37.3+00:00

    Hello, you can download the VS2019 via the following link.

    https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vs_community.exe 

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