See the answer that I posted to the following question. It contained a download link for visual studio community 2015. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/1426278/error-on-visual-studio-2015-installation
How to install Visual Studio 2015 Community edition after VS 2022 is latest?
I downloaded the VS2015 SDK (not community-- whoops) but can't find an install for Community. Attempted an install with CMD as ADMIN:
en_visual_studio_2015_sdk_x86_x64_6846633.exe /layout C:\VisualStudio2015
Then ran vssdk_full.exe from said folder (C:\VisualStudio2015 as ADMIN)
Got error: SDK 2015 Setup Blocked (link to common issues and work arounds) Details: Microsoft Visual Studio is required, but it is not installed on this computer. Please install it and retry.
Details from log with [line#]:
---------- DD_VSSDK_FULL_20231116110320.LOG
[1][2CE0:09F8][2023-11-16T11:03:20]i001: Burn v3.7.4029.0, Windows v10.0 (Build 19045: Service Pack 0), path: C:\Users\madeI\Downloads\en_visual_studio_2015_sdk_x86_x64_6846633.exe, cmdline: ''
[5][2CE0:09F8][2023-11-16T11:03:20]i000: Initializing string variable 'BundleProgressKey' to value 'Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\14.0\Setup\vssdk\full'
[6][2CE0:09F8][2023-11-16T11:03:20]i000: Initializing string variable 'SetupFeedKey' to value 'Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\14.0\Setup\vssdk\full'
[25][2CE0:09F8][2023-11-16T11:03:20]i000: Setting string variable 'WixBundleOriginalSource' to value 'C:\Users\madeI\Downloads\en_visual_studio_2015_sdk_x86_x64_6846633.exe'
[28][2CE0:09F8][2023-11-16T11:03:20]i000: Setting string variable 'WixBundleName' to value 'Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 SDK - ENU'
[49][2CE0:2420][2023-11-16T11:03:25]i000: Setting string variable 'CustomInstallPath' to value 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0'
...
[100][2CE0:09F8][2023-11-16T11:03:28]i000: MUX: Setup update feature is enabled. Evaluating conditions to determine whether to run setup update.
[101][2CE0:09F8][2023-11-16T11:03:28]i000: MUX: Checking http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=558780 for update.
[102][2CE0:09F8][2023-11-16T11:03:28]i000: MUX: Downloaded the update xml file from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=558780
[103][2CE0:09F8][2023-11-16T11:03:28]i000: MUX: No update found. Setup will not be updated.
[104][2CE0:09F8][2023-11-16T11:03:28]i052: Condition 'CompatibilityMode = 0' evaluates to false.
[105][2CE0:09F8][2023-11-16T11:03:28]i052: Condition 'NOT((VersionNT > v6.1) OR (VersionNT = v6.1 AND ServicePackLevel >= 1))' evaluates to false.
[106][2CE0:09F8][2023-11-16T11:03:28]i052: Condition '( NOT (CommunityCheck_DetectKey = 1) ) AND (CurrentOperation = "Install") ' evaluates to true.
[107][2CE0:09F8][2023-11-16T11:03:28]i000: MUX: Stop Block: CommunityBlock : Microsoft Visual Studio is required, but it is not installed on this computer. Please install it and retry.
[108][2CE0:09F8][2023-11-16T11:03:28]i000: MUX: Detect Completed
[109][2CE0:09F8][2023-11-16T11:03:28]i000: MUX: Wait for View to be loaded
[110][2CE0:2420][2023-11-16T11:03:28]i000: MUX: Detect Completed, now create view
[111][2CE0:2420][2023-11-16T11:03:29]i000: MUX: Online feed url authoring not found
[112][2CE0:09F8][2023-11-16T11:03:31]i000: MUX: View loaded
[113][2CE0:09F8][2023-11-16T11:03:31]i000: MUX: Stop Block: CommunityBlock : Microsoft Visual Studio is required, but it is not installed on this computer. Please install it and retry.
[114][2CE0:09F8][2023-11-16T11:03:31]i000: MUX: Go to Blocker page.
[115][2CE0:09F8][2023-11-16T11:03:31]i199: Detect complete, result: 0x0
[116][2CE0:2420][2023-11-16T11:08:13]i000: MUX: Metrics: ShouldSendData=True
[117][2CE0:2420][2023-11-16T11:08:13]i000: MUX: Permission to upload: Yes
What is the remedy? I did look for the 2015 community without luck; I see it in the approved listing XLSX on MS DL site. I was guessing I needed ver 2014, but that is not available; only just the SQL/dotNet (1 or both) was found for 2014 DL.
Ideas and better links?