silent install of VS 2019 community and VS build tools with specific packages

Question

Good morning,

I would like to create a silent installer to install Visual Studio 2019 and Visual Studio 2019 Build Tools 2019 with specific packages.

I describe the packages:

VSCommunity:

Desktop C++ development and all the checkboxes for this item (right) in the graphical installer

VSBuildTools:

C++ Build Tools

C++/Cli support for Build Tools

Windows 10 SDKs

Windows platform app build tools

Please let me know the exact commands.

I would like my installer to include the binaries so it would require a command to download and a command to install.

THANKS

Best regards

Answer 1

Hello @Sylvain Ard,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A forum.

For Visual Studio 2019, you need to first download Visual Studio Community 2019 bootstrapper from here: Visual Studio Community 2019, and then use command line like vs_community.exe --layout c:\localVSlayout --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NativeDesktop --includeRecommended --includeOptional --lang en-US  to generate a local layout folder for Visual Studio 2019.

For Build Tools for Visual Studio 2019, you need to first download Build Tools for Visual Studio 2019 bootstrapper from here: Build Tools for Visual Studio 2019, and then use command line like vs_buildtools.exe --layout c:\localVSBuildToolslayout --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.VCTools --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.CLI.Support --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Windows10SDK.16299 --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Windows10SDK.17134 --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Windows10SDK.17763 --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Windows10SDK.18362 --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Windows10SDK.19041 --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.UniversalBuildTools --lang en-US to generate a local layout folder for Build Tools for Visual Studio 2019.

To install Visual Studio 2019, use this command c:\localVSlayout\vs_community.exe --noweb --quiet --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NativeDesktop --includeRecommended --includeOptional.

To install Build Tools for Visual Studio 2019, use this command c:\localVSBuildToolslayout\vs_buildtools.exe --noweb --quiet --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.VCTools --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.CLI.Support --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Windows10SDK.16299 --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Windows10SDK.17134 --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Windows10SDK.17763 --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Windows10SDK.18362 --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Windows10SDK.19041 --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.UniversalBuildTools.

Several documents for you to refer to:

Create an offline installation package of Visual Studio for local installation

Visual Studio Community component directory

Visual Studio Build Tools component directory

BTW, could you please edit your question into English so that we can help you better?

Please feel free to contact us.

Sincerely,

Tianyu

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