My visual studio is not showing up in visual studio installer as installed i get this error shown in screenshot

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My visual studio is not showing up in visual studio installer as installed i get this error shown in screenshot.

Answer 1

Hi @Luke Ferguson , 

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A! 

Have you deleted the download cache folder or the ‘_Instances’ file? The ‘_Instances’ folder is by default located at C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\VisualStudio\Packages\_Instances. 

Please try to run the vs_installershell.exe file to launch your Visual Studio Installer: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer. And check if it persists.

If it doesn’t work, I suggest you remove the folder: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer. Then, re-download the bootstrapper file from Microsoft Site and run it as administrator.

https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/ 

Furthermore, if the ‘_Instances’ folder is removed, it can’t be recovered, you need to cleanup the previous visual studio installation and reinstall the VS.

Uninstall or remove Visual Studio | Microsoft Learn 

Sincerely,

Anna

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