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

Luke Ferguson 76 Reputation points
2023-12-22T04:45:31.06+00:00

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

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  1. Anna Xiu-MSFT 26,736 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2023-12-22T08:36:07.1433333+00:00

    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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