Make online installer for Visual Studio 2010&2013

Archellius Strategarius 1 Reputation point
2020-12-28T07:46:50.38+00:00

Dear Community,

Is it possible to download from any official sources Visual Studio 2010 and Visual Studio 2013, and automate such download, in order to silently install the product? Basically, this is an online installer implementation, like currently exists for Visual Studio 2015, 2017 and 2019. It is safe to assume, that I have license for Visual Studio (as far as I understand, Visual Studio 2019 Professional license allows me to use Professional Edition of any previous version)

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  1. Michael Taylor 54,316 Reputation points
    2020-12-28T14:57:39.887+00:00

    VS 2010 is not supported anymore.
    VS 2013 is supported but there is no automated downloader. You'll have to write your own. You could use Powershell for that if you wanted. Personally I would recommend that you download the edition you want and place it somewhere on your local network. Access to the installer and its URL is not guaranteed and it is almost unsupported so it'll be gone in a few years anyway. Putting it locally eliminates this issue.

    Once you've copied the installer locally then you can run it using the available installer command line arguments to automate the installation. Here's an older link on the options available.

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  2. Jaliya Udagedara 2,821 Reputation points MVP
    2020-12-28T22:20:54.637+00:00

    If you have bought a Visual Studio Professional 2019 standalone license, it doesn't seem like, you can use Earlier Versions. But if you are on a Visual Studio Professional monthly subscription, you can Earlier Versions.

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    See More: Visual Studio Pricing

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