Visual Studio 2015 Community Edition with Update 3 web installer broken

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Visual Studio 2015 Community Edition with Update 3 web installer broken

Sandeep N 1

I am installing Visual Studio 2015 Community Edition with Update 3 web installer using the below link. I need to install Universal Windows App development Tools(Tools 1.4.1 and windows 10 SDK 14393)
https://my.visualstudio.com/Downloads?q=visual%20studio%202015&wt.mc_id=o~msft~vscom~older-downloads

But I get the below error each time I try installing. Please see the error screen shot as well:
"A setup package is either missing or damaged"

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Anna Xiu-MSFT 31,056 Microsoft External Staff

Hi @Sandeep N ,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A!

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• On April 26, 2021, Visual Studio 2015 and older web installer files were removed from the Microsoft Download Center. These products can be installed from ISO images available at Downloads - Visual Studio Subscriptions Portal.

The error shows that you can’t install it from web installer. Please search “Visual Studio Community 2015 with Update 3” and select “DVD” in the “EXE” drop-down box. Then, download the ISO file to install it.

Thank you for your understanding.

Sincerely,
Anna

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Sandeep N 1 Reputation point

2021-05-18T14:01:58.797+00:00

Thanks for the reply Anna. I did try the ISO as well. The installation went thru. I chose Universal Windows App development Tools(Tools 1.4.1 and windows 10 SDK 14393) during the setup. But unfortunately after installation, the Visual studio does not find the UWP templates. I am not able to create projects ( UWP c# or windows runtime) as the templates are not available. I get the error Universal Windows Tools are not currently installed. Please let me know the way out.

Also please find the VSLogs in the below link
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AszC-t6stkLrhX1GcXCMgp5u5aen?e=6ZDxzc
Anna Xiu-MSFT 31,056 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2021-05-19T09:57:28.367+00:00

Dear customer, I can reproduce the issue on my side. The product (Tools for Universal Windows Apps(1.4.1) and Windows 10 SDK 14393) did not download successfully. It seems that the server name or address could not be resolved. You could report it to product team in Developer Community. Meanwhile, I suggest you install and use the Visual Studio Community 2019.

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