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Thank you for sharing the error details.
The error indicates that Visual Studio cannot remove an older version of the VsWebProtocolSelector component, which is blocking the installation.
As a first step, please try the following:
- Open Visual Studio Installer and select Repair for the existing Visual Studio installation, if available.
- If the repair does not help, run the InstallCleanup.exe tool to remove incomplete or corrupted Visual Studio installation data.
- Open an elevated Command Prompt.
- Navigate to:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer- Run:
InstallCleanup.exe -f- Restart the machine.
- Download the latest Visual Studio installer and try the installation again.
- Navigate to:
If the issue still persists after these steps, please share the log file mentioned in the error:
X:\Local\Temp\dd_setup_20260720121836_035_Microsoft.VisualStudio.VsWebProtocolSelector.Msi.log
This will help identify why the older MSI package cannot be removed.