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Please provide the cause and fix for an error 500 issue with Visual studio

Several of my customers that I've issued Visual Studio enterprise licenses cant use their licenses they receive an error 500 pop up. What could be the cause?

Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Setup
asked 2026-09-24T17:31:05.7066667+00:00
eric perez 5 Reputation points
commented 2026-09-30T02:21:03.1966667+00:00
Brian Pham (WICLOUD CORPORATION) 80 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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in visual studio 2026 how do i turn off automatic updates

in visual studio 2026 how do i turn off automatic updates

Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Setup
asked 2026-03-26T10:18:40.1233333+00:00
Ron Baker 5 Reputation points
commented 2026-09-30T02:20:58.87+00:00
Lizzy Dinh (WICLOUD CORPORATION) 705 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Not able to install VS 2026 profession in my machine.

Not able to install the VS 2026 professional. Getting below error message. The logs Something went wrong with the install. You can troubleshoot the package failures by: 1. Search for solutions using the search URL below for each package failure 2.…

Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Setup
asked 2026-09-29T10:38:44.73+00:00
Pandaraboina, Rajesh 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-09-29T11:59:33.2766667+00:00
Senthil kumar 2,500 Reputation points
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How to get a Visual Studio 2026 product key?

Hello Team, I have an active Visual Studio Professional subscription assigned to my Capgemini account. I am currently working on a Bosch laptop, where Visual Studio 2026 Professional is installed and running in trial mode. However, sign-in with my…

Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Setup
asked 2026-09-22T06:32:22.7966667+00:00
Sanmugam, Dhivakaran 0 Reputation points
edited a comment 2026-09-29T02:52:43.68+00:00
Brian Pham (WICLOUD CORPORATION) 80 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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I keep getting "Something Went Wrong" error while installing Visual Studio Community 2026

I've already tried deleting all visual folders in appdata local/roaming/locallow, program data, program files, documents and such, then tried to reinstall it all but it still fails with "something went wrong" error, no code, no explanation,…

Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Setup
asked 2026-09-27T19:52:01.9933333+00:00
Werewolf BX13 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-09-28T02:57:20.07+00:00
Brian Pham (WICLOUD CORPORATION) 80 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Visual Studio Build Tools 2022: official catalog size and SHA-256 mismatch on two networks

I am preparing to install Visual Studio Build Tools 2022, but the official catalog payload does not match the size and SHA-256 declared in Microsoft's Release channel…

Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Setup
asked 2026-09-18T07:11:21.6966667+00:00
Samer Twal 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-09-24T11:51:21.9366667+00:00
Harry Josh 0 Reputation points
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[Solution Found] Failure to install Microsoft.VisualCpp.Redist14 with Error 0x80070643 despite removal of previous VC++ distributes.

Here's a summarized version of my solution: Issue: Microsoft.VisualCpp.Redist.14 Installation Failing with Error 0x80070643 Symptom: The Microsoft.VisualCpp.Redist.14 installer fails during setup, exiting with Error 0x80070643: Failed to execute MSI…

Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Setup
asked 2026-09-17T20:22:27.76+00:00
Cypher Cern 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2026-09-18T03:07:17.19+00:00
Damien Pham (WICLOUD CORPORATION) 2,220 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Visual Studio Professional standalone & older Build Tools

Dear Support, I have a question regarding Visual Studio Build tools about its licensing. This is the scenario, we have a standalone installation of Visual Studio Professional license (no subscription), is it legally possbile to install Visual Studio…

Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Setup
asked 2026-09-16T13:37:43.5833333+00:00
Bence Madarász 45 Reputation points
commented 2026-09-17T08:10:17.5266667+00:00
Bence Madarász 45 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Visual Studio Professional renewal order shows Completed

Visual Studio Professional renewal order shows Completed, but only Dev Essentials appears in subscriptions and your product key is reported as invalid.

Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Setup
asked 2026-09-17T00:59:59.4166667+00:00
mary bray 20 Reputation points
accepted 2026-09-17T03:26:58.6733333+00:00
mary bray 20 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Will migrating a .sln solution to .slnx cause problems with the .slnlaunch file?

I'm working with a Visual Studio solution which has 9 Visual Studio projects in it. It was written using .NET 8. I want to migrate it to .NET 10 where I can continue working with it with VS 2026. I had changed the solution to launch multiple projects…

Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Setup
asked 2026-09-07T13:13:45.04+00:00
Rod Falanga 1,176 Reputation points
accepted 2026-09-09T00:52:41.83+00:00
Rod Falanga 1,176 Reputation points
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I cannot find the download for Visual Studio 2019 community or 2022 community

I cannot find the download for Visual Studio 2019 community or 2022 community

Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Setup
asked 2026-08-31T14:40:56.5166667+00:00
Francois Poirier 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-09-08T04:35:53.6333333+00:00
Leon Tran (WICLOUD CORPORATION) 2,150 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Playwright headed browser does not run via VS Code Remote SSH but works via MobaXterm X11 forwarding

We are using a Playwright environment hosted on a remote RHEL server and connecting to it using VS Code Remote SSH. When attempting to execute Playwright tests in headed mode from VS Code Remote SSH, the browser fails to start and reports that no display…

Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Setup
asked 2026-08-28T04:57:06.3566667+00:00
Subbu Ayyanar 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-09-07T02:33:30.35+00:00
Danny Nguyen (WICLOUD CORPORATION) 8,725 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Visual studio setup project and MSBuild (again)

Hi, We're trying to get rid of VS from Jenkins and use MSBuild exclusively, but we have an installer project. I know MSBuild doesn't support .vdproj, so there's no way to make it work. We have a custom UI and a lot of custom actions, so switching to Wix…

Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Setup
asked 2026-07-21T13:01:49.42+00:00
AdamS 20 Reputation points
accepted 2026-08-28T15:56:58.5933333+00:00
AdamS 20 Reputation points
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A version of Visual Studio is Available, visit the link to get information on the lastest update and support

Hi After installing the VS 2026, when i click the launch the button its showing the popup like new version is available.. I cannot able to close the popup.. its just exit the VS completely.. May i know the solution for that

Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Setup
asked 2026-08-18T04:39:46.6933333+00:00
Ishak, Mohammed 5 Reputation points
answered 2026-08-25T03:13:32.2566667+00:00
Jessica Munoz Valerio 0 Reputation points
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how do i get into Microsoft Academy benefit

I am signed into my MS account and have a subscription to VIsual Studio. I am trying to see what the Microsoft Academy is but cant find it. I am led to believe that I have access to it, but it doesnt really exist

Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Setup
asked 2026-08-11T21:19:22.36+00:00
Rob Kelley 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-08-19T00:00:08.06+00:00
Leon Tran (WICLOUD CORPORATION) 2,150 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

[solved] Can't create new VB form-based projects in VS2022/26.

I "suddenly" can't create (or even open most) VB Forms projects. I tried both VS2022 & 2026. Both tell me I need to update .Net, but doing so didn't help. I even tried uninstalling/reinstalling the ".Net Desktop Environment" from…

Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Setup
asked 2026-08-15T14:23:52.4833333+00:00
Mugsy's RapSheet 266 Reputation points
edited a comment 2026-08-18T10:42:22.83+00:00
Mugsy's RapSheet 266 Reputation points
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"Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable (X64)" version 14.29.30157.0

How do I download "Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable (X64)" version 14.29.30157.0?

Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Setup
asked 2026-08-13T15:41:46.1333333+00:00
grantbeard 0 Reputation points
recommended 2026-08-17T00:22:25.5833333+00:00
_AW_ 69,496 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
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Visual Studio Enterprise subscription renewal link url https://aka.ms/vssentrenew is not valid

After I click on a Visual Studio Enterprise subscription renewal link i get:

Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Setup
asked 2026-07-30T10:36:06.5166667+00:00
Hasan Irmak 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-08-13T09:58:04.7333333+00:00
Lizzy Dinh (WICLOUD CORPORATION) 705 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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visual studio community 2017 cannot login

visual studio 2022 works but vc 2017 will not allow me to logon

Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Setup
asked 2026-08-05T20:18:24.3633333+00:00
j Murphy 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-08-13T00:52:19.6233333+00:00
Jay Pham (WICLOUD CORPORATION) 4,675 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Problem installing Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2019 (x86) Redistributable on Windows 10

The application keeps asking me to install this, but it won't install. It tells me there's already a version installed, even though the latest version is Microsoft Visual C++ V14 (x64) Redistributable on Windows 10, and the oldest version is 2013 and…

Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Setup
asked 2026-08-03T10:03:01.0266667+00:00
takiadam1977 ben 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-08-10T02:55:20.3433333+00:00
Lizzy Dinh (WICLOUD CORPORATION) 705 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator