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Downloading all components can take a long time (potentially hours) depending on your internet speed and may require up to 45 GB of free space. You can monitor progress directly in the command window.

Create a dedicated folder on your computer where you want to store the offline layout. For this guide, we'll create a folder called C:\VS2022Layout . You can name it whatever you like, but keep the path simple to avoid potential command-line issues.

If the target machine does not have internet access, the Visual Studio installation might fail because the digital signatures on the files cannot be verified.

containing the bootstrapper:

vs_community.exe --layout C:\VSLayout --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.ManagedDesktop --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NetWeb --lang en-US Use code with caution. Option B: Download the Complete Express Component Catalog

Unlike the online installer which automatically checks for updates, offline layouts require manual updates. To keep your layout current:

Are the target computers from the internet, or do they have restricted access ?

If your target machine is completely air-gapped, the installation might stall because the OS cannot verify the digital signatures of the layout packages online. To fix this, look inside your layout folder for a subfolder named Certificates . Right-click and install each certificate found in that directory into the local machine's trusted root storage before initiating the setup. Layout Verification Failures