2025 Applies to: Visual Studio 2022 Community (version 17.10 and later)
Saves time and data by downloading the setup once and deploying it to several computers via a USB drive or network share.
To start, you need a small executable file that will fetch the required components. Go to the official Visual Studio Downloads Page and download the bootstrapper for the The file will typically be named vs_community.exe VisualStudioSetup.exe Place this file in a dedicated folder on a machine that have an internet connection. Microsoft Learn Step 2: Create the Local Layout via Command Line
vs_community.exe --layout C:\VS2022Layout ```