Visual Studio Community 2019 Offline Installer Jun 2026

Microsoft officially recommends using the offline installer (which is still supported and updated). However, if you specifically need VS 2019 for legacy projects or specific SDKs, here is how to get it.

vs_community.exe --layout C:\VS2019Offline --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.ManagedDesktop --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NativeDesktop --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NetWeb --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.CoreEditor --includeRecommended visual studio community 2019 offline installer

To use this feature, you cannot simply click the download button on the website. You must use the Command Prompt. visual studio community 2019 offline installer