

Honestly, I'm kind of at wits end here, and the only thing I have seen in the Microsoft visual studio developer forums that states the problem was solved after user reinstalled Windows, which I want to avoid at all costs, though I also did follow the other suggestions on that forum. Running Windows Update, downloading relevant updates and rebooting.Running the installer with admin privileges.Running from command line and with admin privileges the Microsoft InstallCleanup.exe tool.Running the Microsoft Visual Studio Uninstaller available from the Microsoft Github Repo.Running a Microsoft Executable that would identify and fix problems related to blocking installations, also suggested by this post, but was unable to identify any issues.Removing items in the folders suggested by this post.Deleting items in %programdata% and similar as referenced in this post.Manually removing registry entries related to the Visual Studio.I have tried a variety of things to remedy this issue, including: I have checked the task manager and it does not appear to still be running as a background task or process after the crash. Getting everything ready." and after about 45 seconds will crash. Anytime I try to run this installer it will download the necessary files, and then install them, afterword a small blue circle will show up and the installer will say "Almost done. During the uninstall I was unable to run the VS Uninstaller, and had to do a manual uninstall as per the instructions found in the Microsoft docs here and here.Īfter this small, private odyssey I download the latest bootstrap installer from Microsoft, and get an. At the time I decided to also upgrade to VS2019.

I recently had a bug with Windows Visual Studio 2017 that caused me to decide to uninstall it and do a reinstall.
