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I recently had a bug with Windows Visual Studio 2017 that caused me to decide to uninstall it and do a reinstall. At the time I decided to also upgrade to VS2019. 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.

After this small, private odyssey I download the latest bootstrap installer from Microsoft, and get an .exe file named vs_community__827122640.1559901191 . 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 ... Getting everything ready." and after about 45 seconds will crash. I have checked the task manager and it does not appear to still be running as a background task or process after the crash. I have tried a variety of things to remedy this issue, including:

  • Rebooting the computer
  • Re-downloading the installer
  • Manually removing registry entries related to the Visual Studio
  • Deleting items in %temp%
  • Deleting items in %programdata% and similar as referenced in this post.
  • Removing items in the folders suggested by this post.
  • 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.
  • Running the Microsoft Visual Studio Uninstaller available from the Microsoft Github Repo.
  • Running from command line and with admin privileges the Microsoft InstallCleanup.exe tool.
  • Running the installer with admin privileges.
  • Running Windows Update, downloading relevant updates and rebooting.

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. Similar forums have requested that users upload their Visual Studio log files, which I have done according to these instructions and uploaded to OneDrive at this link. Any help that anyone can give would be greatly appreciated. My system information is that I am using an Intel based computer running Windows 10 Home (64-bit). Windows Update says I am on Windows 10, version 1909. Like I said, any help would be GREATLY appreciated.

DirectNirvana
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  • Most time Microsoft installer may be depending on some libraries most the windows .net framework. so if is VisualStudio 2019, it will depend on the latest dotnet versions. So I guess you see if you can make sure at least the dotnet versions are updated, starting from 2.5 to the highest. Also, C++ redistributable can also be the cause of the crash, since the installer or the application may be depending on the existing old versions. so i suggest you check your system to be sure the version you're using is current. – Peter Apr 25 '20 at 15:47
  • Note: Check the Microsoft website to see what the installer is depending on, either all the prerequisite that you are to do or suppose to do before the installer. I can't really say is the operating system, sometimes uninstalling your operating system may not necessarily fix the problem, when the OS still is missing those required files. – Peter Apr 25 '20 at 15:48
  • Maybe this will help you https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39997089/visual-studio-community-install-crash – Peter Apr 25 '20 at 15:52
  • Thanks @Dexter's the font issue you shared was indeed interesting, but does not appear to be the problem. As for the .net framework I checked the prerequisites, re-downloaded and updated them, so it is the most up-to-date version. – DirectNirvana Apr 26 '20 at 06:25
  • okay. i will check for other possible solutions. I wish you luck – Peter Apr 26 '20 at 16:46

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