Desktop development with C++

Use offline or online installation

2026-01-25

Written by: xiaobin

offline

• v18

.\VisualStudioSetup.exe --layout D:\v18 `
--add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.CoreEditor `
--add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.CoreEditor `
--add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Roslyn.Compiler `
--add Microsoft.Component.MSBuild `
--add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.TextTemplating `
--add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.DiagnosticTools `
--add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.CoreIde `
--add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.x86.x64 `
--add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Redist.14.Latest `
--add Microsoft.VisualStudio.ComponentGroup.NativeDesktop.Core `
--add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NativeDesktop `
--add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Windows11SDK.26100 `
--lang en-US

online

optional:

• msvc
• Windows SDK

msvc

• vs2022
  MSVC v143 - VS 2022 C++ x64/x86 build tools(Latest)
• vs2026
  MSVC v145 - x64/x86 build tools(Latest)