Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 Community Edition Offline [verified] Download Jun 2026

vs_community.exe --layout C:\vslayout --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NativeDesktop --includeRecommended --lang en-US 3. Install on the Offline Machine

vs_community.exe --layout c:\vs2019_offline --lang en-US vs_community

Run this periodically if you maintain installation media. vs_community

Once you have the bootstrapper, open an Administrator Command Prompt and navigate to your download folder. Run a command to download the packages into a specific directory (e.g., C:\vslayout ). vs_community

Example:

Microsoft does provide a single monolithic ISO for VS 2019 Community anymore. Instead, you create your own offline cache using the Visual Studio Bootstrapper .

Before downloading and installing Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 Community Edition, ensure that your computer meets the system requirements: