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I am trying to install Visual Studio 2017 Community edition on my Dell laptop running Windows 10 64-bit. I download the community web installer and run the .exe file. The program shows it's extracting some files, then asks for admin permission, which I give yes, and then I only get an icon on the taskbar as shown in the picture below. It does not seem to run or anything. Even opening a second instance comes to the same dead end.



Vs taskbar icon



Vs empty window



I have also tried offline installation by downloading the files via command prompt. But again after one stage, the process opens this installer.exe file and comes to the same dead end.



I am not sure if I am missing any other installations, or any other supporting libraries are corrupted. I have searched in other forums where they suggest the problem occurring due to multiple display setup or dual graphics adapter, but my setup is nothing like that. I have only Intel HD graphics running on my laptop monitor.



I need VS 2017 badly and any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.



Edit
I was able to run the visual studio installer somehow by changing the setup.exe to run in Windows 8 compatible setting. Now, after installing, if I run the VS 2017 application, I am getting the same kind of problem. I only get an icon on the taskbar, I dont get any VS 2017 Window.



After googling, I found a way to get the log file when the application starts. The xml document indicates 4 errors on startup. Looks like some components are unable to be loaded. I have no idea why. I am attaching the screenshot here of the log file showing the 4 errors. The entire log file - VS 2017 log file



VS 2017 launch log










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  • Are you behind a proxy server?

    – Stein Åsmul
    Dec 31 '18 at 19:14











  • @SteinÅsmul, no. I am only using a direct connection.

    – Shankar S
    Jan 1 at 6:09











  • Did you check the VS2017 troubleshooting guide? I would have a look in the event log. Assembling all the log files would be the first thing I would do. Are you sure your account is an admin account by the way? With rights to elevate to "real" admin rights?

    – Stein Åsmul
    Jan 1 at 20:45











  • @SteinÅsmul, Yes, I am running on an admin account. As for the log files, I have edited the problem now that I was able to run setup, but stuck in opening the application. I have attached the errors snap above and also the log file when opening VS 2017.

    – Shankar S
    Jan 2 at 6:08











  • Don't have time to look at this. Let me lob some suggestions? Might not be very helpful, but here goes: I would try another computer if you can, even a virtual. Install minimally if so - just get a heartbeat first. You can also try installing as a different admin user on the box, but in your case that will almost certainly not work (can sort out profile-related issues and other nuisances). Any other people with Visual Studio in the office? Did you call support and ask about what .NET policies are in effect on the systems?

    – Stein Åsmul
    Jan 3 at 2:32
















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I am trying to install Visual Studio 2017 Community edition on my Dell laptop running Windows 10 64-bit. I download the community web installer and run the .exe file. The program shows it's extracting some files, then asks for admin permission, which I give yes, and then I only get an icon on the taskbar as shown in the picture below. It does not seem to run or anything. Even opening a second instance comes to the same dead end.



Vs taskbar icon



Vs empty window



I have also tried offline installation by downloading the files via command prompt. But again after one stage, the process opens this installer.exe file and comes to the same dead end.



I am not sure if I am missing any other installations, or any other supporting libraries are corrupted. I have searched in other forums where they suggest the problem occurring due to multiple display setup or dual graphics adapter, but my setup is nothing like that. I have only Intel HD graphics running on my laptop monitor.



I need VS 2017 badly and any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.



Edit
I was able to run the visual studio installer somehow by changing the setup.exe to run in Windows 8 compatible setting. Now, after installing, if I run the VS 2017 application, I am getting the same kind of problem. I only get an icon on the taskbar, I dont get any VS 2017 Window.



After googling, I found a way to get the log file when the application starts. The xml document indicates 4 errors on startup. Looks like some components are unable to be loaded. I have no idea why. I am attaching the screenshot here of the log file showing the 4 errors. The entire log file - VS 2017 log file



VS 2017 launch log










share|improve this question

























  • Are you behind a proxy server?

    – Stein Åsmul
    Dec 31 '18 at 19:14











  • @SteinÅsmul, no. I am only using a direct connection.

    – Shankar S
    Jan 1 at 6:09











  • Did you check the VS2017 troubleshooting guide? I would have a look in the event log. Assembling all the log files would be the first thing I would do. Are you sure your account is an admin account by the way? With rights to elevate to "real" admin rights?

    – Stein Åsmul
    Jan 1 at 20:45











  • @SteinÅsmul, Yes, I am running on an admin account. As for the log files, I have edited the problem now that I was able to run setup, but stuck in opening the application. I have attached the errors snap above and also the log file when opening VS 2017.

    – Shankar S
    Jan 2 at 6:08











  • Don't have time to look at this. Let me lob some suggestions? Might not be very helpful, but here goes: I would try another computer if you can, even a virtual. Install minimally if so - just get a heartbeat first. You can also try installing as a different admin user on the box, but in your case that will almost certainly not work (can sort out profile-related issues and other nuisances). Any other people with Visual Studio in the office? Did you call support and ask about what .NET policies are in effect on the systems?

    – Stein Åsmul
    Jan 3 at 2:32














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I am trying to install Visual Studio 2017 Community edition on my Dell laptop running Windows 10 64-bit. I download the community web installer and run the .exe file. The program shows it's extracting some files, then asks for admin permission, which I give yes, and then I only get an icon on the taskbar as shown in the picture below. It does not seem to run or anything. Even opening a second instance comes to the same dead end.



Vs taskbar icon



Vs empty window



I have also tried offline installation by downloading the files via command prompt. But again after one stage, the process opens this installer.exe file and comes to the same dead end.



I am not sure if I am missing any other installations, or any other supporting libraries are corrupted. I have searched in other forums where they suggest the problem occurring due to multiple display setup or dual graphics adapter, but my setup is nothing like that. I have only Intel HD graphics running on my laptop monitor.



I need VS 2017 badly and any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.



Edit
I was able to run the visual studio installer somehow by changing the setup.exe to run in Windows 8 compatible setting. Now, after installing, if I run the VS 2017 application, I am getting the same kind of problem. I only get an icon on the taskbar, I dont get any VS 2017 Window.



After googling, I found a way to get the log file when the application starts. The xml document indicates 4 errors on startup. Looks like some components are unable to be loaded. I have no idea why. I am attaching the screenshot here of the log file showing the 4 errors. The entire log file - VS 2017 log file



VS 2017 launch log










share|improve this question
















I am trying to install Visual Studio 2017 Community edition on my Dell laptop running Windows 10 64-bit. I download the community web installer and run the .exe file. The program shows it's extracting some files, then asks for admin permission, which I give yes, and then I only get an icon on the taskbar as shown in the picture below. It does not seem to run or anything. Even opening a second instance comes to the same dead end.



Vs taskbar icon



Vs empty window



I have also tried offline installation by downloading the files via command prompt. But again after one stage, the process opens this installer.exe file and comes to the same dead end.



I am not sure if I am missing any other installations, or any other supporting libraries are corrupted. I have searched in other forums where they suggest the problem occurring due to multiple display setup or dual graphics adapter, but my setup is nothing like that. I have only Intel HD graphics running on my laptop monitor.



I need VS 2017 badly and any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.



Edit
I was able to run the visual studio installer somehow by changing the setup.exe to run in Windows 8 compatible setting. Now, after installing, if I run the VS 2017 application, I am getting the same kind of problem. I only get an icon on the taskbar, I dont get any VS 2017 Window.



After googling, I found a way to get the log file when the application starts. The xml document indicates 4 errors on startup. Looks like some components are unable to be loaded. I have no idea why. I am attaching the screenshot here of the log file showing the 4 errors. The entire log file - VS 2017 log file



VS 2017 launch log







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  • Are you behind a proxy server?

    – Stein Åsmul
    Dec 31 '18 at 19:14











  • @SteinÅsmul, no. I am only using a direct connection.

    – Shankar S
    Jan 1 at 6:09











  • Did you check the VS2017 troubleshooting guide? I would have a look in the event log. Assembling all the log files would be the first thing I would do. Are you sure your account is an admin account by the way? With rights to elevate to "real" admin rights?

    – Stein Åsmul
    Jan 1 at 20:45











  • @SteinÅsmul, Yes, I am running on an admin account. As for the log files, I have edited the problem now that I was able to run setup, but stuck in opening the application. I have attached the errors snap above and also the log file when opening VS 2017.

    – Shankar S
    Jan 2 at 6:08











  • Don't have time to look at this. Let me lob some suggestions? Might not be very helpful, but here goes: I would try another computer if you can, even a virtual. Install minimally if so - just get a heartbeat first. You can also try installing as a different admin user on the box, but in your case that will almost certainly not work (can sort out profile-related issues and other nuisances). Any other people with Visual Studio in the office? Did you call support and ask about what .NET policies are in effect on the systems?

    – Stein Åsmul
    Jan 3 at 2:32



















  • Are you behind a proxy server?

    – Stein Åsmul
    Dec 31 '18 at 19:14











  • @SteinÅsmul, no. I am only using a direct connection.

    – Shankar S
    Jan 1 at 6:09











  • Did you check the VS2017 troubleshooting guide? I would have a look in the event log. Assembling all the log files would be the first thing I would do. Are you sure your account is an admin account by the way? With rights to elevate to "real" admin rights?

    – Stein Åsmul
    Jan 1 at 20:45











  • @SteinÅsmul, Yes, I am running on an admin account. As for the log files, I have edited the problem now that I was able to run setup, but stuck in opening the application. I have attached the errors snap above and also the log file when opening VS 2017.

    – Shankar S
    Jan 2 at 6:08











  • Don't have time to look at this. Let me lob some suggestions? Might not be very helpful, but here goes: I would try another computer if you can, even a virtual. Install minimally if so - just get a heartbeat first. You can also try installing as a different admin user on the box, but in your case that will almost certainly not work (can sort out profile-related issues and other nuisances). Any other people with Visual Studio in the office? Did you call support and ask about what .NET policies are in effect on the systems?

    – Stein Åsmul
    Jan 3 at 2:32

















Are you behind a proxy server?

– Stein Åsmul
Dec 31 '18 at 19:14





Are you behind a proxy server?

– Stein Åsmul
Dec 31 '18 at 19:14













@SteinÅsmul, no. I am only using a direct connection.

– Shankar S
Jan 1 at 6:09





@SteinÅsmul, no. I am only using a direct connection.

– Shankar S
Jan 1 at 6:09













Did you check the VS2017 troubleshooting guide? I would have a look in the event log. Assembling all the log files would be the first thing I would do. Are you sure your account is an admin account by the way? With rights to elevate to "real" admin rights?

– Stein Åsmul
Jan 1 at 20:45





Did you check the VS2017 troubleshooting guide? I would have a look in the event log. Assembling all the log files would be the first thing I would do. Are you sure your account is an admin account by the way? With rights to elevate to "real" admin rights?

– Stein Åsmul
Jan 1 at 20:45













@SteinÅsmul, Yes, I am running on an admin account. As for the log files, I have edited the problem now that I was able to run setup, but stuck in opening the application. I have attached the errors snap above and also the log file when opening VS 2017.

– Shankar S
Jan 2 at 6:08





@SteinÅsmul, Yes, I am running on an admin account. As for the log files, I have edited the problem now that I was able to run setup, but stuck in opening the application. I have attached the errors snap above and also the log file when opening VS 2017.

– Shankar S
Jan 2 at 6:08













Don't have time to look at this. Let me lob some suggestions? Might not be very helpful, but here goes: I would try another computer if you can, even a virtual. Install minimally if so - just get a heartbeat first. You can also try installing as a different admin user on the box, but in your case that will almost certainly not work (can sort out profile-related issues and other nuisances). Any other people with Visual Studio in the office? Did you call support and ask about what .NET policies are in effect on the systems?

– Stein Åsmul
Jan 3 at 2:32





Don't have time to look at this. Let me lob some suggestions? Might not be very helpful, but here goes: I would try another computer if you can, even a virtual. Install minimally if so - just get a heartbeat first. You can also try installing as a different admin user on the box, but in your case that will almost certainly not work (can sort out profile-related issues and other nuisances). Any other people with Visual Studio in the office? Did you call support and ask about what .NET policies are in effect on the systems?

– Stein Åsmul
Jan 3 at 2:32












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I solved this problem of mine by re-installing the windows. I don't know what was the root cause of the problem earlier but I had other features like VPN not working properly in my OS so I figured that its high time I do it.






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  • Great call, I think you solved a lot of problems like that (and got a few new ones that are manageable). As the saying goes: for minor problems reboot, for major problems rebuild. A problem removed are sometimes 10 problems solved. For now :-) - (been around for a while). Windows should offer a "revert to pristine" option so we could rebuild Windows without touching any data, but that is an entirely different matter.

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I solved this problem of mine by re-installing the windows. I don't know what was the root cause of the problem earlier but I had other features like VPN not working properly in my OS so I figured that its high time I do it.






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  • Great call, I think you solved a lot of problems like that (and got a few new ones that are manageable). As the saying goes: for minor problems reboot, for major problems rebuild. A problem removed are sometimes 10 problems solved. For now :-) - (been around for a while). Windows should offer a "revert to pristine" option so we could rebuild Windows without touching any data, but that is an entirely different matter.

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I solved this problem of mine by re-installing the windows. I don't know what was the root cause of the problem earlier but I had other features like VPN not working properly in my OS so I figured that its high time I do it.






share|improve this answer
























  • Great call, I think you solved a lot of problems like that (and got a few new ones that are manageable). As the saying goes: for minor problems reboot, for major problems rebuild. A problem removed are sometimes 10 problems solved. For now :-) - (been around for a while). Windows should offer a "revert to pristine" option so we could rebuild Windows without touching any data, but that is an entirely different matter.

    – Stein Åsmul
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I solved this problem of mine by re-installing the windows. I don't know what was the root cause of the problem earlier but I had other features like VPN not working properly in my OS so I figured that its high time I do it.






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I solved this problem of mine by re-installing the windows. I don't know what was the root cause of the problem earlier but I had other features like VPN not working properly in my OS so I figured that its high time I do it.







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  • Great call, I think you solved a lot of problems like that (and got a few new ones that are manageable). As the saying goes: for minor problems reboot, for major problems rebuild. A problem removed are sometimes 10 problems solved. For now :-) - (been around for a while). Windows should offer a "revert to pristine" option so we could rebuild Windows without touching any data, but that is an entirely different matter.

    – Stein Åsmul
    Jan 4 at 21:13





















  • Great call, I think you solved a lot of problems like that (and got a few new ones that are manageable). As the saying goes: for minor problems reboot, for major problems rebuild. A problem removed are sometimes 10 problems solved. For now :-) - (been around for a while). Windows should offer a "revert to pristine" option so we could rebuild Windows without touching any data, but that is an entirely different matter.

    – Stein Åsmul
    Jan 4 at 21:13



















Great call, I think you solved a lot of problems like that (and got a few new ones that are manageable). As the saying goes: for minor problems reboot, for major problems rebuild. A problem removed are sometimes 10 problems solved. For now :-) - (been around for a while). Windows should offer a "revert to pristine" option so we could rebuild Windows without touching any data, but that is an entirely different matter.

– Stein Åsmul
Jan 4 at 21:13







Great call, I think you solved a lot of problems like that (and got a few new ones that are manageable). As the saying goes: for minor problems reboot, for major problems rebuild. A problem removed are sometimes 10 problems solved. For now :-) - (been around for a while). Windows should offer a "revert to pristine" option so we could rebuild Windows without touching any data, but that is an entirely different matter.

– Stein Åsmul
Jan 4 at 21:13






















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