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& "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vs_installershell.exe" --helpCommands:
install Installs a product
modify Modifies an installed product
update Updates an installed product
repair Repairs an installed product
resume Resumes a partial installation, usually after a system reboot
uninstall Uninstalls an installed product
Options:
--installPath The installation directory for the instance to act upon. For the install command, this is where
the instance will be installed. For other commands, this is where the previously-installed
instance was installed. [string]
--productId The ID of the product for the instance that will be installed. This is required for the install
command, ignored for other commands if --installPath is specified. [string]
--channelId The ID of the channel for the instance that will be installed. This is required for the install
command, ignored for other commands if --installPath is specified. [string]
--channelUri The URI of the channel manifest. This can be used for the install command; it is ignored for
other commands. [string]
--installChannelUri The URI of the channel manifest to use for the installation. The URI specified by --channelUri
(which must be specified when --installChannelUri is specified) will be used to detect updates.
If updates are not desired, --channelUri must be specified without an argument. This can be
used for the install command; it is ignored for other commands. [string]
--installCatalogUri The URI of the catalog manifest to use for the installation. If specified, the channel manager
will attempt to download the catalog manifest from this URI before using the URI in the install
channel manifest. This parameter is used to support offline install, where the layout cache
will be created with the product catalog already downloaded. This can be used for the install
command; it is ignored for other commands. [string]
--layoutPath The layout directory to check for packages before attempting to download them using the
location in the manifest. This can be used for the install command; it is ignored for other
commands. [string]
--add This defines an artifact (group, workload, or component) that is to be added to the
installation. It can appear multiple times on the command line.
The required components of the artifact are installed, but not the recommended or optional
components. You can control additional components globally using --includeRecommended and/or
--includeOptional. For finer-grained control, you can append ";includeRecommended" and/or
";includeOptional" to the artifactId (e.g. "--add Workload1;includeRecommended" or "--add
Workload2;includeOptional;includeRecommended").
It is optional for the install and modify commands, ignored for the update, repair and
uninstall commands. [string]
--remove This defines an artifact (group, workload, or component) that is to be removed from the
installation. It can appear multiple times on the command line. It is optional for the install
and modify commands, ignored for the update, repair and uninstall commands. [string]
--all Installs all workloads and all components.
--allWorkloads Installs all workloads and their required components, no recommended or optional components.
--includeRecommended Includes the recommended components for any workloads that are installed, but not the optional
components. The workloads are specified either with --allWorkloads or --add.
--includeOptional Includes the optional components for any workloads that are installed, but not the recommended
components. The workloads are specified either with --allWorkloads or --add.
--campaign The identifier of the campaign, for campaign tracking. If supplied, this ID will be logged with
the installer's "AppLaunched" telemetry event. [string]
--activityId An ID that can be used to correlate the installer command with an event in Visual Studio. If
supplied, this ID will be logged with the installer's "AppLaunched" event. [string]
--in The URI or path to a response file [string]
--version, -v Writes the application's version number to the console and exits
--passive, -p If present, the command proceeds with UI, immediately and without user interaction. This option
cannot be used with --quiet.
--quiet, -q If present, the command proceeds without UI. Progress messages are written to stdout and error
messages are written to stderr. This option cannot be used with --passive.
--norestart If present, commands with --passive or --quiet will not automatically restart the machine (if
required). This is ignored if neither --passive nor --quiet are specified.
--locale The locale to be displayed on the GUI. [string]
--focusedUi If present, a minimal GUI will be displayed for a client to review before commiting the
operation. This option cannot be used with --passive, --quiet, or --remove.
--installSessionId The sessionId from a previous instance of the client, for telemetry. [string]
--runOnce Starts a new instance(process) of installer with current set of arguments except the runOnce
argument.
--addProductLang This defines the language of an artifact (group, workload, or component) that is to be
installed. It can appear multiple times on the command line. It is optional for the install
and modify commands, ignored for the update, repair and uninstall commands. If not present, the
installation will use the machine locale. [string]
--removeProductLang This defines the language of an artifact (group, workload, or component) that is to be removed.
It can appear multiple times on the command line. It is optional for the install and modify
commands, ignored for the update, repair and uninstall commands. [string]
--nickname This defines the nickname to assign to an installed product. The nickname cannot be longer than
10 characters. It is optional for the install command, ignored for the modify, update, repair
and uninstall commands. [string]
--noUpdateInstaller Prevents the installer from updating itself when quiet is specified. The installer will fail
the command and return a non-zero exit code if noUpdateInstaller is specified with quiet when
an installer update is required.
--productKey This defines the product key to use for an installed product. It is composed of 25 alphanumeric
characters either in the format 'xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx' or 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'.
It is optional for the install and update commands, ignored for the repair, modify and
uninstall commands. [string]
--help Show help [boolean]
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