Visual studio 2017 installer won't run after extracting

Question

visual studio 2017 community.exe won\'t run after extracting to the temp.

OS: windows 10 x64bit

Setup : community version

in the temp folder bootstra

Answer 1

Faced the same problem with Visual Studio 2019, but I think version doesn't matter here. This thread helped me: https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/content/problem/326811/vs-community-installer-not-running-working.html. The reason was in somehow corrupted .NET files.

Actions applied:

• deleted all apps with "Microsoft .NET" in name using https://support.microsoft.com/ru-ru/help/17588/windows-fix-problems-that-block-programs-being-installed-or-removed
• downloaded and installed latest version of .NET Framework Runtime (not .NET Core Runtime) from https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download, in my case it was version 4.8
• restarted PC

This helped me.