Vs_setup.msi could not be found

Hi Avesh, Thank you so much YiChen for looking at my post. I googled for the uninstallation process and the error, there are some suggestion to remove some registry entry but I am not able to find the folder name inside the registry, I guess thats probably because I am still on windows SP4.

Visual Studio can be installed on Windows SP4. For uninstalling the product, you also need Administrative privileges. Then try reinstalling VS What's the exact error message?

Which service pack did you install? For the service pack for Visual Studio , there are both SP for Express Edition and later edition as the following. Let me know if it works. Thanks Please remember to mark the replies as answers if they help and unmark them if they provide no help.

Wednesday, May 6, AM. If the issue is resolved, we will appreciate it if you can share the solution so that the answer can be found and used by other community members having similar questions. Thank you! Please remember to mark the replies as answers if they help and unmark them if they provide no help. Monday, May 11, AM. Hi Avesh, I'm so glad to hear that your issue is solved. Have a good day. All Log files can be seen here: view.

Attachments: Up to 10 attachments including images can be used with a maximum of 3. After checking your logs, it seems that system policy on your machine blocks the Installer to install the MSI package. Please temporarily disable 3rd party anti-virus software and try the following steps to check if it works for you: 1. Restart your computer and run the Visual Studio Installer as administrator to repair the installation. If the answer is helpful, please click " Accept Answer " and upvote it.

Note: Please follow the steps in our documentation to enable e-mail notifications if you want to receive the related email notification for this thread. I have followed the steps here and am still encountering the same problem.

My account has administrator access yet even with this option selected I'm still getting the following error. Could you check if there are 3rd party anti-virus software enabled or enterprise group policy in place that is restricting you or not? As described in previous post ie:. Use this software to 'clean up' anything with Visual Studio in the name. I've tried that but couldn't reinstall or uninstall VS Is there any other way. I was having the same issue when trying to load a trail version of Vision Studio