Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 does not offer a single file for offline installation. Instead, you must use a "bootstrapper" file to create a local layout

  • A. Downloading the initial bootstrapper (the starting point).
  • B. Creating a full offline layout (all workloads).
  • C. Creating a custom offline layout (specific workloads only).

For the most current flags and workload IDs, run:

vs_community.exe --layout c:\vs2022_offline --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.ManagedDesktop