Error occurred during installing VS 2017

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I can't install Visual Studio Community 2017 RC

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The log:

[1a48:0007][2016-12-09T16:08:29] Error 0x80131509:

at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Engine.VerifyInstallationPath(IServiceProvider services, String installationPath, IInstance instance, IQuery query)

at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Engine.Install(Product product, String destination, CancellationToken token)The specified instance '5d0b6377' cannot be installed to the same location or child directory of existing instance 'f8835dde'.

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asked on Stack Overflow Dec 9, 2016 by Kelvin Ng • edited Dec 9, 2016 by sashoalm

4 Answers

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From https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/content/problem/3379/install-failed-and-cant-reinstal.html:

Added a solution by David Walker · Nov 20 at 09:52 PM

I searched hard drive and deleted folders that contained the instance 'key' - '478ecff' than reran installer.

c:\dir 478ecff /s .. showed me folders to delete/empty.... once I did that installer would run again without throwing above error.

Hope this helps someone else.

In your case substitute 478ecff with your own instance - f8835dde

answered on Stack Overflow Dec 9, 2016 by sashoalm
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Refer to the error message, you can try to perform a complete uninstall of any existing VS 2017 RC or VS ‘15’ preview if you have installed before.

Firstly, go to Control Panel—Programs and Features and uninstall the existing Microsoft Visual Studio Installer.

Secondly, try to delete the following installed folders: (you can back up those folders before any modification, in case we need to roll back)

  1. Go to the folder: %ProgramData%\Microsoft\VisualStudio and delete the Packages folder

  2. Go to the Visual Studio installation folder (normally under %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Visual Studio) and delete the folders: 2017 or VS15Preview

After that, reboot the computer and re-run the VS 2017 RC installer as administrator again.

answered on Stack Overflow Dec 12, 2016 by Sara Liu - MSFT • edited Dec 12, 2016 by Sara Liu - MSFT
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I found in below location 1. C:\Users[your account]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\ to check the folder name start with 15.0_ 2. C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\VisualStudio\Packages_Instances

if you still have problem, you can have a search in register

hope this can help to find the locaiton quickly

answered on Stack Overflow Feb 5, 2017 by Duke • edited Feb 5, 2017 by Duke
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Make Sure to turn off your Antivirus.
Deactivating McAfee(Company Policy) solved the Problem for me. Before that I was getting all kind of errors from the setup, including the one described.

answered on Stack Overflow Mar 15, 2017 by Yush0 • edited Mar 15, 2017 by Yush0

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