Visual Studio 2017 installer fails to install KB2533623

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I'm trying to install Visual Studio 2017 Community via web installer on my Windows 7 laptop and it fails, returning me this log:

dd_setup_..._error.log (translated into English from me, since it was in German)

Package "WindowsUpdates.KB2533623,version=15.0.26711.1,chip=x64" could not be installed.
    Search-URL
        https://aka.ms/VSSetupErrorReports?q=PackageId=WindowsUpdates.KB2533623;PackageAction=Install;ReturnCode=1168
    Details
        Command executed: "C:\Windows\system32\dism.exe" /online /quiet /norestart /add-package /packagepath:"C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Temp\462b07d7-22c4-4fb6-8bd8-78e9e210c711\Windows6.1-KB2533623-x64.cab" /logPath:"C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Temp\dd_setup_20170916213606_141_WindowsUpdates.KB2533623.log"
        Code returned: 1168
        Codedetails returned: Element not found.

KB2533623 is not installed at my Laptop, so I tried to install KB2533623 x64 by myself, but it's rejecting with the words "The update is not applicable to your computer".

After some research I found SCCMENTOR who is claiming KB2533623 is superseded by KB2758857, so I tried to uninstall KB2758857, first. There was an error that I could not uninstall all updates. Repeating the step in a local system CMD with wusa /uninstall /kb:2758857 returned 0x80070490. Microsoft suggests to scan the system for corrupt files with sfc /scannow, so I did. It found some errors and fixed them.

I repeated wusa /uninstall /kb:2758857 and it returned 0x80070bc9. Then I restarted and tried it another time and it gives me 0x80070490, again.

I'm not sure I'm on the right path, maybe KB2533623 is not the problem here. How can I fix the problem, so the Visual Studio installer is able to install KB2533623 that is required by so many components of the suite? If KB2533623 is really superseded by KB2758857, why the installer tries to install KB2533623 at all, if KB2758857 is already installed on my laptop?

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asked on Stack Overflow Sep 16, 2017 by Martin Braun • edited Sep 16, 2017 by Martin Braun

2 Answers

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Microsoft fixed it in Visual Studio 2017 15.5 Preview 3

So wait for the Final of the Visual Studio 2017 version 15.5 and use the updated installer.

answered on Stack Overflow Nov 7, 2017 by magicandre1981
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​Hello people!

I had the same problem, and I found that the KB2533623 superseded by KB2758857. I checkout if this update was installed in my PC. You can check it running this command:

wmic qfe list | find "2758857"

This will show something like this if it was installed:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=2758857 MyMachine Security Update KB2758857 AUTORIDADE NT\SISTEMA 9/2/2016

So, I removed it with this command:

wusa /uninstall /kb:2758857

After this I can install with success the visual studio 2017.

I hope it can help you.

answered on Stack Overflow Sep 27, 2017 by Breno Batista Machado

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