Visual Studio 2022 is one of the best text editors in the market. It packs an excellent User Interface, Intellisense, and a lot of different features to make coding easier for you. In this post, we will see how you can install and set up Visual Studio 2022 on Windows 11/10 computers.
How do I install Visual Studio 2022 64 bit?
Downloading and installing Visual Studio is a three-step process. To know what these steps are and how you can install Visual Studio and its components and languages you want, check the guide mentioned after this.
How to Install and Set Up Visual Studio 2022 on Windows 11/10
Visual Studio 2022 is an upgrade over its predecessor, the VS 2019. This Microsoft IDE is compatible with a lot of database technologies such as Azure, SQL, and SQLite, and has a perfect integration. Not only that, the developers of VS 2022, optimized the IDE and made the automatic code completion feature better than ever. Some other reasons to install this IDE are C++20 support and build tools, a better debugger, a free community edition, and more. Now, let us see how you can install and set up Visual Studio on your computer.
The installation process of Visual Studio 2022 includes the following steps.
- Download the installation package
- Launch the run the installer
- Add Components to Visual Studio 2022
Let us talk about them in detail.
1] Download the installation package
Before installing the IDE, we need its package. For that, navigate to visualstudio.microsoft.com, Microsoft’s official website, to download Visual Studio 2022. Go to Download Visual Studio and select any of the versions. This will start downloading the executable file or the installation package of Visual Studio 2022.
Read: Microsoft Visual Studio – Editions, Comparison, Features, FAQ
2] Launch and run the Installer
Once the installation package is downloaded, we need to launch it in order to download and install our VS 2022. To do the same, go to your Download folder, and double-click on the installer. It will start downloading the required software and depending on your Internet, the download time will be decided.
Once the downloading process is completed, you may see a screen asking you to select the Visual Studio version. So, select the 2022 version and install it. After installing the required IDE on your system, move to the next step to add its components.
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3] Add Components to Visual Studio 2022
Visual Studio has so many languages and packages that it might take forever if you start downloading every one of them. Also, the size of the IDE would be so big that it might fill up your entire Hard Disk. That is why the IDE is a blank canvas as it allows you to add and install the language pack you want.
Visual Studio is divided into various components such as Web & Cloud, Mobile & Desktop, Gaming, and Other toolkits. You can go to any of these sections, select the package(s) you want to install, and click on Install or Install while downloading. Keep in mind these are usually bigger files, so, if you feel like there is something inside that package that you want, just untick the box associated with the Installation details section.
Once the app is installed, open it and start coding. It’s quite easy, isn’t it?
Can Visual Studio run on Windows 11?
Yes, Visual Studio works on all Microsoft Windows, including their latest and greatest Windows 11. All you have to do is download any version of Visual Studio, install the launcher, install the components that you want to use, and start coding. It is quite simple, but if you still want to know how to do the same check the steps mentioned in this post.
How do I download and install Visual Studio Community?
In the first step, when you go to the Download Visual Studio option. you will see an option saying Community 2022. Just click on it and the required edition will be installed. In case, you didn’t see the option when downloading the IDE, you will see the same when installing it. You can install the Community edition from there and you will be good to go.
Also read: Best Code Editors for Windows that every developer must be using.
