Troubles installing Visual Studio Community 2015

Question

I am attempting to install Visual Studio 2015 Community but during the installation there is a prompt on the install wizard saying either saying:

'Microsoft build tools x86' (I would assume it's trying to build something and it will not let me)

OR

'Creating a system restore point' (View screenshot): https://i.gyazo.com/2da949c61d65bcf1b5c2b66dc3bfdf29.png

I am running Windows 10 and I do not know what to do! Even if I cancel the installation it won't let me and I have to force close it using the task manager. Furthermore it has taken up nearly 5GB on my HDD and I can't even uninstall it as it is showing the same message ('Creating a system restore point')!

Any suggestions on how to go about uninstalling it and installing Visual Studio the correct way? I desperately need it for my coursework.

Thanks, James.

Answer 1

Visual Studio is a very large program and takes a long time to install. You need to have patience. Closing the installation with the task manager is a very bad idea. The install messes with your system files and force stopping it when it is messing with a system file results in corrupt system files.

I would restore your PC to a point before the forced stop install. Then I would start the installer and wait at least 6 hours for the installer to do something. If this does not work I suspect your computer is not suitable to run Visual Studio.

Answer 2

Have you waited long enough? Visual Studio is heavy software and creating system restore point may take a while. if you want to remove it you can follow this http://blogs.msdn.com/b/heaths/archive/2015/07/17/removing-visual-studio-components-left-behind-after-an-uninstall.aspx , even if it is for VS 2013 it should work similar. If it doesn't you can use System Restore to restore to a point before you tried to install. Then use CCleaner to clear temp files and try reinstalling. Also a little recommendation, remove .NET Framework from you PC and wait for VS to install it, it might get corrupted.