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Sometimes your Visual Studio installation becomes damaged or corrupted. A repair can fix this.
Sep 23, 2019 Hi Dave, I see that this is your first post in this forum, welcome to the Microsoft Community forum. The Microsoft Visual C redistributable packages installs runtime components of Visual C libraries which are required by many applications to run. Jun 08, 2017 Hi, I bought VS2010 Professional in 2010 and I just changed my computer for a Microsoft Surface Windows 10 Pro. I still have my confirmation email with the serial and the link to download. But the link is dead. I have two files, VSEXPBSLNx64enu.MSI and VSEXPBSLNx64enu.CAB but when I try. I have a valid license of Visual Studio Professional.
Find the Visual Studio Installer on your computer.
For example, on a computer running Windows 10 Anniversary Update or later, select Start, and then scroll to the letter V, where it's listed as Visual Studio Installer.
Note
On some computers, the Visual Studio Installer might be listed under the letter 'M' as the Microsoft Visual Studio Installer.
Alternatively, you can find the Visual Studio Installer in the following location:
C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft Visual StudioInstallervs_installer.exeOpen the installer, choose More, and then choose Repair.
Note
Repairing Visual Studio will reset the environment. Local customizations like per-user extensions installed without elevation, user settings, and profiles will be removed. Your synchronized settings such as themes, colors, key bindings will be restored.
Tip
The Repair option appears only for installed instances of Visual Studio. If you do not see the Repair option, chances are that you've selected More in a version that's listed in the Visual Studio Installer as 'Available' rather than 'Installed'.
Find the Visual Studio Installer on your computer.
For example, on a computer running Windows 10, select Start, and then scroll to the letter V, where it's listed as Visual Studio Installer.
Note
You can also find the Visual Studio Installer in the following location:
C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft Visual StudioInstallervs_installer.exeYou might have to update the installer before continuing. If so, follow the prompts.
In the installer, look for the edition of Visual Studio that you installed. Next, choose More, and then choose Repair.
Note
Repairing Visual Studio will reset the environment. Local customizations like per-user extensions installed without elevation, user settings, and profiles will be removed. Your synchronized settings such as themes, colors, key bindings will be restored.
Tip
The Repair option appears only for installed instances of Visual Studio. If you do not see the Repair option, chances are that you've selected More in a version that's listed in the Visual Studio Installer as 'Available' rather than 'Installed'.
Get support
Sometimes, things can go wrong. If your Visual Studio installation fails, see Troubleshoot Visual Studio installation and upgrade issues for step-by-step guidance.
We also offer a live chat (English only) support option for installation-related issues.
Here are a few more support options:
Reinstall Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Express
- Report product issues to us via the Report a Problem tool that appears both in the Visual Studio Installer and in the Visual Studio IDE.
- Suggest a feature, track product issues, and find answers in the Visual Studio Developer Community.
- Use your GitHub account to talk to us and other Visual Studio developers in the Visual Studio conversation in the Gitter community.