Before running the main installer, you must manually install the security certificates found in the Certificates subfolder of your layout. Right-click each .cer file and select Install Certificate to ensure Windows trusts the files while offline.
Open a Command Prompt with administrator privileges and navigate to the folder containing the downloaded bootstrapper. Use the following command-line examples to download your preferred workloads: visual studio 2022 community offline installer
For standard .NET desktop and web development, use: vs_community.exe --layout c:\vsoffline --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.ManagedDesktop --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NetWeb --lang en-US Before running the main installer, you must manually
Navigate to the Certificates subfolder within your layout. Right-click each .cer file and select Install Certificate > Local Machine > Trusted Root Certification Authorities to avoid verification errors during installation. Before running the main installer