Visual Studio 2017 (version 15.0) was a landmark release from Microsoft, introducing a lighter core installer and modular workloads. While Microsoft has since moved on to Visual Studio 2019 and 2022, many legacy enterprise applications, game development pipelines (Unity LTS with VS 2017), and embedded systems projects still require this specific version.
D: Unlike the web installer, you do not need --layout now. Use the --noweb switch to prevent any internet fallback: visual studio 2017 offline installer iso
vs_enterprise.exe --layout C:\VS2017_Offline --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.ManagedDesktop --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NativeDesktop --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NetWeb --lang en-US Visual Studio 2017 (version 15
Recreate the ISO with the correct --add parameters. For example, if you need Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.DataScience , you must add it to the layout command. Error 2: "The certificate chain was issued by an untrusted authority" Cause: The offline machine is missing root certificates (common on fresh or highly locked-down Windows installs). Use the --noweb switch to prevent any internet