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Downloads:

141,995

Downloads of v 2015.03.03:

69,197

Last Update:

08 Mar 2018

Package Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Microsoft

Tags:

Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Community IDE admin

Visual Studio 2015 Community Update 3

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2015.03.03 | Updated: 08 Mar 2018

Downloads:

141,995

Downloads of v 2015.03.03:

69,197

Software Author(s):

  • Microsoft

Visual Studio 2015 Community Update 3 2015.03.03

  • 1
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Some Checks Are Exempted or Have Failed

Not All Tests Have Passed


Validation Testing Passed


Verification Testing Exemption:

Requires KB 2919355, which also requires a reboot.

Details

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Deployment Method: Individual Install, Upgrade, & Uninstall

To install Visual Studio 2015 Community Update 3, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To upgrade Visual Studio 2015 Community Update 3, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To uninstall Visual Studio 2015 Community Update 3, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

Deployment Method:

NOTE

This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.

1. Enter Your Internal Repository Url

(this should look similar to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/)


2. Setup Your Environment

1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment

Please see the organizational deployment guide

2. Get the package into your environment

  • Open Source or Commercial:
    • Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
    • You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download

3. Copy Your Script

choco upgrade visualstudio2015community -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" [other options]

See options you can pass to upgrade.

See best practices for scripting.

Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.

If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:


choco upgrade visualstudio2015community -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" 
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE

Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
  Exit 0
}

Exit $exitCode

- name: Install visualstudio2015community
  win_chocolatey:
    name: visualstudio2015community
    version: '2015.03.03'
    source: INTERNAL REPO URL
    state: present

See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.


chocolatey_package 'visualstudio2015community' do
  action    :install
  source   'INTERNAL REPO URL'
  version  '2015.03.03'
end

See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.


cChocoPackageInstaller visualstudio2015community
{
    Name     = "visualstudio2015community"
    Version  = "2015.03.03"
    Source   = "INTERNAL REPO URL"
}

Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.


package { 'visualstudio2015community':
  ensure   => '2015.03.03',
  provider => 'chocolatey',
  source   => 'INTERNAL REPO URL',
}

Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.


4. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation

See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.

Package Approved

This package was approved by moderator AdmiringWorm on 09 Mar 2018.

Description

Overview

Free, full-featured and extensible tool for developers building non-enterprise applications.

- Full-featured Integrated Development Environment for building Web, Windows Desktop and cross-platform iOS, Android, and Windows apps.
- Ecosystem with thousands of extensions to choose from in the Visual Studio Gallery, or create your own.
- Free for open source projects, academic research, training, education and small professional teams.

### Attention Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 Users

You must have Windows RT 8.1, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2 update: April 2014 installed in order to install Visual Studio 2015
You can download KB2919355 here https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2919355

### Customizations
You can customize the installation either by adding optional available features or by specifying own installation configuration file.

### Customizations
You can customize the installation either by specifying your own installation configuration file.

#### Adding optional features
Optional features (Sql tools, phone tools, etc.) are available but not installed by default.
To specify the features you want installed you can download the AdminDeployment.xml and modify it to support your needs.

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/KennethB/Chocolatey-Packages/master/VisualStudio2015Community/Tools/AdminDeployment.xml

Specifying the optional features above modifies the configuration file used during installation (AdminDeployment.xml). If that is not enough you can provide this file on your own.
Example:

choco install VisualStudio2015Community -packageParameters "--AdminFile c:\path to your\AdminDeployment.xml"
choco install VisualStudio2015Community -packageParameters "--AdminFile http://path/to/your/AdminDeployment.xml"


Tools\AdminDeployment.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<AdminDeploymentCustomizations xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2011/AdminDeployment">
  <BundleCustomizations TargetDir="C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0" NoCacheOnlyMode="default" NoWeb="default" NoRefresh="default" SuppressRefreshPrompt="default" Feed="default" />
  <SelectableItemCustomizations>
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="VSUV3RTMV1" Hidden="no" Selected="yes" FriendlyName="Visual Studio 2015 Update 3" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="MicroUpdateV3.5" Selected="yes" FriendlyName="Update for Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 (KB3165756)" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="WebToolsV1" Hidden="no" Selected="yes" FriendlyName="Microsoft Web Developer Tools" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="GitForWindowsx64V8" Hidden="no" Selected="yes" FriendlyName="Git for Windows" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="GitForWindowsx86V8" Hidden="no" Selected="yes" FriendlyName="Git for Windows" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="Win10SDK_HiddenV2" Selected="yes" FriendlyName="Windows 10 SDK (10.0.10586)" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="JavaScript_HiddenV12" Selected="yes" FriendlyName="JavaScript Project System for Visual Studio" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="MDDJSDependencyHiddenV1" Selected="yes" FriendlyName="MDDJSDependencyHidden" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="AppInsightsToolsVisualStudioHiddenVSU3RTMV1" Selected="yes" FriendlyName="Developer Analytics Tools v7.0.2" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="BlissHidden" Selected="yes" FriendlyName="BlissHidden" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="HelpHidden" Selected="yes" FriendlyName="HelpHidden" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="JavaScript" Selected="yes" FriendlyName="JavascriptHidden" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="NetFX4Hidden" Selected="yes" FriendlyName="NetFX4Hidden" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="NetFX45Hidden" Selected="yes" FriendlyName="NetFX45Hidden" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="NetFX451MTPackHidden" Selected="yes" FriendlyName="NetFX451MTPackHidden" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="NetFX451MTPackCoreHidden" Selected="yes" FriendlyName="NetFX451MTPackCoreHidden" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="NetFX452MTPackHidden" Selected="yes" FriendlyName="NetFX452MTPackHidden" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="NetFX46MTPackHidden" Selected="yes" FriendlyName="NetFX46MTPackHidden" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="PortableDTPHidden" Selected="yes" FriendlyName="PortableDTPHidden" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="PreEmptiveDotfuscatorHidden" Selected="yes" FriendlyName="PreEmptiveDotfuscatorHidden" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="PreEmptiveAnalyticsHidden" Selected="yes" FriendlyName="PreEmptiveAnalyticsHidden" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="ProfilerHidden" Selected="yes" FriendlyName="ProfilerHidden" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="RoslynLanguageServicesHidden" Selected="yes" FriendlyName="RoslynLanguageServicesHidden" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="SDKTools3Hidden" Selected="yes" FriendlyName="SDKTools3Hidden" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="SDKTools4Hidden" Selected="yes" FriendlyName="SDKTools4Hidden" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="WCFDataServicesHidden" Selected="yes" FriendlyName="WCFDataServicesHidden" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="VSUV1PreReqV1" Selected="no" FriendlyName="Visual Studio 2015 Update 1 Prerequisite" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="NativeLanguageSupport_VCV1" Hidden="no" Selected="no" FriendlyName="Common Tools for Visual C++ 2015" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="NativeLanguageSupport_MFCV1" Hidden="no" Selected="no" FriendlyName="Microsoft Foundation Classes for C++" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="NativeLanguageSupport_XPV1" Hidden="no" Selected="no" FriendlyName="Windows XP Support for C++" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="Win81SDK_HiddenV1" Hidden="no" Selected="no" FriendlyName="Windows 8.1 SDK and Universal CRT SDK" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="FSharpV1" Hidden="no" Selected="no" FriendlyName="Visual F#" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="PythonToolsForVisualStudioV8" Hidden="no" Selected="no" FriendlyName="Python Tools for Visual Studio (January 2017)" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="ClickOnceV1" Hidden="no" Selected="no" FriendlyName="ClickOnce Publishing Tools" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="SQLV1" Hidden="no" Selected="no" FriendlyName="Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="PowerShellToolsV1" Hidden="no" Selected="no" FriendlyName="PowerShell Tools for Visual Studio" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="SilverLight_Developer_KitV1" Hidden="no" Selected="no" FriendlyName="Silverlight Development Kit" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="Windows10_ToolsAndSDKV13" Hidden="no" Selected="no" FriendlyName="Tools (1.4.1) and Windows 10 SDK (10.0.14393)" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="Win10_EmulatorV1" Selected="no" FriendlyName="Emulators for Windows 10 Mobile (10.0.10240)" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="Win10_EmulatorV2" Selected="no" FriendlyName="Emulators for Windows 10 Mobile (10.0.10586)" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="Win10_EmulatorV3" Hidden="no" Selected="no" FriendlyName="Emulators for Windows 10 Mobile (10.0.14393)" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="XamarinVSCoreV7" Hidden="no" Selected="no" FriendlyName="C#/.NET (Xamarin v4.2.1)" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="XamarinPT_V1" Selected="no" FriendlyName="Xamarin Preparation Tool" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="MDDJSCoreV11" Hidden="no" Selected="no" FriendlyName="HTML/JavaScript (Apache Cordova) Update 10" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="AndroidNDK11C_V1" Hidden="no" Selected="no" FriendlyName="Android Native Development Kit (R11C, 32 bits)" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="AndroidNDK11C_32_V1" Hidden="no" Selected="no" FriendlyName="Android Native Development Kit (R11C, 32 bits)" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="AndroidNDK11C_64_V1" Hidden="no" Selected="no" FriendlyName="Android Native Development Kit (R11C, 64 bits)" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="AndroidNDKV1" Hidden="no" Selected="no" FriendlyName="Android Native Development Kit (R10E, 32 bits)" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="AndroidNDK_32_V1" Hidden="no" Selected="no" FriendlyName="Android Native Development Kit (R10E, 32 bits)" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="AndroidNDK_64_V1" Hidden="no" Selected="no" FriendlyName="Android Native Development Kit (R10E, 64 bits)" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="AndroidSDKV1" Hidden="no" Selected="no" FriendlyName="Android SDK" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="AndroidSDK_API1921V1" Hidden="no" Selected="no" FriendlyName="Android SDK Setup (API Level 19 and 21)" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="AndroidSDK_API22V1" Hidden="no" Selected="no" FriendlyName="Android SDK Setup (API Level 22)" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="AndroidSDK_API23V1" Hidden="no" Selected="no" FriendlyName="Android SDK Setup (API Level 23)" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="AntV1" Hidden="no" Selected="no" FriendlyName="Apache Ant (1.9.3)" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="L_MDDCPlusPlus_iOS_V7" Hidden="no" Selected="no" FriendlyName="Visual C++ iOS Development (Update 3)" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="L_MDDCPlusPlus_Android_V7" Hidden="no" Selected="no" FriendlyName="Visual C++ Android Development (Update 3)" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="L_MDDCPlusPlus_ClangC2_V6" Hidden="no" Selected="no" FriendlyName="Clang with Microsoft CodeGen (July 2016)" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="L_IncrediBuild_V1" Selected="no" FriendlyName="IncrediBuild" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="Node.jsV1" Hidden="no" Selected="no" FriendlyName="Joyent Node.js" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="VSEmu_AndroidV1.1.622.2" Hidden="no" Selected="no" FriendlyName="Microsoft Visual Studio Emulator for Android (July 2016)" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="WebSocket4NetV1" Hidden="no" Selected="no" FriendlyName="WebSocket4Net" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="ToolsForWin81_WP80_WP81V1" Hidden="no" Selected="no" FriendlyName="Tools and Windows SDKs" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="WindowsPhone81EmulatorsV1" Selected="no" FriendlyName="Emulators for Windows Phone 8.1" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="GitHubVSV1" Hidden="no" Selected="no" FriendlyName="GitHub Extension for Visual Studio" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="VS_SDK_GroupV5" Hidden="no" Selected="no" FriendlyName="Visual Studio Extensibility Tools Update 3" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="VS_SDK_Breadcrumb_GroupV5" Selected="no" FriendlyName="Visual Studio Extensibility Tools Update 3" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="Win10_VSToolsV13" Hidden="no" Selected="no" FriendlyName="Tools for Universal Windows Apps (1.4.1) and Windows 10 SDK (10.0.14393)" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="Win10SDK_HiddenV1" Hidden="no" Selected="no" FriendlyName="Windows 10 SDK (10.0.10240)" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="Win10SDK_HiddenV3" Hidden="no" Selected="no" FriendlyName="Windows 10 SDK (10.0.10586)" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="Win10SDK_HiddenV4" Selected="no" FriendlyName="Windows 10 SDK (10.0.14393)" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="Win10SDK_VisibleV1" Hidden="no" Selected="no" FriendlyName="Windows 10 SDK 10.0.10240" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="UWPPatch_KB3073097_HiddenV3" Selected="no" FriendlyName="KB3073097" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="AppInsightsToolsVSWinExpressHiddenVSU3RTMV1" Selected="no" FriendlyName="Developer Analytics Tools v7.0.2" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="AppInsightsToolsVWDExpressHiddenVSU3RTMV1" Selected="no" FriendlyName="Developer Analytics Tools v7.0.2" />
    <SelectableItemCustomization Id="UWPStartPageV1" Selected="no" FriendlyName="Tools for Universal Windows Apps Getting Started Experience" />
  </SelectableItemCustomizations>
</AdminDeploymentCustomizations>
Tools\ChocolateyInstall.ps1
Import-Module (Join-Path $(Split-Path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition) 'VSModules.psm1')

Install-VS 'VisualStudio2015Community' 'https://download.microsoft.com/download/0/B/C/0BC321A4-013F-479C-84E6-4A2F90B11269/vs_community.exe' 'vs_community.exe' 'ED8D88D0AB88832754302BFC2A374E803B3A21C1590B428092944272F9EA30FE'
Tools\ChocolateyUninstall.ps1
Import-Module (Join-Path $(Split-Path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition) 'VSModules.psm1')

Uninstall-VS 'VisualStudio2015Community' 'Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2015' 'vs_community.exe'
Tools\VSModules.psm1
# Parse input argument string into a hashtable
# Format: /AdminFile:file location /Features:WebTools,Win8SDK /ProductKey:AB-D1
function Parse-Parameters ($s)
{
    $parameters = @{ }

    if (!$s)
    {
        Write-Debug "No package parameters."
        return $parameters
    }

    Write-Debug "Package parameters: $s"
    $s = ' ' + $s
    [String[]] $kvpPrefix = @(" --")
    $kvpDelimiter = ' '

    $kvps = $s.Split($kvpPrefix, [System.StringSplitOptions]::RemoveEmptyEntries)
    foreach ($kvp in $kvps)
    {
        Write-Debug "Package parameter kvp: $kvp"
        $delimiterIndex = $kvp.IndexOf($kvpDelimiter)
        if (($delimiterIndex -le 0) -or ($delimiterIndex -ge ($kvp.Length - 1))) { continue }

        $key = $kvp.Substring(0, $delimiterIndex).Trim().ToLower()
        if ($key -eq '') { continue }
        $value = $kvp.Substring($delimiterIndex + 1).Trim()

        Write-Debug "Package parameter: key=$key, value=$value"
        $parameters.Add($key, $value)
    }

    return $parameters
}

# Generates customizations file. Returns its path
function Generate-Admin-File($parameters, $defaultAdminFile)
{
    $adminFile = $parameters['AdminFile']
    $features = $parameters['Features']
    if (!$adminFile -and !$features)
    {
        return $null
    }

    $localAdminFile = (Join-Path $env:temp 'AdminDeployment.xml')
    if (Test-Path $localAdminFile)
    {
        Remove-Item $localAdminFile
    }

    if ($adminFile)
    {
        if (Test-Path $adminFile)
        {
            Copy-Item $adminFile $localAdminFile -force
        }
        else
        {
            if (($adminFile -as [System.URI]).AbsoluteURI -ne $null)
            {
                Get-ChocolateyWebFile 'adminFile' $localAdminFile $adminFile
            }
            else
            {
                throw 'Invalid AdminFile setting.'
            }
        }
    }
    elseif ($features)
    {
        Copy-Item $defaultAdminFile $localAdminFile -force
    }

    return $localAdminFile
}

# Turns on features in the customizations file
function Update-Admin-File($parameters, $adminFile)
{
    if (!$adminFile) { return }
    $s = $parameters['Features']
    if (!$s) { return }

    $features = $s.Split(',')
    [xml]$xml = Get-Content $adminFile

    foreach ($feature in $features)
    {
        $node = $xml.DocumentElement.SelectableItemCustomizations.ChildNodes | ? {$_.Id -eq "$feature"}
        if ($node -ne $null)
        {
            Write-Host "Enabling requested feature: $feature"
            $node.Selected = "yes"
        }
        else
        {
            Write-Warning "Requested feature not found in admin file: $feature"
        }
    }
    $notSelectedNodes = $xml.DocumentElement.SelectableItemCustomizations.ChildNodes | ? {$_.Selected -eq "no"}
    foreach ($nodeToRemove in $notSelectedNodes)
    {
        Write-Verbose "Removing not selected AdminDeployment node: $($nodeToRemove.Id)"
        $nodeToRemove.ParentNode.RemoveChild($nodeToRemove) | Out-Null
    }
    $xml.Save($adminFile)
}

function Generate-Install-Arguments-String($parameters, $adminFile)
{
    $s = "/Quiet /NoRestart /Log $env:temp\vs.log"

    if ($adminFile)
    {
        $s = $s + " /AdminFile $adminFile"
    }

    $pk = $parameters['ProductKey']
    if ($pk)
    {
        $s = $s + " /ProductKey $pk"
    }

    return $s
}

function Install-VS {
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Installs Visual Studio

.DESCRIPTION
Installs Visual Studio with ability to specify additional features and supply product key.

.PARAMETER PackageName
The name of the VisualStudio package - this is arbitrary.
It's recommended you call it the same as your nuget package id.

.PARAMETER Url
This is the url to download the VS web installer.

.EXAMPLE
Install-VS '[PackageName]' 'http://download.microsoft.com/download/zzz/vs_enterprise.exe'

.OUTPUTS
None

.NOTES
This helper reduces the number of lines one would have to write to download and install Visual Studio.
This method has no error handling built into it.

.LINK
Install-ChocolateyPackage
#>
param(
  [string] $packageName,
  [string] $url,
  [string] $exeName,
  [string] $checksum
)
    Write-Debug "Running 'Install-VS' for $packageName with url:`'$url`'";

    $installerType = 'exe'
    $validExitCodes = @(
        0, # success
        3010, # success, restart required
        2147781575 # pending restart required
    )

    $defaultAdminFile = (Join-Path $PSScriptRoot 'AdminDeployment.xml')
    Write-Debug "Default AdminFile: $defaultAdminFile"

    $packageParameters = Parse-Parameters $env:chocolateyPackageParameters
    if ($packageParameters.Length -gt 0) { Write-Output $packageParameters }

    $adminFile = Generate-Admin-File $packageParameters $defaultAdminFile
    Write-Debug "AdminFile: $adminFile"

    Update-Admin-File $packageParameters $adminFile

    $silentArgs = Generate-Install-Arguments-String $packageParameters $adminFile
    
    DetermineSetupPath
	
    if (Test-Path env:\visualStudio:setupFolder)
    {
        Write-Output "Installing Visual Studio from $env:visualStudio:setupFolder"
        Install-ChocolateyInstallPackage `
          -PackageName $packageName `
          -FileType 'exe' `
          -SilentArgs $silentArgs `
          -File "$env:visualStudio:setupFolder\$exeName" `
          -ValidExitCodes $validExitCodes `
           -Checksum $checksum `
           -ChecksumType 'sha256'
    }
    else
    {
        Write-Output "Install-ChocolateyPackage $packageName $installerType $silentArgs $url -validExitCodes $validExitCodes"
        Install-ChocolateyPackage $packageName $installerType $silentArgs $url -validExitCodes $validExitCodes -Checksum $checksum -ChecksumType 'sha256'
    }

    TeardownIso

}

<#
Checks for user specified local path and mounts iso if necessary
#>
function DetermineSetupPath(){

    if (!(Test-Path env:\visualStudio:setupFolder)){

        if (!(Test-Path env:\visualStudio:isoImage)) 
        {
	        Write-Host "Visual Studio will be installed from Web"
            return
        }
        
        $global:mustDismountIso = $true;
        $mountedIso = Mount-DiskImage -PassThru "$env:visualStudio:isoImage"
        $isoDrive = Get-Volume -DiskImage $mountedIso | Select -expand DriveLetter
        Write-Host "Mounted ISO to $isoDrive"
        $env:visualStudio:setupFolder = "$isoDrive`:\"
    }
}

function TeardownIso(){
    
    if ($global:mustDismountIso){
        Write-Host "Dismounting ISO"
        Dismount-DiskImage -ImagePath $env:visualStudio:isoImage
    }
    else
    {
        Write-Host "No ISO to dismount"
    }
}

function Uninstall-VS {
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Uninstalls Visual Studio

.DESCRIPTION
Uninstalls Visual Studio.

.PARAMETER PackageName
The name of the VisualStudio package.

.PARAMETER ApplicationName
The VisualStudio app name - i.e. 'Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2015'.

.PARAMETER UninstallerName
This name of the installer executable - i.e. 'vs_community.exe'.

.EXAMPLE
Uninstall-VS 'VisualStudio2015Community' 'Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2015' 'vs_community.exe'

.OUTPUTS
None

.NOTES
This helper reduces the number of lines one would have to write to uninstall Visual Studio.
This method has no error handling built into it.

.LINK
Uninstall-ChocolateyPackage
#>
param(
  [string] $packageName,
  [string] $applicationName,
  [string] $uninstallerName
)
    Write-Debug "Running 'Uninstall-VS' for $packageName with url:`'$url`'";

    $installerType = 'exe'
    $silentArgs = '/Uninstall /force /Passive /NoRestart'

    $app = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product | Where-Object { $_.Name -like "$applicationName*"} | Sort-Object { $_.Name } | Select-Object -First 1
    if ($app -ne $null)
    {
        $uninstaller = Get-Childitem "$env:ProgramData\Package Cache\" -Recurse -Filter $uninstallerName | ? { $_.VersionInfo.ProductVersion.StartsWith($app.Version)}
        if ($uninstaller -ne $null)
        {
            Uninstall-ChocolateyPackage $packageName $installerType $silentArgs $uninstaller.FullName
        }
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Visual Studio 2015 Community Update 3 2015.03.02 60637 Monday, August 15, 2016 Approved
Visual Studio 2015 Community Update 3 2015.03.01 2198 Wednesday, June 29, 2016 Approved
Visual Studio 2015 Community Update 2 14.0.25123.01 436 Monday, June 27, 2016 Approved
Visual Studio 2015 Community Update 2 14.0.25123.00 1338 Thursday, April 7, 2016 Approved
Visual Studio 2015 Community Update 1 14.0.24720.01 2100 Wednesday, February 17, 2016 Approved
Visual Studio 2015 Community 14.0.23107.0 5581 Monday, July 20, 2015 Approved

  • Updated AdminDeployment.xml for Visual Studio Professional 2015 Update 3 2018-02-26
  • Added dependency on .NET
  • Switched download protocol to HTTPS
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