Unpacking Software Livestream

Join our monthly Unpacking Software livestream to hear about the latest news, chat and opinion on packaging, software deployment and lifecycle management!

Learn More

Chocolatey Product Spotlight

Join the Chocolatey Team on our regular monthly stream where we put a spotlight on the most recent Chocolatey product releases. You'll have a chance to have your questions answered in a live Ask Me Anything format.

Learn More

Chocolatey Coding Livestream

Join us for the Chocolatey Coding Livestream, where members of our team dive into the heart of open source development by coding live on various Chocolatey projects. Tune in to witness real-time coding, ask questions, and gain insights into the world of package management. Don't miss this opportunity to engage with our team and contribute to the future of Chocolatey!

Learn More

Calling All Chocolatiers! Whipping Up Windows Automation with Chocolatey Central Management

Webinar from
Wednesday, 17 January 2024

We are delighted to announce the release of Chocolatey Central Management v0.12.0, featuring seamless Deployment Plan creation, time-saving duplications, insightful Group Details, an upgraded Dashboard, bug fixes, user interface polishing, and refined documentation. As an added bonus we'll have members of our Solutions Engineering team on-hand to dive into some interesting ways you can leverage the new features available!

Watch On-Demand
Chocolatey Community Coffee Break

Join the Chocolatey Team as we discuss all things Community, what we do, how you can get involved and answer your Chocolatey questions.

Watch The Replays
Chocolatey and Intune Overview

Webinar Replay from
Wednesday, 30 March 2022

At Chocolatey Software we strive for simple, and teaching others. Let us teach you just how simple it could be to keep your 3rd party applications updated across your devices, all with Intune!

Watch On-Demand
Chocolatey For Business. In Azure. In One Click.

Livestream from
Thursday, 9 June 2022

Join James and Josh to show you how you can get the Chocolatey For Business recommended infrastructure and workflow, created, in Azure, in around 20 minutes.

Watch On-Demand
The Future of Chocolatey CLI

Livestream from
Thursday, 04 August 2022

Join Paul and Gary to hear more about the plans for the Chocolatey CLI in the not so distant future. We'll talk about some cool new features, long term asks from Customers and Community and how you can get involved!

Watch On-Demand
Hacktoberfest Tuesdays 2022

Livestreams from
October 2022

For Hacktoberfest, Chocolatey ran a livestream every Tuesday! Re-watch Cory, James, Gary, and Rain as they share knowledge on how to contribute to open-source projects such as Chocolatey CLI.

Watch On-Demand

Downloads:

7,703,072

Downloads of v 15.9.74:

7

Last Update:

15 Jun 2025

Published Date:

15 Jun 2025

Package Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Microsoft

Tags:

microsoft visual studio visualstudio vs 2017 build tools admin

Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools

(Ready for review)

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3

15.9.74 | Updated: 15 Jun 2025

Downloads:

7,703,072

Downloads of v 15.9.74:

7

Published:

15 Jun 2025

Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Microsoft

Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.74

(Ready for review)

Legal Disclaimer: Neither this package nor Chocolatey Software, Inc. are affiliated with or endorsed by Microsoft. The inclusion of Microsoft trademark(s), if any, upon this webpage is solely to identify Microsoft goods or services and not for commercial purposes.

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3

Some Checks Are Exempted or Have Failed

Not All Tests Have Passed


Validation Testing Passed


Verification Testing Exemption:

Requires a reboot after KB2919355

Details

Scan Testing Resulted in Investigate

Details
IMPORTANT

This version is in moderation and has not yet been approved. This means it doesn't show up under normal search.

  • Until approved, you should consider this package version unsafe - it could do very bad things to your system (it probably doesn't but you have been warned, that's why we have moderation).
  • This package version can change wildly over the course of moderation until it is approved. If you install it and it later has changes to this version, you will be out of sync with any changes that have been made to the package. Until approved, you should consider that this package version doesn't even exist.
  • You cannot install this package under normal scenarios. See How to install package version under moderation for more information.
  • There are also no guarantees that it will be approved.
WARNING

There are versions of this package awaiting moderation (possibly just this one). See the Version History section below.

jberezanski (maintainer) on 15 Jun 2025 15:48:53 +00:00:

User 'jberezanski' (maintainer) submitted package.

chocolatey-ops (reviewer) on 15 Jun 2025 16:21:06 +00:00:

visualstudio2017buildtools has passed automated validation. It may have or may still fail other checks like testing (verification).
NOTE: No required changes that the validator checks have been flagged! It is appreciated if you fix other items, but only Requirements will hold up a package version from approval. A human review could still turn up issues a computer may not easily find.

Notes

Notes typically flag things for both you and the reviewer to go over. Sometimes this is the use of things that may or may not be necessary given the constraints of what you are trying to do and/or are harder for automation to flag for other reasons. Items found in Notes might be Requirements depending on the context. A package version can be approved without addressing Note comments.

  • If this is a brand new package that has never went through approval before, the reviewer will suggest a change to the package id. More...

chocolatey-ops (reviewer) on 15 Jun 2025 17:12:12 +00:00:

visualstudio2017buildtools has passed automated virus scanning, however requires human verification.
Package Scan Status Type was: Investigate.
This could mean that the number of scanned files doesn't match the number of expected files, or the files could not be downloaded.
Check the virus scan results for additional information.

Description

Overview

These Build Tools allow you to build native and managed MSBuild-based applications without requiring the Visual Studio IDE. There are options to install the Visual C++ compilers and libraries, MFC, ATL, and C++/CLI support.

To find out what's new or to see the known issues, see the Visual Studio 2017 Release Notes.
System requirements

Customizations and Optional features

By default, the package installs only the bare minimum required (the MSBuild Tools workload). The easiest way to add more development features is to use the workload packages listed in the Release Notes section.

All package parameters are passed to the Visual Studio installer, enabling full customization of the installation. The possible parameters are described here. The package passes --norestart --wait by default, and --quiet, unless --passive is specified in the package parameters.

After installing the package, more features can also be added by launching the Visual Studio Installer application from the Start Menu.

The language of the installed software can be controlled using the package parameter --locale language.
The list of languages is presented here. By default, the operating system display language is used.

Full installation

This command will install Visual Studio Build Tools with all available workloads and optional components, display progress during the installation and specify the English language regardless of operating system settings:

choco install visualstudio2017buildtools --package-parameters "--allWorkloads --includeRecommended --includeOptional --passive --locale en-US"

More package parameter examples

Notes

A reboot may be required after (or even before) installing/uninstalling this package.
If control over reboots is required, it is advisable to install the dependencies (esp. dotnet4.6.2 or later) first, perform a reboot if necessary, and then install this package.

Some parameters, including --allWorkloads, --includeRecommended and --includeOptional, are only valid during the initial installation of Visual Studio and may cause failures if used during upgrade. For reliability, it is recommended to avoid using these parameters and install workloads using the workload packages listed in the Release Notes section.


tools\.skipAutoUninstall
 
tools\ChocolateyInstall.ps1
Install-VisualStudio `
    -PackageName 'visualstudio2017buildtools' `
    -ApplicationName 'Microsoft Visual Studio Build Tools 2017' `
    -Url 'https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/bf8081ec-02a2-4411-a483-2becffe179e9/77663a26daed6f3e36e1d1982dcb488522fa02d360a7060c570a8ecde0ab70b4/vs_BuildTools.exe' `
    -Checksum '77663A26DAED6F3E36E1D1982DCB488522FA02D360A7060C570A8ECDE0AB70B4' `
    -ChecksumType 'SHA256' `
    -InstallerTechnology 'WillowVS2017OrLater' `
    -Product 'BuildTools' `
    -VisualStudioYear '2017' `
    -Preview $false
tools\ChocolateyUninstall.ps1
Remove-VisualStudioProduct `
    -PackageName 'visualstudio2017buildtools' `
    -Product 'BuildTools' `
    -VisualStudioYear '2017' `
    -Preview $false

No results available for this package. We are building up results for older packages over time so expect to see results. If this is a new package, it should have results within a day or two.

Add to Builder Version Downloads Last Updated Status
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.74 7 Sunday, June 15, 2025 Ready
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.72 21874 Saturday, April 12, 2025 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.71 17138 Saturday, March 15, 2025 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.70 14963 Thursday, February 20, 2025 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.69 12000 Thursday, January 30, 2025 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.68 41968 Wednesday, November 13, 2024 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.67 19089 Monday, October 14, 2024 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.66 16869 Sunday, September 15, 2024 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.65 13528 Thursday, August 22, 2024 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.64 23946 Wednesday, July 10, 2024 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.62.0 32293 Saturday, May 18, 2024 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.61.0 19718 Thursday, April 18, 2024 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.60.0 40171 Thursday, February 15, 2024 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.59.0 62906 Wednesday, January 10, 2024 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.58.0 127692 Sunday, October 15, 2023 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.57.0 15047 Sunday, September 24, 2023 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.56.0 16821 Tuesday, September 5, 2023 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.55.0 58501 Sunday, June 18, 2023 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.54.0 48892 Friday, April 21, 2023 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.53.0 34947 Friday, March 17, 2023 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.52.0 24651 Thursday, February 23, 2023 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.50.0 158280 Saturday, August 27, 2022 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.49.0 74359 Monday, June 20, 2022 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.47.0 70836 Wednesday, April 20, 2022 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.46.0 3511 Tuesday, April 19, 2022 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.45.0 50484 Saturday, March 12, 2022 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.41.0 125783 Friday, November 12, 2021 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.40.0 120879 Saturday, October 16, 2021 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.39.0 257574 Wednesday, September 15, 2021 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.38.0 215043 Sunday, August 22, 2021 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.37.0 244022 Thursday, July 22, 2021 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.36.0 558379 Sunday, May 16, 2021 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.35.0 233852 Saturday, April 17, 2021 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.34.0 286947 Wednesday, March 10, 2021 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.33.0 188725 Sunday, February 14, 2021 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.31.0 239249 Wednesday, January 13, 2021 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.30.0 237403 Wednesday, December 9, 2020 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.29.0 208122 Tuesday, November 10, 2020 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.28.0 169371 Sunday, October 18, 2020 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.27.0 276887 Friday, September 11, 2020 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.26.0 128848 Monday, August 24, 2020 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.25.0 204941 Friday, July 24, 2020 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.23.0 484029 Friday, May 15, 2020 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.22.0 241212 Wednesday, April 15, 2020 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.21.0 259020 Wednesday, March 11, 2020 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.20.0 192786 Wednesday, February 12, 2020 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.19.0 69317 Sunday, February 2, 2020 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.18.0 359891 Wednesday, December 11, 2019 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.17.0 398498 Wednesday, October 16, 2019 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.16.0 60773 Monday, September 16, 2019 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.15.0 55241 Tuesday, August 20, 2019 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.11.0 220196 Wednesday, April 10, 2019 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.10.0 19327 Sunday, March 31, 2019 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.8.0 36259 Saturday, March 9, 2019 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.7.0 27787 Thursday, February 21, 2019 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.4.0 84822 Saturday, January 5, 2019 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.2.0 70464 Tuesday, November 27, 2018 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.9.1.0 59319 Saturday, November 17, 2018 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.8.9.0 51885 Wednesday, November 7, 2018 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.8.7.0 66366 Wednesday, October 17, 2018 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.8.6.0 14288 Tuesday, October 2, 2018 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.8.2.0 10990 Monday, September 3, 2018 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools 15.8.0.0 55115 Thursday, August 16, 2018 Approved

Discussion for the Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools Package

Ground Rules:

  • This discussion is only about Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools and the Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools package. If you have feedback for Chocolatey, please contact the Google Group.
  • This discussion will carry over multiple versions. If you have a comment about a particular version, please note that in your comments.
  • The maintainers of this Chocolatey Package will be notified about new comments that are posted to this Disqus thread, however, it is NOT a guarantee that you will get a response. If you do not hear back from the maintainers after posting a message below, please follow up by using the link on the left side of this page or follow this link to contact maintainers. If you still hear nothing back, please follow the package triage process.
  • Tell us what you love about the package or Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools, or tell us what needs improvement.
  • Share your experiences with the package, or extra configuration or gotchas that you've found.
  • If you use a url, the comment will be flagged for moderation until you've been whitelisted. Disqus moderated comments are approved on a weekly schedule if not sooner. It could take between 1-5 days for your comment to show up.
comments powered by Disqus