

When you open Visual Studio is, the IDE checks to see if an update is available. If you aren't asked to restart your computer, choose Launch to start Visual Studio from the installer. If so, do so, and then start Visual Studio as you typically would. In the installer, look for the instance of Visual Studio that you want to update.įor example, if you previously installed Visual Studio Community 2019 and there's an update for it, then an Update available message appears in the installer.Īfter the update is complete, you might be asked to restart your computer. This means that in general (unless otherwise specified), all new setup functionality often just works seamlessly in older versions of the product. The installer is now shipping in the most current release of all currently supported Visual Studio products.

Visual Studio setup features and bug fixes are typically implemented in the installer. If you are currently using another instance of Visual Studio, you can either install a new instance of Visual Studio side-by-side to your existing installation, or you can uninstall the previous instance of Visual Studio before installing this new one. To install the current version of Visual Studio from Microsoft hosted servers, go to the Visual Studio downloads page. Visual Studio must first be installed on the machine before you can update it. We highly recommend saving your work before performing an update. Visual Studio must be closed before performing an update. For more information, see User Permissions and Visual Studio. If you are logged in as a typical user and try to perform one of these commands, then you'll get a User Account Control notice prompting you for admin credentials. In order to install, update, or modify Visual Studio, the account performing the update must have administrative permissions on the machine and also must have permissions to the source where the product updates are located (either the internet or an internal location). If you are an IT Administrator and want to configure your organization's clients to update from a network layout, refer to the Visual Studio Administrators Guide, particularly the section on manage and update a network installation. For Visual Studio for Mac, see Update Visual Studio for Mac. This topic discusses how to update a client installation of Visual Studio on Windows.

Applies to: Visual Studio Visual Studio for Mac Visual Studio Code
