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Where is the forum for Visual Studio ?

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Hello,
With 5GB of stuff selected and painfully installed the previous night, the Visual Studio 2017 installer made a blunder today.
Today since I wanted to work on mobile app development, I opened the installer and selected the mobile-development-with- Xamarin option.
My internet went slow so i wanted to cancel it and that is where everything went wrong.
First of all, there was no cancel button so I had to press the pause button.
Next I searched for all the options and found a dropdown option for "remove".
I assumed the remove button only removes the current module but no, it uninstalled the whole visual studio itself.
My question is, why is the installer so confusing?
Thanks.
Computer is a box with magic called software.
Monday, November 26, 2018 4:02 AM
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I would ask here:
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home?forum=visualstudiogeneral
Edit: Another option for setup problems is here:
https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/topics/Setup.html?sort=active
Richard Mueller - MVP Enterprise Mobility (Identity and Access)
- Edited by Richard MuellerMVP Monday, November 26, 2018 4:12 AM
- Proposed as answer by Guido Franzke Monday, November 26, 2018 9:13 AM
- Marked as answer by Richard MuellerMVP Monday, December 3, 2018 1:01 PM
Monday, November 26, 2018 4:07 AM -
or also try in setup forum here.
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/home?forum=vssetup
Regards, Dave Patrick ....
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows Server] Datacenter Management
Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees, and confers no rights.- Proposed as answer by Guido Franzke Monday, November 26, 2018 9:13 AM
- Marked as answer by Richard MuellerMVP Monday, December 3, 2018 1:01 PM
Monday, November 26, 2018 5:18 AM
All replies
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I would ask here:
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home?forum=visualstudiogeneral
Edit: Another option for setup problems is here:
https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/topics/Setup.html?sort=active
Richard Mueller - MVP Enterprise Mobility (Identity and Access)
- Edited by Richard MuellerMVP Monday, November 26, 2018 4:12 AM
- Proposed as answer by Guido Franzke Monday, November 26, 2018 9:13 AM
- Marked as answer by Richard MuellerMVP Monday, December 3, 2018 1:01 PM
Monday, November 26, 2018 4:07 AM -
or also try in setup forum here.
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/home?forum=vssetup
Regards, Dave Patrick ....
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows Server] Datacenter Management
Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees, and confers no rights.- Proposed as answer by Guido Franzke Monday, November 26, 2018 9:13 AM
- Marked as answer by Richard MuellerMVP Monday, December 3, 2018 1:01 PM
Monday, November 26, 2018 5:18 AM