How to upgrade from VS 2017 to 2019?

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Shimmy Weitzhandler picture Shimmy Weitzhandler · Apr 3, 2019 · Viewed 78.1k times · Source

VS 2019 is RTM, and I was wondering what's the proper way to upgrade from VS 2017, is there a dedicated 'upgrade' method, or is it uninstall and install? Maybe install and uninstall?
What's the right way to do it without having to uninstall and reinstall same stuff for nothing?

Answer

Sara Liu - MSFT picture Sara Liu - MSFT · Apr 3, 2019

We cannot directly upgrade VS 2017 to VS 2019. They are compatible and work side by side though (like the following). Please download and install VS 2019 from https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2019/release-notes enter image description here

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