Cannot install Visual Studio 2017 community edition after sudden shutdown

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mshwf picture mshwf · Jun 9, 2017 · Viewed 11.2k times · Source

I started installing VS and then my computer turned off suddenly (due to overheating).

When I was reinstalling it, an error message appeared saying:

Can't install in a non empty folder.

So I deleted the folder C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\community

Then, when I tried to install it, it failed.

This is the log:

[2a18:0008][2017-06-09T09:08:50] Error 0x80004003: at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Cache.InstanceRepository.GetInstance()
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Cache.CacheRepository.d__28.MoveNext() at System.Linq.Enumerable.FirstOrDefault[TSource](IEnumerable1 source, Func2 predicate) at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Engine.VerifyInstallationPath(IServiceProvider services, String installationPath, IInstance instance, IQuery query)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Engine.Install(Product product, String destination, CancellationToken token)Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

Answer

AirCodeOne picture AirCodeOne · Aug 17, 2017

Go to your folder C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\community Make sure this folder is Empty. There shouldn't be any other directory inside, then check your error has been gone and Install button is enabled.

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