

Some things to think about are if you are using an old OS to start with and if they have current patches. Typically you can go into Windows event logs and see the 'application' section and it will give errors typically thrown. If you absolutely have to fix the machine as it is, you would need more specific errors given to get a better more exact answer of what the error is throwing. It is a very heavy handed method to fix things but you weight the time to troubleshoot, what your time is worth and how deeply you want to go down the rabbit hole with the issue. Without knowing your specific errors and the amount of time invested I sometimes just reinstall an OS.If not it is here (4.6.1 web installer): Typically VS install should notice the dependencies missing and you should not have to download these parts manually. NET should be secure if you were previously using a past version it could have some issues and you may be able to successfully reinstall it. NET Framework uninstalls for 4.6.1 and potentially 4.5.2 as well. If that does not work I would then start examining.If the package installer is bombing out for some VS reason I would uninstall Redistributables and VS again and start from scratch. If it does not install I would examine then if VS could create a C# or VB.NET solution and then narrow it down to being a C++ specific issue. I would try to get it manually first here. If they are not there then during an install they were not chosen or an error occurred and they are needed I believe for C++ projects.


I would NOT attempt to open an existing solution but create a new one to verify VS can operate as designed on the code you want.I would attempt to reinstall only after all traces are gone of above. If you are using Windows 8 or higher there is a default ISO mounter finally.

You should ultimately get the ISO for reuse on a machine. Whether you use a disk, a web installer, or the ISO you get from MSDN downloads.Find all instances of 'Microsoft Visual Studio Pro 2015' and uninstall them. I don't know about any after market uninstallers but I would go to the basic control panel and click on the ole 'Programs and Features'.
