
For example, client machines may only have the installer available for programmatic execution if Visual Studio was installed via a layout. Furthermore, in some scenarios you may not have access to all of these executables. Not all commands or parameters work in each of these situations, and we've tried to document the exceptions below. More information describing how to do this can be found in the Update or modify your layout article. With an Administrator Update package, which is available to download from the Microsoft Update Catalog, to programatically update your network layout.



When you install Visual Studio programmatically or from a command prompt, you can use various command-line parameters to control or customize the installation to perform the following actions: Applies to: Visual Studio Visual Studio for Mac Visual Studio Code
