Since I started this C# learning project, a few things have changed. Today I will talk about one of these things. And, good news: a new version of Visual Studio has been released. So, today we will talk about installing Visual Studio 2022 Community Edition.

Before installing, you should read the requirements needed to install Visual Studio, and whether or not your machine meets them here.

So, first, we go to the download page, which at this moment is located here.

Download Visual Studio Community and start the executable that will download. When the installation starts, you will be presented with the following screen:

Click on the Continue button. A new window will appear:

Be patient. That operation can take a while. When it is done, you will be presented with the main installation screen of Visual Studio Community Edition 2022:

For the purpose of these lessons, you are only interested to install “.NET desktop development”. Select it by clicking on the check mark:

If you feel adventurous, you can select other components to install, but they will be of no use for you in regard to the lessons presented on this website. Also note that installed items can be later on changed, if you decide to do so.

You can also change the install location if you want to.

When you are done, click the Install button to begin installation:

At this point, the download process should start:

This could take a lot of time, depending on the number of packages you chose to install, you internet connection speed and your CPU speed. Be patient until it is done.

Finally, when it finishes, you can launch your newly installed Visual Studio:

Of course, the usual loading screen appears:

Next, you will need to sign in using an email address:

You can start using Visual Studio right away, even without signing in, but if you don’t, you will not be able to use it after a while, until you sign in.

Finally, here we are. The final screen, confirming that everything went fine and we successfully installed Visual Studio Community Edition 2022:

Visual Studio installation is also shown in the following video (though, the 2017 version...):