Visual Studio Community 2022

Olivier Schmitt · September 1, 2026 - 8:12 PM

Good morning,

I sometimes encounter installation errors with this package:
https://wapt.tranquil.it/store/fr/tis-v ... -community

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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\wapt\common.py", line 4534, in install_wapt
    exitstatus = setup.install()
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\wapt\private\tmp\waptb94tqg96\setup.py", line 102, in install
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\wapt\common.py", line 4451, in new_func
    return func(*args, **kwargs)
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\wapt\setuphelpers_windows.py", line 1746, in install_exe_if_needed
    error('setup exe file %s not found in package' % exe)
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\wapt\waptutils.py", line 2198, in error
    raise EWaptSetupException('Fatal error : %s' % reason)
waptutils.EWaptSetupException: Fatal error : setup exe file C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\setup.exe not found in package

EWaptSetupException: Fatal error : setup exe file C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\setup.exe not found in package

Here is the function in question:

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# Upgrading the software
    [b]if installed_softwares(name=app_name) and need_install(name=app_name, min_version=control.get_software_version()):[/b]
       [b] bin_path = makepath(programfiles32, "Microsoft Visual Studio", "Installer", "setup.exe")[/b]
        install_exe_if_needed(
            bin_path,
            # /finalizeInstall --passive or --quiet
            silentflags=r'update --layoutPath "C:\localVSlayout" --in "C:\localVSlayout\Response.json" --force --nocache --noUpdateInstaller --noWeb --quiet --norestart',
            name=app_name,
            min_version=control.get_software_version(),
            get_version = get_version,
            timeout=2500,
            # time_wait_uninstallkey_present=5000,
        )

Indeed, sometimes installed_softwares(name=app_name) returns:

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>>> from setuphelpers import *
>>> bin_name = "vs_setup.exe"
>>> app_name = "Visual Studio Community 2022"
>>> dir_name = "localVSlayout"
>>> temp_dir = makepath(systemdrive, dir_name)
>>> app_dir = makepath(programfiles,"Microsoft Visual Studio","2022")
>>>[b] installed_softwares(name=app_name)[/b]
[{'key': '908e4091', 'name': 'Visual Studio Community 2022', 'version': '17.14.36', 'install_date': '2026-07-15 00:00:00', 'install_location': 'C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2022\\Community', 'uninstall_string': '"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Stud
io\\Installer\\setup.exe" uninstall --installPath "C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2022\\Community"', 'publisher': 'Microsoft Corporation', 'system_component': 0, 'win64': False}]

But that this does not exist:

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C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile>dir "c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\
 Le volume dans le lecteur C s’appelle Windows
 Le numéro de série du volume est 60CB-EC76

 Répertoire de c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio

29/07/2026  11:34    <DIR>          .
01/09/2026  19:19    <DIR>          ..
15/07/2026  16:13    <DIR>          Shared
               0 fichier(s)                0 octets
               3 Rép(s)  176 418 471 936 octets libres

To resolve the issue, I need to remove the uninstaller registry entry using the commands below, then delete the folders as specified in the uninstall function, and the localVSlayout folder:

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>>> soft = installed_softwares(name="Visual Studio Community 2022")
>>> soft
[{'key': '908e4091', 'name': 'Visual Studio Community 2022', 'version': '17.14.36', 'install_date': '2026-07-15 00:00:00', 'install_location': 'C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2022\\Community', 'uninstall_string': '"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Stud
io\\Installer\\setup.exe" uninstall --installPath "C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2022\\Community"', 'publisher': 'Microsoft Corporation', 'system_component': 0, 'win64': False}]
>>> unregister_uninstall(soft[0]["key"])
>>> installed_softwares(name="Visual Studio Community 2022")
[]
>>>

Would it be possible to add the following to def uninstall():

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soft = installed_softwares(name="Visual Studio Community 2022")
if soft:
    unregister_uninstall(soft[0]["key"])[/b]

Or perhaps it would be better to test it this way in the install function:

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    if installed_softwares(name=app_name) and need_install(name=app_name, min_version=control.get_software_version()):
        bin_path = makepath(programfiles32, "Microsoft Visual Studio", "Installer", "setup.exe")
        if isfile(bin_path):
        install_exe_if_needed(
            bin_path,
            # /finalizeInstall --passive or --quiet
            silentflags=r'update --layoutPath "C:\localVSlayout" --in "C:\localVSlayout\Response.json" --force --nocache --noUpdateInstaller --noWeb --quiet --norestart',
            name=app_name,
            min_version=control.get_software_version(),
            get_version = get_version,
            timeout=2500,
            # time_wait_uninstallkey_present=5000,
        )

italbot · September 2, 2026 - 10:18

Hello,

I can look into this. Are you experiencing this issue with any particular versions? So I can test it on my end.

Regards,

Ingrid