I can't seem to download Visual Studio Community 2017 onto my secondary hdd
I have an SSD as my C: drive which I use to boot and store a few steam games but I also have a secondary 1TB HDD (F:) which is used for large files and applications that don't need fast boot up times. This being said, I want to install visual studio to my F: drive but it only seems to want to install to my C: drive.
After choosing what workloads I would like, I press the change location button as it says that it wants to install in C: drive.
original location:
This redirects me to the Installation Locations tab and I change the location to a folder on my F: drive but I get the error "Visual Studio cannot be installed to a nonempty directory"
even though the directory is indeed empty:
Does anyone know a solution to this issue? I would very much like it if I can use my HDD for Visual Studio as my SSD doesn't have that much space.
windows-10 hard-drive ssd visual-studio-2017
edited Dec 29 '18 at 6:11
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I have an SSD as my C: drive which I use to boot and store a few steam games but I also have a secondary 1TB HDD (F:) which is used for large files and applications that don't need fast boot up times. This being said, I want to install visual studio to my F: drive but it only seems to want to install to my C: drive.
After choosing what workloads I would like, I press the change location button as it says that it wants to install in C: drive.
original location:
This redirects me to the Installation Locations tab and I change the location to a folder on my F: drive but I get the error "Visual Studio cannot be installed to a nonempty directory"
even though the directory is indeed empty:
Does anyone know a solution to this issue? I would very much like it if I can use my HDD for Visual Studio as my SSD doesn't have that much space.
windows-10 hard-drive ssd visual-studio-2017
edited Dec 29 '18 at 6:11
fixer1234
18.7k144882
asked Dec 29 '18 at 5:12
benWornesbenWornes
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Which language development do you use with VS17? There is an option to selectively make offline installer package and install it thus taking lower space.
– Biswapriyo
Dec 29 '18 at 7:34
I mainly use C# but sometimes I use python or C++
– benWornes
Dec 30 '18 at 2:56
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I have an SSD as my C: drive which I use to boot and store a few steam games but I also have a secondary 1TB HDD (F:) which is used for large files and applications that don't need fast boot up times. This being said, I want to install visual studio to my F: drive but it only seems to want to install to my C: drive.
After choosing what workloads I would like, I press the change location button as it says that it wants to install in C: drive.
original location:
This redirects me to the Installation Locations tab and I change the location to a folder on my F: drive but I get the error "Visual Studio cannot be installed to a nonempty directory"
even though the directory is indeed empty:
Does anyone know a solution to this issue? I would very much like it if I can use my HDD for Visual Studio as my SSD doesn't have that much space.
windows-10 hard-drive ssd visual-studio-2017
edited Dec 29 '18 at 6:11
fixer1234
18.7k144882
asked Dec 29 '18 at 5:12
benWornesbenWornes
12
I have an SSD as my C: drive which I use to boot and store a few steam games but I also have a secondary 1TB HDD (F:) which is used for large files and applications that don't need fast boot up times. This being said, I want to install visual studio to my F: drive but it only seems to want to install to my C: drive.
After choosing what workloads I would like, I press the change location button as it says that it wants to install in C: drive.
original location:
This redirects me to the Installation Locations tab and I change the location to a folder on my F: drive but I get the error "Visual Studio cannot be installed to a nonempty directory"
even though the directory is indeed empty:
Does anyone know a solution to this issue? I would very much like it if I can use my HDD for Visual Studio as my SSD doesn't have that much space.
windows-10 hard-drive ssd visual-studio-2017
windows-10 hard-drive ssd visual-studio-2017
edited Dec 29 '18 at 6:11
fixer1234
18.7k144882
asked Dec 29 '18 at 5:12
benWornesbenWornes
12
edited Dec 29 '18 at 6:11
fixer1234
18.7k144882
asked Dec 29 '18 at 5:12
benWornesbenWornes
12
edited Dec 29 '18 at 6:11
fixer1234
18.7k144882
edited Dec 29 '18 at 6:11
fixer1234
18.7k144882
edited Dec 29 '18 at 6:11
fixer1234
18.7k144882
18.7k144882
asked Dec 29 '18 at 5:12
benWornesbenWornes
12
asked Dec 29 '18 at 5:12
benWornesbenWornes
12
asked Dec 29 '18 at 5:12
benWornesbenWornes
12
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Which language development do you use with VS17? There is an option to selectively make offline installer package and install it thus taking lower space.
– Biswapriyo
Dec 29 '18 at 7:34
I mainly use C# but sometimes I use python or C++
– benWornes
Dec 30 '18 at 2:56
add a comment |
Which language development do you use with VS17? There is an option to selectively make offline installer package and install it thus taking lower space.
– Biswapriyo
Dec 29 '18 at 7:34
I mainly use C# but sometimes I use python or C++
– benWornes
Dec 30 '18 at 2:56
Which language development do you use with VS17? There is an option to selectively make offline installer package and install it thus taking lower space.
– Biswapriyo
Dec 29 '18 at 7:34
Which language development do you use with VS17? There is an option to selectively make offline installer package and install it thus taking lower space.
– Biswapriyo
Dec 29 '18 at 7:34
I mainly use C# but sometimes I use python or C++
– benWornes
Dec 30 '18 at 2:56
I mainly use C# but sometimes I use python or C++
– benWornes
Dec 30 '18 at 2:56
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Which language development do you use with VS17? There is an option to selectively make offline installer package and install it thus taking lower space.
– Biswapriyo
Dec 29 '18 at 7:34
I mainly use C# but sometimes I use python or C++
– benWornes
Dec 30 '18 at 2:56