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I am looking for the Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools. Are they still available somewhere?
I can find the 2015 and 2019 versions. The 2017 version seems impossible to find.
Due to toolchain limitations, I unfortunately cannot use the 2019 version to install MSVC141.
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To install them just select the “VC++ 2015.3 v140 toolset for desktop (x86,x64)” at the bottom of the “Optional” section. After the product install finishes you can click the “Launch” button on the VS installer to open a Developer Command Prompt for VS2017 with the v141 MSVC toolset in the path and ready to go.
Visual Studio 2017: mainstream support ends April 12, 2022, and the product will transition to extended support until April 2027. During extended support we'll provide fixes only for security issues. We recommend users move to the 15.9 supported baseline to remain under support.
Since you already have the VS 2015, you can go to Control Panel—Programs and Features and right click the VS 2015 item and Change-Modify, then check the option of those components that relates to the Visual C++ Build Tools, like Visual C++, Windows SDK… then install them.
Use of the Build Tools require a valid Visual Studio license. If you can use the Visual Studio Community for free, you can also use the Build Tools with a valid free license.
It is not clear how Microsoft decided not to make VS2017 Build Tool installer an obvious option for you to download, but maintainers on Chocolatey have packed up every recent releases, so you can download and install from there.
Alternatively, the chocolatey install script contains a link to Microsoft servers where the VS 2017 Build Tools Installer is still available.
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From here (guide for installing VS buildtools in a Docker container), I found that you can download:
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You can find Build Tools for Visual Studio 2017 here.
https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/older-downloads
To download any product from the following list, click the download button and log in with your Visual Studio Subscription account when prompted. If you don’t have a Visual Studio Subscription, you can create one for free by clicking on “Create a new Microsoft account” on the login page.
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To track it down I had to go to https://my.visualstudio.com/Downloads/Featured and search for "build tools" or "build tools 2017". Looks like you'd have to register and sign in to the site to get to the build tools downloads.
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