Error occurred during installing VS 2017

Question

I can't install Visual Studio Community 2017 RC

The log:

[1a48:0007][2016-12-09T16:08:29] Error 0x80131509:

at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Engine.VerifyInstallationPath(IServiceProvider services, String installationPath, IInstance instance, IQuery query)

at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Engine.Install(Product product, String destination, CancellationToken token)The specified instance '5d0b6377' cannot be installed to the same location or child directory of existing instance 'f8835dde'.

Answer 1

From https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/content/problem/3379/install-failed-and-cant-reinstal.html:

Added a solution by David Walker · Nov 20 at 09:52 PM

I searched hard drive and deleted folders that contained the instance 'key' - '478ecff' than reran installer.

c:\dir 478ecff /s .. showed me folders to delete/empty.... once I did that installer would run again without throwing above error.

Hope this helps someone else.

In your case substitute 478ecff with your own instance - f8835dde