Visual Studio 2022 Install Failure - Microsoft.VisualCpp.Redist.14;PackageAction=Install;ReturnCode=1921

Question

When attempting to install Visual Studio 2022 (same issue when attempting to install Visual Studio 2019), once the installation gets to a certain point it reports the following:

"Sorry, something went wrong" Couldn't install Microsoft.VisualCpp.Redist.14

Here is the log:

Something went wrong with the install.

You can troubleshoot the package failures by:

1. Search for solutions using the search URL below for each package failure
2. Modify your selections for the affected workloads or components and then retry the installation
3. Remove the product from your machine and then install again

================================================================================ Package 'Microsoft.VisualCpp.Redist.14,version=14.34.31931,chip=x86' failed to install. Search URL https://aka.ms/VSSetupErrorReports?q=PackageId=Microsoft.VisualCpp.Redist.14;PackageAction=Install;ReturnCode=1921 Details Command executed: "c:\windows\syswow64\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoLogo -NoProfile -Noninteractive -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -InputFormat None -Command "& """C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\VisualStudio\Packages\Microsoft.VisualCpp.Redist.14,version=14.34.31931,chip=x86\VCRedistInstall.ps1""" -PayloadDirectory """C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\VisualStudio\Packages\Microsoft.VisualCpp.Redist.14,version=14.34.31931,chip=x86""" -Architecture x86 -Logfile """C:\Users\jbeaumont\AppData\Local\Temp\dd_setup_20221128140210_221_Microsoft.VisualCpp.Redist.14.log"""; exit $LastExitCode" Return code: 1921 Return code details: The name of the file cannot be resolved by the system. Log C:\Users\jbeaumont\AppData\Local\Temp\dd_setup_20221128140210_221_Microsoft.VisualCpp.Redist.14.log Impacted workloads .NET desktop development (Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.ManagedDesktop,version=17.4.33006.217,productarch=x64) ASP.NET and web development (Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NetWeb,version=17.4.33006.217,productarch=x64) Impacted components .NET Debugging with WSL (Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.WslDebugging,version=17.4.33006.217) .NET desktop development tools (Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.ManagedDesktop.Prerequisites,version=17.4.33006.217) .NET profiling tools (Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.DiagnosticTools,version=17.4.33006.217) ASP.NET and web development prerequisites (Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Web,version=17.4.33006.217) ASP.NET and web development prerequisites (Microsoft.VisualStudio.ComponentGroup.Web,version=17.4.33006.217) Azure WebJobs Tools (Component.Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.AzureFunctions,version=17.4.33006.217) Azure WebJobs Tools (Microsoft.VisualStudio.ComponentGroup.AzureFunctions,version=17.4.33006.217) C# and Visual Basic (Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Roslyn.LanguageServices,version=17.4.33006.217) Cloud tools for web development (Microsoft.VisualStudio.ComponentGroup.Web.CloudTools,version=17.4.33006.217) Data sources for SQL Server support (Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.SQL.DataSources,version=17.4.33006.217) Development tools for .NET (Microsoft.NetCore.Component.DevelopmentTools,version=17.4.33006.217) F# language support (Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.FSharp,version=17.4.33006.217) F# language support for web projects (Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.FSharp.WebTemplates,version=17.4.33006.217) Live Share (Component.Microsoft.VisualStudio.LiveShare.2022,version=1.0.5716) Managed Desktop Workload Core (Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.ManagedDesktop.Core,version=17.4.33006.217) Razor Language Services (Component.Microsoft.VisualStudio.RazorExtension,version=17.4.33006.217) SQL Server Data Tools (Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.SQL.SSDT,version=17.4.33006.217) Web development tools for .NET (Microsoft.NetCore.Component.Web,version=17.4.33006.217)

Answer 1

I had the same error, and this is how I fixed it:

1. Download and install both x64 and x86 version of the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable package from here.
2. Restart your PC.
3. Temporarily disable your antivirus.
4. From the Visual Studio Installer, repair your Visual Studio Installation. (This will take some time)
5. Enable your antivirus.