Visual Studio 2015 Community Edition Installation Stuck In Windows 10

Question

I am trying to install VS 2015 in Windows 10 and the installation is stuck at the "Applying Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 x86 Debug Runtime - 14.0.23026" section for around 4 hours.

The Acquiring section is showing 100% though.

Terminated the same to find the below details in a log file:

[2015-08-02T16:48:28]i305: Verified acquired payload: 
VSSetupUtility_Complete_vs_community at path: C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\.unverified\VSSetupUtility_Complete_vs_community, moving to: C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\7DB2302D-A398-3430-A694-   6B1ECD9A8D22\packages\vs_community\VSSetupUtility.exe.
[0CD8:1FE0][2015-08-02T16:48:28]i000: MUX:  Source confirmed
[0CD8:1FE0][2015-08-02T16:48:28]i000: MUX:  Set the Cache Complete Event
[0CD8:1854][2015-08-02T19:23:22]i000: MUX:  Go to CancelPrompt page.
[0CD8:1854][2015-08-02T19:23:26]i000: MUX:  Go to Progress page.
[0CD8:1854][2015-08-02T19:28:19]i000: MUX:  Go to CancelPrompt page.

After "Set the Cache Complete Event" it is stuck for 3 hours...

When I look at the Task Manager details -> Analyze wait chain for the exe, it shows deadlock.

This is the 3rd time I am trying to install VS 2015 community edition; 2 times using the web installer and the 3rd time using an ISO.

Answer 1

My installation was stuck for 2 days.
I fixed it this way:

• open the Task Manager (taskmgr.exe) and use the Details tab. I had two vs_community.exe instances running.
• I've used the command "Analyze wait chain" to inspect them. One of the instances was locked in waiting for an EnableGraphicsTools.exe process. I killed the process EnableGraphicsTools.exe and my installation resumed and was successful.

Answer 2

In my case the vs_community.exe was stuck waiting on enableaspnet.exe. I killed it and the install process continued.

Answer 3

Get the iso for vs community edition and turn the internet off. Issue resolved by doing this way

Answer 4

I disabled my AVG Internet Security 2015 for until next restart. Solved the issue. Best luck

Answer 5

I just disabled the internet connection for the period of the installation (installing from an offline ISO file, of course) and the process went through fine. FYI.