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If you meant VS Code (not Visual Studio), the offline installer is much simpler: Download the .exe (System Installer) or .zip (portable) file from the official VS Code website under "Download" → "Other downloads." Final Verdict There is no single "VS2022 Community Offline Installer.exe" file. Instead, you use the official bootstrapper with the --layout command. It takes an extra 10 minutes to set up, but once you have that USB drive, you can install Visual Studio on any offline machine indefinitely.

Burn the c:\vs2022_offline folder to a USB drive or external HDD. On the target PC, open that folder and run:

Offline Windows machines sometimes lack required root certificates. Before installing, make sure the offline PC has all Windows Updates applied, or manually install the certificate from certificates folder inside your layout.

How to Download the Visual Studio Community 2022 Offline Installer (Step-by-Step)

Use the cd command to go to where you saved vs_community.exe . For example: