Can I uninstall visual studio 2017 and still use the 2017 platform toolset in visual studio 2019?-CodePudding

IIRC, you used to have to have a prior version installed in order to build using that tool set, but from what I gather now the platform tools are optionally installed with the newer version. At the time I installed 2019, I was using the 2017 version, I still have lots of projects using the 2017 platform tool set even though I only use vs2019.

So my question is if I can now uninstall VS2017 and continue to build using that platform toolkit in VS2019?

TIA!!

CodePudding user response：

Yes, you can, but not the way you think. The vc141 toolkit (VS2017) also comes with 2019 and you have to install it separately.

uninstall VS2017 completely
open the Visual Studio Installer
click "modify" on the 2019 instance
go to "invidual components"
enter "v141" in the search field
install all components you need

IOW: The platform and toolkit for VS2017 are also contained in VS2019.

Now you can choose "v141" in the "Toolkit" property and you can even mix and match.