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Downloads:
67,726
Downloads of v 2.8.4:
33,300
Last Update:
28 Oct 2019
Package Maintainer(s):
Software Author(s):
- Microsoft
Tags:
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- Software Site
- Software Source
- Software License
- Software Docs
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- Package Specific:
- Package Source
- Package outdated?
- Package broken?
- Contact Maintainers
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- Software Vendor?
- Report Abuse
- Download

Visual Studio Locator
- Software Specific:
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Downloads:
67,726
Downloads of v 2.8.4:
33,300
Maintainer(s):
Software Author(s):
- Microsoft
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To install Visual Studio Locator, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
To upgrade Visual Studio Locator, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
To uninstall Visual Studio Locator, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
NOTE: This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.
1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment
Please see the organizational deployment guide
2. Get the package into your environment-
Open Source or Commercial:
- Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://chocolatey.org/api/v2. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
- You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download
-
Open Source
- Download the Package Download
- Follow manual internalization instructions
-
Package Internalizer (C4B)
- Run
choco download vswhere --internalize --source=https://chocolatey.org/api/v2
(additional options) - Run
choco push --source="'http://internal/odata/repo'"
for package and dependencies - Automate package internalization
- Run
3. Enter your internal repository url
(this should look similar to https://chocolatey.org/api/v2)
4. Choose your deployment method:
choco upgrade vswhere -y --source="'STEP 3 URL'" [other options]
See options you can pass to upgrade.
See best practices for scripting.
Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.
If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:
choco upgrade vswhere -y --source="'STEP 3 URL'"
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE
Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
Exit 0
}
Exit $exitCode
- name: Ensure vswhere installed
win_chocolatey:
name: vswhere
state: present
version: 2.8.4
source: STEP 3 URL
See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.
Coming early 2020! Central Managment Reporting available now! More information...
chocolatey_package 'vswhere' do
action :install
version '2.8.4'
source 'STEP 3 URL'
end
See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.
Chocolatey::Ensure-Package
(
Name: vswhere,
Version: 2.8.4,
Source: STEP 3 URL
);
Requires Otter Chocolatey Extension. See docs at https://inedo.com/den/otter/chocolatey.
cChocoPackageInstaller vswhere
{
Name = 'vswhere'
Ensure = 'Present'
Version = '2.8.4'
Source = 'STEP 3 URL'
}
Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.
package { 'vswhere':
provider => 'chocolatey',
ensure => '2.8.4',
source => 'STEP 3 URL',
}
Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.
salt '*' chocolatey.install vswhere version="2.8.4" source="STEP 3 URL"
See docs at https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/ref/modules/all/salt.modules.chocolatey.html.
5. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation
See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.
This package was approved as a trusted package on 26 Aug 2020.
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The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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VERIFICATION
Verification is intended to assist the Chocolatey moderators and community
in verifying that this package's contents are trustworthy.
tools\vswhere.exe is produced by us from the same repository as this package: https://github.com/Microsoft/vswhere
md5: 47311796BF30801F56B242524F384FF6 | sha1: B59022C4BD4619DEE83546A79C7600A2256BB4BE | sha256: E50A14767C27477F634A4C19709D35C27A72F541FB2BA5C3A446C80998A86419 | sha512: 1A98BEEBD1BB6929CBE98B86A3B77FB1AE4508B86CDCB64696B20C3A3336A2B5C8518E19A21092F1C98A46202C048DBA819DC52BEF122485AC34B888B77E59B2
Log in or click on link to see number of positives.
- vswhere.2.8.4.nupkg (04f8e59e6df9) - ## / 56
- vswhere.exe (e50a14767c27) - ## / 70
In cases where actual malware is found, the packages are subject to removal. Software sometimes has false positives. Moderators do not necessarily validate the safety of the underlying software, only that a package retrieves software from the official distribution point and/or validate embedded software against official distribution point (where distribution rights allow redistribution).
Chocolatey Pro provides runtime protection from possible malware.
Version | Downloads | Last Updated | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Visual Studio Locator 2.8.4 | 33300 | Monday, October 28, 2019 | Approved |
Visual Studio Locator 2.8.3-gded0fdd044 | 66 | Thursday, October 24, 2019 | Approved |
Visual Studio Locator 2.8.2-g417060f504 | 150 | Saturday, September 21, 2019 | Approved |
Visual Studio Locator 2.7.1 | 7650 | Friday, July 26, 2019 | Approved |
Visual Studio Locator 2.7.1-g180c706d56 | 83 | Friday, July 26, 2019 | Approved |
Visual Studio Locator 2.6.13-ga6d40ba5f4 | 123 | Friday, June 28, 2019 | Approved |
Visual Studio Locator 2.6.10-gb60cc3196e | 189 | Wednesday, April 3, 2019 | Approved |
Visual Studio Locator 2.6.7 | 4684 | Wednesday, January 30, 2019 | Approved |
Visual Studio Locator 2.6.6-gd9dbe79db3 | 108 | Monday, January 28, 2019 | Approved |
Visual Studio Locator 2.6.3-g7446fa5c48 | 111 | Thursday, January 24, 2019 | Approved |
Visual Studio Locator 2.6.2-gf078b21784 | 118 | Wednesday, January 23, 2019 | Approved |
Visual Studio Locator 2.5.11-g0d92cf1f7a | 133 | Wednesday, January 23, 2019 | Approved |
Visual Studio Locator 2.5.10-gc021cdba3c | 123 | Friday, January 18, 2019 | Approved |
Visual Studio Locator 2.5.9 | 1167 | Wednesday, January 2, 2019 | Approved |
Visual Studio Locator 2.5.2 | 3439 | Wednesday, June 13, 2018 | Approved |
Visual Studio Locator 2.4.1 | 1221 | Tuesday, March 27, 2018 | Approved |
Visual Studio Locator 2.3.7 | 1130 | Thursday, March 8, 2018 | Approved |
Visual Studio Locator 2.3.2 | 980 | Tuesday, January 23, 2018 | Approved |
Visual Studio Locator 2.2.11 | 1452 | Tuesday, October 31, 2017 | Approved |
Visual Studio Locator 2.2.7 | 865 | Thursday, October 12, 2017 | Approved |
Visual Studio Locator 2.2.3 | 539 | Saturday, October 7, 2017 | Approved |
Visual Studio Locator 2.1.4 | 1881 | Wednesday, September 6, 2017 | Approved |
Visual Studio Locator 2.1.3 | 3312 | Saturday, July 29, 2017 | Approved |
Visual Studio Locator 2.0.2 | 1097 | Saturday, June 24, 2017 | Approved |
Visual Studio Locator 1.0.71 | 465 | Tuesday, June 13, 2017 | Approved |
Visual Studio Locator 1.0.62 | 826 | Wednesday, April 12, 2017 | Approved |
Visual Studio Locator 1.0.58 | 494 | Wednesday, March 15, 2017 | Approved |
Visual Studio Locator 1.0.55 | 316 | Wednesday, March 15, 2017 | Approved |
Visual Studio Locator 1.0.50 | 935 | Friday, March 10, 2017 | Approved |
Visual Studio Locator 1.0.47 | 279 | Wednesday, March 8, 2017 | Approved |
Visual Studio Locator 1.0.40 | 342 | Saturday, March 4, 2017 | Approved |
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