I have a Resharper 9x license and it is only compatible up to MS VS Community 2015 edition. I tried to download the 2015 version from Microsoft but their website stubbornly wants me to have 2017, only. Can someone please provide me a url to the 2015 edition? Or, explain how to navigate Microsoft’s site to obtain the 2015 edition?
Update on solution
1) vs_community.exe is the download filename for any version, 2015, 2017, etc. You will not know which version it is until you click the .exe. You will then see the version in the title of the installer.
2) There is a url trick to get the version that you want.
https://www.visualstudio.com/thank-you-downloading-visual-studio/?sku=Community&rel=15
…change the rel=15 to rel=17 etc
Or use the links provided in the answer below
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You can use these links to download Visual Studio 2015
- Community Edition:
vs2015.3.com_enu.iso
And for anyone in the future who might be looking for the other editions here are the links for them as well:
- Professional Edition:
vs2015.3.pro_enu.iso - Enterprise Edition:
vs2015.3.ent_enu.iso
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The “official” way to get the vs2015 is to go to https://my.visualstudio.com/ ; join the ” Visual Studio Dev Essentials” and then search the relevant file to download https://my.visualstudio.com/Downloads?q=Visual%20Studio%202015%20with%20Update%203
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The toxicity in this community – this is the answer: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/older-downloads/
You can find it by searching for “Visual Studio 2015 Community installer” – it was the first link in the search engine I used.
It’s easy to find – nothing difficult – no moronic conglomerate trying to stop you from downloading a community/free edition of their product. You can see that they allow downloading all the way back to the 2013 version (and so much more).
There is a nice big text box that lets you type in what you are looking for right on the link I provided – try typing “Visual Studio 2015”.
The correct answer isn’t a link that’s deep in the Microsoft download folder that could move and no longer be correct.
The correct answer (https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/older-downloads/) gives you a selection of ways and versions to download (iso, web installer, shell, etc)
If you don’t want to create an account just use a throw-away account – use a guid and create a (insert your favorite webmail provider here) account that you never use again.
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