Cannot install Visual Studio 2017 community edition after sudden shutdown

Question

I started installing VS and then my computer turned off suddenly (due to overheating).

When I was reinstalling it, an error message appeared saying:

Can't install in a non empty folder.

So I deleted the folder C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\community

Then, when I tried to install it, it failed.

This is the log:

[2a18:0008][2017-06-09T09:08:50] Error 0x80004003: at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Cache.InstanceRepository.GetInstance()
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Cache.CacheRepository.d__28.MoveNext() at System.Linq.Enumerable.FirstOrDefault[TSource](IEnumerable1 source, Func2 predicate) at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Engine.VerifyInstallationPath(IServiceProvider services, String installationPath, IInstance instance, IQuery query)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Engine.Install(Product product, String destination, CancellationToken token)Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

Solution 1

Refer to the error message, you can try to completely remove the installed VS 2017 as below:

1. Go to Control Panel-Programs and Features, right click the VS 2017 and ‘Uninstall’

2. Manually remove or delete the VS 2017 installation folders: %ProgramData%\Microsoft\VisualStudio\Packages and C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\community

Please have a look at this similar issue: Visual Studio 2017 RC Setup Operation Failed

Solution 2

Go to your folder C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\community Make sure this folder is Empty. There shouldn't be any other directory inside, then check your error has been gone and Install button is enabled.