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These are notes on how to download an official installer for a Visual Studio Community Edition other than the latest version from the official website.
Overview
It was no longer possible to download the Community edition of a Visual Studio version other than the latest one from the official site.
Also, even on the MSDN site where past versions can be downloaded, Visual Studio 2022 was only available for download in the Pro or Enterprise editions.
However, I did not want to use any shady third-party software distribution sites, so I looked for an official download source.
As of 2026-01-25, I was able to download installers for the Community editions of Visual Studio 2017 through 2022 from the following aka.ms links. (aka.ms is an official Microsoft link service, and the downloaded files are all signed by Microsoft.)
Official Download Links
Visual Studio 2017 Community: https://aka.ms/vs/15/release/vs_community.exe
Visual Studio 2019 Community: https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vs_community.exe
Visual Studio 2022 Community: https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vs_community.exe
Summary
I am leaving this here as a note.
I have a feeling that even these direct links could stop working at some point, so I plan to keep a local copy of the installer as well, just in case.