Recently I tried to download and install Visual Studio 2019 Community Edition on my PC. When I run the setup file it shows me the workloads to be selected. When I select my workloads and when I try to install there are two options available download all and install and install while downloading. There you will be shown the total space required; according to my understanding, I believe this is the disk space requirements.
But I couldn’t find the total size of the downloaded file. As I cannot afford much on download quota for my internet connection this month, I am looking to find out the size of the file which is getting downloaded.
Under installation locations tab, download cache shows as the place to keep the installation file. It shows as 3.65GB for now. Does this mean the installation files which are getting downloaded is 3.65GB of size and total space required is the disk space requirement?
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Visual Studio 2019 doesn't have a developer edition. The editions are Community, Professional and Enterprise. I assume you are asking about the free Community edition.
All Visual Studio versions download a small loader of about 1.5 MB which downloads the rest. Then you may choose:
Download All: Will download the entire Visual Studio product and then install your choices. With a limited download quota, that's absolutely not the one for you.
Install while downloading: This will download only the options that you choose. That's the most economical choice for bandwidth.
The Total size is the real size that Visual Studio will take on the disk after installation. Installations of each chosen part will be downloaded, installed, and deleted after installation. You may assume that the bandwidth requirements will at most be of this size.
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