How to download Visual Studio 2013 update 2 offline/standalone installation?

Question

As downloadable here but to be an online installtion process.

I\'m looking to ways to download the package offline and/or the standalone .iso installation file - similar

Answer 1

From this link do the following:

Answer 2

If you have a number of people in your team that will need the udpate, it is a good idea to get someone to download the file to a local share and then share the location with yours team, as this file takes quite a while to download normally, and you are not able to use Visual Studio while the download has started.

One other way to do this is to go to the "Overview of Visual Studio 2013 updates" page (link below) and download the latest VS update.

"Overview of Visual Studio 2013 updates" - https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2829760.

On this page click on "Download the latest Visual Studio 2013 update package now" and you will be redirected to the VS update page, where you will be able to download the file.

VS 2013 Update 5 direct link: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=48129

So if you have downloaded the file to C:\downloads, go to the command prompt and navigate to C:\downloads (or shift + right-click on the folder, then selecting "open command window here" .

Once you are in this folder, type the following command:

VS2013.5.exe /layout

This should bring up the Visual Studio Update window, and the download will then start.