Windows 10: Visual Studio working, but says it can't be installed

I have Visual Studio installed and working on a new Surface PC. The problem is that I keep getting an alert from VS: this program can only be installed on a version of Windows designed for x64 architecture. Is the Surface not x64?Why is VS working if it can't be installed?Could it be some python - or other - program that I installed alongside VS?

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How can I associate my Visual Studio 2022 install with Visual Studio installer?

I have a Visual Studio 2022 install, I want to add components to it but Visual Studio Installer says "No products are installed"

Clicking the button from the Visual Studio installer shows this window (I can't add the image, so I will symbolically type it out):

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| Visual Studio Installer |

| For this action, --channelId and --productID |

| Or --installPath is required |

| Command Usage |

| And all the command line arguments listed |

| [Close] |

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How can I associate it back? I don't want to re-install Visual Studio

The path is D:\copy\My\Visual Studio 2022 (1)

 

Visual Studio (.NET Framework)

Do you still have the Visual Studio Installer or Visual Studio Manager still installed?

If you have it still installed and it opens up correctly, you could try removing all additional packages that are installed, and try reinstalling them again. It could have been a corruption issue relating to package extensions that you may have installed
into Visual Studio 2017 Community Edition. If that does not work, go to apps in settings, and select Visual Studio 2017 Community Edition and select repair. If that does not work, you could try going to TechNet, and asking there for help. It could be a
bug with the current version of the .NET Framework 48 or with the recent version of Visual Studio 2017 Community Edition.

If you can not find Visual Studio Installer or Visual Studio Manager, unfortunately in this situation the only thing I can think of is if you still have the installation file that you downloaded from the Visual Studio website. If you can't find that, then
I suggest that you download Visual Studio 2019 Community Edition, since the 2017 Community edition is not given for free anymore unless you have some sort of subscription. However, I suggest that you still check with TechNet before taking this step.

 

Visual Studio 2022 17.5 Preview 3 now available

Read more: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visua...iew-3-is-here/