194
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I have a Resharper 9x license and it is only compatible up to MS VS Community 2015 edition. I tried to download the 2015 version from Microsoft but their website stubbornly wants me to have 2017, only. Can someone please provide me a url to the 2015 edition? Or, explain how to navigate Microsoft's site to obtain the 2015 edition?

Update on solution

1) vs_community.exe is the download filename for any version, 2015, 2017, etc. You will not know which version it is until you click the .exe. You will then see the version in the title of the installer.

2) There is a url trick to get the version that you want.

https://www.visualstudio.com/thank-you-downloading-visual-studio/?sku=Community&rel=15

...change the rel=15 to rel=17 etc

Or use the links provided in the answer below

2
"url trick" link does not work any more. The links in the actual answer do.Sean McMillan

2 Answers

577
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You can use these links to download Visual Studio 2015

Community Edition:

And for anyone in the future who might be looking for the other editions here are the links for them as well:

Professional Edition:

Enterprise Edition:

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The "official" way to get the vs2015 is to go to https://my.visualstudio.com/ ; join the " Visual Studio Dev Essentials" and then search the relevant file to download https://my.visualstudio.com/Downloads?q=Visual%20Studio%202015%20with%20Update%203