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title: Install C++ support in Visual Studio 2017 | Microsoft Docs
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description: "Install Visual Studio support for Visual C++"
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ms.custom: "mvc"
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ms.date: "06/21/2018"
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ms.date: "09/17/2018"
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ms.topic: "tutorial"
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ms.technology: ["devlang-C++"]
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ms.devlang: "C++"
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## Visual Studio 2015 Installation
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To install Visual Studio 2015, go to [Download older versions of Visual Studio](https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/older-downloads/). Run the setup program and choose **Custom installation** and then choose the C++ component.
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To install Visual Studio 2015, go to [Download older versions of Visual Studio](https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/older-downloads/). Run the setup program and choose **Custom installation** and then choose the C++ component. To add C++ support to an existing Visual Studio 2015 installation, click on the Windows Start button and type **Add Remove Programs**. Open the program from the results list and then find your Visual Studio 2015 installation in the list of installed programs. Double-click it, then choose **Modify** and select the Visual C++ components to install.
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In general, we highly recommend that you use Visual Studio 2017 even if you need to compile your code using the Visual Studio 2015 compiler. For more information, see [Use native multi-targeting in Visual Studio to build old projects](../porting/use-native-multi-targeting.md).
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