Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Shell -isolated- [updated] Download -
If you are getting an error like "A compatible version of Visual Studio was not found," you may have corrupted registry keys from a previous install attempt.
Microsoft now often lists the Visual Studio 2015 Shell under the "Visual Studio 2015 SDK" download page. When you download the SDK, you gain access to the IsoShell redistributables. If you are getting an error like "A
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No. The Visual Studio Isolated Shell is proprietary. The modern equivalent is the , but note: Microsoft discontinued the Isolated Shell model entirely after Visual Studio 2017. For new development, Microsoft recommends using the Visual Studio SDK to build extensions for the full IDE, not custom isolated shells.