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    Install error 0x80131500 Failed to deserialize packages

    installFixed-in: Visual Studio 2017 version 15.0windows 10.0.10586visual studio 2017 installer rc

    avatar image andreas.beyer reported Nov 18, 2016 at 12:16 AM

    statejson.txt (57.3 kB)
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    Solution by avatar image andreas.beyer · Dec 01, 2016 at 01:45 PM

    The file mentioned by Elliot (state.json) found under 

    %ProgramData%\Microsoft\VisualStudio\Packages_Instances\<instance> where "instance" is an 8 character Hex string.

    was the problem. The json parsing error was obvious. I renamed the file and the setup worked like a charm.

    Thx @Elliot Cooley

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    Solution by avatar image John Catenzaro - MSFT [MSFT] · May 01, 2017 at 09:55 PM

    This issue has been fixed. You can download the latest version of Visual Studio via the in-product notification or from here:https://www.visualstudio.com. Thanks to everyone who provided feedback, votes and solutions for this problem.

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