Visual Studio 2019 Community Edition Download
Visual Studio 2022 and CUDA Issues
There are currently known compatibility issues with Visual Studio 2022 v17.10 – v17.14 and CUDA.
To install any version of CUDA, you’ll first need to install Visual Studio (including Desktop Development with C++ option). However, if you install any Visual Studio 2022 editions with versions 17.10 – 17.14, then when you come to install CUDA (any version), your CUDA install will just hang and won’t install.
Solutions
If you’re installing either of the paid Visual Studio 2022 Professional or Enterprise editions, then you can simply choose a previous 2022 version to install during the installation process, which will eliminate the CUDA install issues. Unfortunately, the ability to choose a previous version with the Visual Studio 2022 free Community edition is not available, and only the latest (CUDA incompatible) version will be auto-installed.
For those of us who want to install CUDA and use the free Community version of Visual Studio, the quickest and easiest solution is to just install Visual Studio 2019, which will auto-install the latest 2019 version, currently version 16.11.44, released on February 11, 2025. This works flawlessly with CUDA and has no downsides.
Download Visual Studio 2019 Community Edition
It’s surprisingly difficult to track down the official Visual Studio 2019 Community installer file, so I’ve uploaded it here, for your convenience. Just click the download button above.
Enjoy!
