Download Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 15.8.4

Microsoft has released version 15.8.4 of Visual Studio 2017. This popular programming development environment has useful options to make programming easier in Visual C++, Visual Basic, C#, F#, Python, and R, among others. You can read the entire laundry list of changes from the 2017 edition in the accompanying release notes† The changes in this release are as follows:

Top Issues Fixed in 15.8.4

These are the customer-reported issues addressed in 15.8.4:

• Constexpr function with explicit (void) parameter crashes MSVC 15.8.0 release.
• TypeScriptLspCodeActionProvider encountered an error and has been disabled.
• The ‘Shared Web Components’ package did not load correctly.
• Editing CSS with Browser Link enabled can crash Visual Studio.
• Service Fabric Deployment fails in 15.8.0.
• Incorrect error for constexpr pointer to members with VS2017 15.8.
• Constexpr doesn’t support __declspec(dllimport) in VS2017 15.8.
• C++ VS 2017 Update 8 difference in member function pointer between C++14 and C++17 modes leads to crashes.
• TestExplorer locking up UI in latest build.
• [WebKit] “Already defined symbol” for static template member definition (regression).
• VS 15.8.0 Internal compiler error.
• Internal compiler error in constexpr function.
• Test Explorer Window remains blank with Express.
• Visual Studio 2017 fails to open on FIPS enabled machine..
• VS2017 15.8 Internal Compiler Error ‘msc1.cpp’, line 1518 when evaluating simple constexpr function.
• Fatal error C1001 after update to VS 15.8.0.
• Migrating to VS2017 15.8: Internal compiler error when using constexpr functions as template parameters.
• Internal compiler error when compiling a template function with a constexpr in VC++ 15.8.0.
• Code generated by VC 15.8.1 compiler lead to crash.