Due to licensing complexity of today's installer we just can't make the ISO for you but in the link above as you pointed out you can create your own. We're sorry for that but its what we can offer today.
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Download of 'https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=823168' succeeded using engine 'WebClient'
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stats of the target directory so far:
2,631 Files, 1,005 Folders total 14,444,652,261 bytes
I previously got the offline download to complete with version RC1 in November 2016 but RC2 in Janurary 2017 always hung in the same spot. I didn't pursue RC2 troubleshooting since RTM would be available a month later and I hoped whatever problem with RC2 would be resolved in RTM.
Well, it still doesn't work. Please let the MS team know that there's something about the offline download ("--layout" option) that's fragile and prone to hang. I don't believe it's an issue with overloaded servers because when I tried multiple times with RC2, it always hung on the exact same file whether it was morning/night/ weekday/weekend. I suspect the current problem is similar.
I took a screenshot of the hung process for RC2 in January and it seems to hang right after downloading WinSdkInstall.ps1 which is similar to RTM behavior:
Unfortunately the printed logs only show what has been downloaded, not what is currently downloading. I know - that's not very helpful in this case. It would be really useful to see the more detailed logs, which are stored in the %TEMP% folder. It might be that it's not hung at all - if it's a really large file that's being downloaded. If you're willing to mail me at tims@microsoft.com, I'd be happy to work with you to grab your detailed logs and investigate further.
I then went to Task Manager and noticed the powershell.exe command hanging with 0% cpu consumed.
I remembered that sometimes those commands hang on network paths so I ran "vs_Enterprise.exe --layout" again to local "C:\VS2017_RTM" instead of mapped "Z:\VS2017_RTM".
It then completed without hanging. The completed target folder has:
1,901 Files, 765 Folders total 22,171,951,890 bytes
It seems strange that the successful completion results in less files & folders but 8 more gigabytes. I assume some intermediate scripts cleaned up some files.
The licensing complexity comes from things like downloading cordova and the android sdk, etc... Which are options that you can select. Distributing in ISO form, would mean changing the installer license, as opposed to optional licenses to agree to, you have to then composite the whole.
The command line I used:
last lines of the console: stats of the target directory so far: I previously got the offline download to complete with version RC1 in November 2016 but RC2 in Janurary 2017 always hung in the same spot. I didn't pursue RC2 troubleshooting since RTM would be available a month later and I hoped whatever problem with RC2 would be resolved in RTM.Well, it still doesn't work. Please let the MS team know that there's something about the offline download ("--layout" option) that's fragile and prone to hang. I don't believe it's an issue with overloaded servers because when I tried multiple times with RC2, it always hung on the exact same file whether it was morning/night/ weekday/weekend. I suspect the current problem is similar.
I took a screenshot of the hung process for RC2 in January and it seems to hang right after downloading WinSdkInstall.ps1 which is similar to RTM behavior:
RC2 hung in January: http://imgur.com/a/uwfoj
RTM hung in March (today): http://imgur.com/a/QxqC3