A high-level, general-purpose programming language, created as an extension of the C programming language, that has object-oriented, generic, and functional features in addition to facilities for low-level memory manipulation.
Visual Studio 2019 (which includes the Microsoft C++/MSVC toolset for “C++ 2019”) is available as an older download and can be installed side‑by‑side with other Visual Studio versions.
To get C++ 2019:
- Go to the Visual Studio 2019 older downloads page: use the link referenced as “Visual Studio 2019 Downloads” in the documentation.
- Download the desired Visual Studio 2019 edition (for example, Community).
- Run the installer.
- In the Workloads tab, select the Desktop development with C++ workload to install the C++ toolset.
- Complete the installation.
After installation, the MSVC C++ compiler and libraries for Visual Studio 2019 will be available, and Visual Studio 2019 can be used alongside other versions.
For C++ redistributable runtimes (if needed for running apps rather than developing), use the “Latest supported v14 (for Visual Studio 2017–2026)” section on the Visual C++ Redistributable latest supported downloads page and choose the appropriate architecture.
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