Unable to install 2015 ATL MFC support using Visual Studio 2017 15.9.5 installer (1.18.1089.1204)

[mtsmith]

Here is an export of my Visual Studio 2017 Installer config:

{

"version": "1.0",
"components": [
"Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.ManagedDesktop",
"Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NativeDesktop",
"Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.Universal",
"Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NetWeb",
"microsoft.net.componentgroup.targetingpacks.common",
"microsoft.visualstudio.component.entityframework",
"microsoft.visualstudio.component.debugger.justintime",
"microsoft.visualstudio.component.liveunittesting",
"microsoft.visualstudio.component.fsharp.desktop",
"component.dotfuscator",
"microsoft.net.component.4.6.2.sdk",
"microsoft.net.component.4.6.2.targetingpack",
"microsoft.net.component.4.7.sdk",
"microsoft.net.component.4.7.targetingpack",
"microsoft.net.component.4.7.1.sdk",
"microsoft.net.component.4.7.1.targetingpack",
"microsoft.net.component.4.7.2.sdk",
"microsoft.net.component.4.7.2.targetingpack",
"microsoft.visualstudio.component.dependencyvalidation.enterprise",
"microsoft.visualstudio.component.vc.diagnostictools",
"microsoft.visualstudio.component.vc.cmake.project",
"microsoft.visualstudio.component.vc.testadapterforboosttest",
"microsoft.visualstudio.component.vc.testadapterforgoogletest",
"microsoft.component.vc.runtime.ucrtsdk",
"microsoft.visualstudio.component.windows81sdk",
"microsoft.visualstudio.component.vc.atlmfc",
"microsoft.visualstudio.component.vc.cli.support",
"microsoft.visualstudio.component.vc.modules.x86.x64",
"microsoft.visualstudio.component.windows10sdk.17134",
"microsoft.visualstudio.componentgroup.windows10sdk.16299",
"microsoft.visualstudio.componentgroup.windows10sdk.15063",
"microsoft.visualstudio.component.windows10sdk.14393",
"microsoft.visualstudio.component.windows10sdk.10240",
"microsoft.visualstudio.component.vc.140",
"microsoft.visualstudio.component.debugger.snapshot",
"microsoft.visualstudio.component.aspnet45",
"microsoft.visualstudio.component.testtools.webloadtest",
"microsoft.visualstudio.componentgroup.azure.prerequisites",
"microsoft.component.azure.datalake.tools",
"microsoft.visualstudio.component.azure.resourcemanager.tools",
"microsoft.visualstudio.component.azure.mobileappssdk",
"microsoft.visualstudio.component.azure.servicefabric.tools",
"microsoft.visualstudio.component.azure.storage.azcopy",
"microsoft.component.cookiecuttertools",
"microsoft.component.pythontools.web",
"microsoft.component.pythontools.uwp",
"microsoft.visualstudio.component.node.tools",
"component.redgate.readyroll",
"component.redgate.sqlprompt.vspackage",
"component.redgate.sqlsearch.vsextension",
"microsoft.visualstudio.component.rtools",
"microsoft.visualstudio.component.r.open",
"microsoft.visualstudio.component.sharepoint.tools",
"microsoft.visualstudio.component.teamoffice",
"component.xamarin.inspector",
"component.xamarin.profiler",
"microsoft.net.component.3.5.developertools",
"microsoft.visualstudio.component.git",
"microsoft.visualstudio.component.javascript.projectsystem",
"microsoft.visualstudio.component.cordova",
"component.mdd.android",
"component.mdd.ios",
"microsoft.visualstudio.component.nuget.buildtools",
"component.linux.cmake",
"component.mdd.linux.gcc.arm",
"microsoft.component.helpviewer",
"component.github.visualstudio",
"microsoft.visualstudio.component.linqtosql",
"microsoft.visualstudio.component.testtools.codeduitest",
"microsoft.visualstudio.component.testtools.feedbackclient",
"microsoft.visualstudio.component.testtools.microsofttestmanager"
]
}


and note that my C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\atlmfc folder is still missing so I'm unable to build 2015 projects which depend on ATL & MFC.

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