Visual Studio 2015 Portable [best] -

While there is no official "portable" version of the full Visual Studio 2015 IDE

(VS Code) is the best option. It is not the full VS 2015 IDE but a highly extensible source code editor. How to get it: Download the Windows ZIP version from the VS Code download page Enable Portable Mode: Extract the ZIP and create a new folder named Visual Studio 2015 Portable

Subject: [Release] Visual Studio 2015 Portable (Fully Functional, No Install Required!) While there is no official "portable" version of

Plug-and-Play: Can run from a USB drive without a standard installation. Make sure to run Visual Studio 2015 Portable

Conclusion

If you found a “Visual Studio 2015 Portable.exe” on a download site, delete it. Run antivirus. And then bookmark this article.

• Make sure to run Visual Studio 2015 Portable from a folder with write permissions, to ensure that settings and project data are saved correctly.
• Consider using a fast portable storage device, such as a USB 3.0 drive or an external SSD, to improve performance.
• Visual Studio 2015 Portable can be used in conjunction with other portable development tools, such as portable Git or portable debugging tools.

Features (Based on VS 2015 Enterprise)

Because these are usually based on the Enterprise SKU, the portable version typically includes all the major features of the 2015 release:

Status: Discontinued in 2017. No support for C# 6/7 features. But for legacy .NET 4.5 code, it works.