Repair/Modify operation did not finish successfully.
“Setup error – repair/modify operation did not finish successfully.” message shown when starting Visual Studio 2015
Problem:
When starting Visual Studio 2015, the following message is shown
“Setup error – repair/modify operation did not finish successfully.”
Resolution:
This message is shown when a repair was previously performed on the Visual Studio 2015 software but it was not able to successfully complete.
To resolve this issue amend the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\VisualStudio\14.0\Setup\VS\enterprise
IsInstallInProgress key should be set to 0
