Manually install VS extension

[anthony.fiti@lv]

I installed 19.1.0 today, and it doesn't seem like it successfully installed the VS 2017 plugin. I cant figure out how to modify the installation to remove and reinstall the plugin. Is that possible, without uninstalling and reinstalling all of Fortify? 

[Raphael Hagi]

Looking at the Fortify Marketplace, I think the extension doesn't have a new version.

[HansEnders]

Whic one of these three did you mean precisely?

• SCA plugin for VS IDE:  install option found within the SCA Installation Wizard  (Do you have the supported VS IDE installed?)

• Security Assistant plugin for VS IDE:  https://marketplace.microfocus.com/fortify/content/fortify-security-assistant-for-visual-studio   (not updated for 19.10 at this time)

• FOD plugin for VS IDE:  https://marketplace.microfocus.com/fortify/content/fortify-on-demand-visual-studio-plugin  (for FOD SaaS customers to review Issues locally / on-premise)

[anthony.fiti@lv · Accepted solution]

So I had to go to Add/Remove programs and uninstall 19.1. During the uninstall I chose to remove just the plugin. 

Then I tried the installer to install it again. It failed again. 

While the dialog box was up, I found the vsix installer in the Fortify app directory. I copied it and manually installed it and that worked. 

That was entirely too difficult. 

[JBarry]

Anthony, 

I appear to be facing a similar issue as you, but I can't seem to get your solution to work. When you reference the "vsix installer" I assume you are referring to "FortifyPackage.vsix"? I copied this file over and double-clicked it, but it did not do anything. I additionally ran the below command from the VS Command Prompt, but still no luck. Am I approaching your solution incorrectly? 

Command: VSIXInstaller /a /q /skuVersion:15.0 /skuName:Pro "C:\Location\To\FortifyPackage.vsix"

Thanks,
Jim

[JBarry]

Please disregard my previous post. It looks like just running the below command from the VS Command Prompt has done the trick. I agree with Anthony that this required way too many hoops to jump through to get this working, but I am glad he found a solution I could replicate. 

Command: VSIXInstaller Path/To/FortifyPackage.vsix

[dchacon1]

Thanks for the trick. It solved the problem.

In my case, I found FortifyPackage.vsix in C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\fortify-installer\VS2017

Best regards.