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Visual Studio Image Library

  • Published:
  • Version: 2015, 2017, 2019
  • Category: SDK
  • Language: English

The Visual Studio Image Library contains application images that appear in Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Windows, the Office system and other Microsoft software.

  • The Visual Studio Image Library contains application images that appear in Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Windows, the Office system and other Microsoft software. The libraries for Visual Studio 2012, Visual Studio 2013, Visual Studio 2015, Visual Studio 2017, and Visual Studio 2019 are available and each library contains over thousands of images which can be used to create applications that look visually consistent with Microsoft software.

    For details on legacy image libraries (Visual Studio 2010 and earlier), visit this location.

Files

Status: Live

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FileSize
Visual Studio 2012 Image Library EULA.docx
SHA1: 6083e87d36545e7f74c18e26c6da3b768f368f6d
30 KB
Visual Studio 2013 Image Library EULA.docx
SHA1: b3e4976e38fabe6716cecbafeb607b6241dd91a7
34 KB
Visual Studio 2015 Image Library EULA.docx
SHA1: 646a3cff8ed53a77c9bbabdbd6f4209b7432d4a1
34 KB
Visual Studio 2017 Image Library EULA.RTF
SHA1: b1d8039762c974e42daf8dfe27f38eef0c512dae
24 KB
Visual Studio 2019 Image Library EULA.rtf
SHA1: 89a3955f3a864683ce93c3f036fb1f1d8789df85
23 KB
VS2012 Image Library.zip
SHA1: b27ac7d50d5c285fe70bea9191733da7fd8dd0be
17.16 MB
VS2013 Image Library.zip
SHA1: ec964e8a34edafb8bd147341513a6d408bfb24de
282.60 MB
VS2015 Image Library.zip
SHA1: 38353d0ff9c7053a09d29dd98d8eabfe935c55d1
2.88 GB
VS2017 Image Library.zip
SHA1: 92a62a79d16ac127c77cb60e5adf233346acf88e
12.52 MB
VS2019 Image Library.zip
SHA1: 2523063c28b1870258b516d5dc80408e8fad1933
7.82 MB

File sizes and hashes are retrieved from the Wayback Machine’s indexes. They may not match the latest versions of files hosted on Microsoft servers.

System Requirements

Operating Systems: Windows 10, Windows 7 Service Pack 1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2, Windows Server 2012

Installation Instructions

  • Visual Studio 2012 Image Library

    The Visual Studio 2012 image library includes five main categories of images: Common Elements, Actions, Annotations, AppIcons and Objects. Readme files are also included in the PDF format for the Common Elements and Icon types. These readme files include information about how to use these images appropriately in your applications.

    To access the files in the image library, download VS2012 Image Library.zip and extract the folders and images from the zip file.

    By downloading and using the Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Image Library you agree to the terms of the Microsoft Software License Terms (link).

    Visual Studio 2013 Image Library

    The Visual Studio 2013 image library includes legacy images (from previous versions including VS2012), new images for 2013, and the .ai source files in vector format. Readme files are also included in the PDF format for the Common Elements and Icon types. These readme files include information about how to use these images appropriately in your applications.

    To access the files in the image library, download VS2013 Image Library.zip and extract the folders and images from the zip file.

    By downloading and using the Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 Image Library you agree to the terms of the Microsoft Software License Terms (link).

    Visual Studio 2015 Image Library

    The Visual Studio 2015 image library includes legacy images (from previous versions including VS2012 and VS2013), new images for 2015, and the .ai source files in vector format. The readme files include information about how to use these images appropriately in your applications and more details on the concepts.

    To access the files in the image library, download VS2015 Image Library.zip and extract the folders and images from the zip file.

    By downloading and using the Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Image Library you agree to the terms of the Microsoft Software License Terms (link).

    Visual Studio 2017 Image Library

    The Visual Studio 2017 image library includes legacy images (from previous versions including VS2012, VS2013 and VS2015), new images for 2017, and source files in vector format (e.g. SVG and XAMLfiles). The readme files include information about how to use these images appropriately in your applications and more details on the concepts.

    To access the files in the image library, download VS2017 Image Library.zip and extract the folders and images from the zip file.

    By downloading and using the Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 Image Library you agree to the terms of the Microsoft Software License Terms (link).


    Visual Studio 2019 Image Library

    The Visual Studio 2019 image library includes legacy images (from previous versions including VS2012, VS2013, VS2015 and VS2017), new images for 2019, and source files in vector format (e.g. SVG and XAMLfiles). The readme files include information about how to use these images appropriately in your applications and more details on the concepts.

    To access the files in the image library, download VS2019 Image Library.zip and extract the folders and images from the zip file.

    By downloading and using the Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 Image Library you agree to the terms of the Microsoft Software License Terms (link).