Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7 Update 3 (15.7.3) is now available

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7.3 (latest version: 15.7 Update 3) is a new servicing update for Visual Studio 2017 installation. If you are running Visual Studio 2017, update to the latest version 15.7.3 to resolve a bunch of issues that has been fixed by Microsoft.

To get the updates, either check for update notification within the IDE or launch the Visual Studio Installer. Check out this blog post to know what has been fixed in this update build.

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Top issues fixed in Visual Studio 2017 v15.7.3

• VS2017 compiler creates broken debug build using Qt framework and generates 'Invalid address specified to RtlValidateHeap' error.
• Incorrect code generation for matrix multiplication.
• VS 2017 Update 7: Git History Codelens only showing entries for the past 6 months.
• UWP projects reference multiple NetStandard 2.0 dlls after 15.7.1 upgrade.
• Building C++ code in VS 15.7 with /std:c++17 breaks binary compatibility for std::_Ptr_move_cat.
• Visual Studio 15.7 stuck when opening XAML files.
• CMake configuration fails and generates message "C++ IntelliSense information may be out of date, generate the CMake cache to refresh".
• Unable to start second process for debugging.
• After update to Visual Studio 15.7.1, some test programs fail in start-up due to reading access violation.
• Missing compiler required member 'Microsoft.CSharp.RuntimeBinder.Binder.Convert'.
• Build fails after 15.7.0 update on older project using .NET 3.5 .
• Coloring, typing, tooltips and IntelliSense slow in F# in VS2017 editor.
• F# editing experience takes up to a minute for tooltips and dropdowns to display.
• Certain class member variable value are incorrectly read as zero.
• Attempt to open XAML file for the first time causes VS to sit with the "Opening the file ..." message for about 10 minutes before XAML file opens.
• Visual Studio slows down and freezes, creating work loss.
• The target "GetBuiltProjectOutputRecursive" does not exist in the project.
• Internal error with lambda C++17 after 15.7.1 update.
• UWP App is slow to return a stopped state in IDE.
• MSVC auto-vectorization produces incorrect code or incorrect results.
• Visual Studio closed debug a new instance project1, when a new debug new instance project2 has started.
• Latest update breaks "start without debugging" on multiple projects.
• UWP XAML is very very slow on open.
• XAML viewer freezes on 15.7.2 and 15.8.0 preview 1.1.
• Xamarin UI Test App project template missing.
• Xamarin project creation problem.
• Visual Studio crashes when creating new Mobile APP Xamarin.
• Unable to create Xamarin.Forms-Projects.
• Can't create new projects Xamarin Forms.
• Blank project crash after update.

Source: Visual Studio 2017 Release Notes