title: Can I uninstall visual studio 2017 and still use the 2017 platform toolset in visual studio 2019?
body: <p>IIRC, you used to have to have a prior version installed in order to build using that tool set, but from what I gather now the platform tools are optionally installed with the newer version.  At the time I installed 2019, I was using the 2017 version, I still have lots of projects using the 2017 platform tool set even though I only use vs2019.</p>
  <p>So my question is if I can now uninstall VS2017 and continue to build using that platform toolkit in VS2019?</p>
  <p>TIA!!</p>