How to install C language in Visual Studio 2017? You need C , not C++ or C# . When installing, there is simply no ordinary C

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    Put C ++ and work on C without problems. Separately do not put, they are too interconnected :) - Harry
  • Practically in all modern compilers, C and C ++ are put together at the same time and are implemented by the same compiler. You do not need to choose anything special: put C ++ in Visual Studio, and S. will also be installed with it. - AnT

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Compiling C and C ++ in the studio deals with the same compiler. Files with the .c extension are automatically compiled as C code. This can also be set manually using the /TC

    If you want to write on pure C, you don’t really want to install large studio packages, you can use the + IDE Pelles C compiler - small, light, supports c99, you can write console and window applications.