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# Installing the Visual Studio 2013 Isolated Shell

Pre-requisites: The Visual Studio 2013 Shell (Integrated) Redistributable Package is distributed on the Requirements Editor media for installation. The isolated shell recommendation for Web browser is Internet Explorer 10 (earlier versions are acceptable); the installer will provide this and other setup warnings as part of the installation process.
This topic describes how to install the Visual Studio 2013 Shell (Integrated) as a prerequisite to installing Requirements Editor.

1. Navigate to the root folder on the CD or location of the installation files on the target machine.
2. Select and open vs_isoshell.exe.
3. In the 20132 Shell (Isolated) screen, check the I agree to the License terms and conditions box and click Install.
   In the User Account Control dialog box (if presented) , click Yes. The installation wizard begins the installation process. This may take several minutes.
4. Once the installation process completes, you may be prompted to restart your computer. Click Restart Now.
5. In the Setup Successful dialog box, click Close.
   The installation wizard closes and the Visual Studio 2013 Shell is successfully installed on the machine.

The Visual Studio 2013 Shell is installed on your computer and you can now proceed to install Requirements Editor.