diff --git a/lib/find-visualstudio.js b/lib/find-visualstudio.js
index a78e763480..2dc1930fd7 100644
--- a/lib/find-visualstudio.js
+++ b/lib/find-visualstudio.js
@@ -54,8 +54,10 @@ class VisualStudioFinder {
     }
 
     const checks = [
+      () => this.findVisualStudio2019OrNewerFromSpecifiedLocation(),
       () => this.findVisualStudio2019OrNewerUsingSetupModule(),
       () => this.findVisualStudio2019OrNewer(),
+      () => this.findVisualStudio2017FromSpecifiedLocation(),
       () => this.findVisualStudio2017UsingSetupModule(),
       () => this.findVisualStudio2017(),
       () => this.findVisualStudio2015(),
@@ -116,6 +118,48 @@ class VisualStudioFinder {
     throw new Error('Could not find any Visual Studio installation to use')
   }
 
+  async findVisualStudio2019OrNewerFromSpecifiedLocation () {
+    return this.findVSFromSpecifiedLocation([2019, 2022])
+  }
+
+  async findVisualStudio2017FromSpecifiedLocation () {
+    if (this.nodeSemver.major >= 22) {
+      this.addLog(
+        'not looking for VS2017 as it is only supported up to Node.js 21')
+      return null
+    }
+    return this.findVSFromSpecifiedLocation([2017])
+  }
+
+  async findVSFromSpecifiedLocation (supportedYears) {
+    if (!this.envVcInstallDir) {
+      return null
+    }
+    const info = {
+      path: path.resolve(this.envVcInstallDir),
+      // Assume the version specified by the user is correct.
+      // Since Visual Studio 2015, the Developer Command Prompt sets the
+      // VSCMD_VER environment variable which contains the version information
+      // for Visual Studio.
+      // https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/ide/reference/command-prompt-powershell?view=vs-2022
+      version: process.env.VSCMD_VER,
+      packages: [
+        'Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.x86.x64',
+        // Assume MSBuild exists. It will be checked in processing.
+        'Microsoft.VisualStudio.VC.MSBuild.Base'
+      ]
+    }
+
+    // Is there a better way to get SDK information?
+    const envWindowsSDKVersion = process.env.WindowsSDKVersion
+    const sdkVersionMatched = envWindowsSDKVersion?.match(/^(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)\..*/)
+    if (sdkVersionMatched) {
+      info.packages.push(`Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Windows10SDK.${sdkVersionMatched[3]}.Desktop`)
+    }
+    // pass for further processing
+    return this.processData([info], supportedYears)
+  }
+
   async findVisualStudio2019OrNewerUsingSetupModule () {
     return this.findNewVSUsingSetupModule([2019, 2022])
   }
@@ -321,7 +365,7 @@ class VisualStudioFinder {
 
   // Helper - process version information
   getVersionInfo (info) {
-    const match = /^(\d+)\.(\d+)\..*/.exec(info.version)
+    const match = /^(\d+)\.(\d+)(?:\..*)?/.exec(info.version)
     if (!match) {
       this.log.silly('- failed to parse version:', info.version)
       return {}
diff --git a/test/test-find-visualstudio.js b/test/test-find-visualstudio.js
index 2c3f4e1981..9cad33eb4e 100644
--- a/test/test-find-visualstudio.js
+++ b/test/test-find-visualstudio.js
@@ -782,4 +782,29 @@ describe('find-visualstudio', function () {
     assert.ok(/find .* Visual Studio/i.test(err), 'expect error')
     assert.ok(!info, 'no data')
   })
+
+  it('run on a portable VS Command Prompt with sufficient environs', async function () {
+    process.env.VCINSTALLDIR = 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2019\\Community\\VC'
+    process.env.VSCMD_VER = '16.0'
+    process.env.WindowsSDKVersion = '10.0.17763.0'
+
+    const finder = new TestVisualStudioFinder(semverV1, null)
+
+    allVsVersions(finder)
+    const { err, info } = await finder.findVisualStudio()
+    assert.strictEqual(err, null)
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(info, {
+      msBuild: 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2019\\' +
+        'Community\\MSBuild\\Current\\Bin\\MSBuild.exe',
+      path:
+        'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2019\\Community',
+      sdk: '10.0.17763.0',
+      toolset: 'v142',
+      // Assume version in the environ is correct.
+      version: '16.0',
+      versionMajor: 16,
+      versionMinor: 0,
+      versionYear: 2019
+    })
+  })
 })