Microsoft Visual Studio 2017
How to uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 from your PC
Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 is a computer program. This page is comprised of details on how to remove it from your computer. The Windows version was developed by
Microsoft Corporation. You can read more on Microsoft Corporation or check for application updates
here. Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 is normally set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer directory, regulated by the user's option. You can remove Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vs_installer.exe /uninstall. Keep in mind that you might get a notification for administrator rights. vs_installer.exe is the programs's main file and it takes approximately 146.17 KB (149680 bytes) on disk.
The following executables are incorporated in Microsoft Visual Studio 2017. They occupy 60.10 MB (
63019648 bytes) on disk.
- vs_installer.exe (146.17 KB)
- vs_installershell.exe (59.23 MB)
- CheckHyperVHost.exe (87.19 KB)
- InstallCleanup.exe (42.18 KB)
- Setup.exe (111.15 KB)
- vs_installer.windows.exe (38.71 KB)
- vs_installerservice.exe (14.99 KB)
- vs_installerservice.x86.exe (15.00 KB)
- VSHiveStub.exe (43.17 KB)
- vsixinstaller.exe (310.18 KB)
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1.5.30227.2 of Microsoft Visual Studio 2017. You can find below info on other releases of Microsoft Visual Studio 2017:
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Some files and registry entries are regularly left behind when you remove Microsoft Visual Studio 2017.
Folders that were found:- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer
Files remaining:- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.150x150.contrast-black_scale-100.png
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.150x150.contrast-black_scale-140.png
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.150x150.contrast-black_scale-180.png
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.150x150.contrast-black_scale-80.png
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.150x150.contrast-standard_scale-100.png
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.150x150.contrast-standard_scale-140.png
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.150x150.contrast-standard_scale-180.png
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.150x150.contrast-standard_scale-80.png
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.150x150.contrast-white_scale-100.png
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.150x150.contrast-white_scale-140.png
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.150x150.contrast-white_scale-180.png
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.150x150.contrast-white_scale-80.png
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.70x70.contrast-black_scale-100.png
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.70x70.contrast-black_scale-140.png
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.70x70.contrast-black_scale-180.png
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.70x70.contrast-black_scale-80.png
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-100.png
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-140.png
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-180.png
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-80.png
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.70x70.contrast-white_scale-100.png
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.70x70.contrast-white_scale-140.png
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.70x70.contrast-white_scale-180.png
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.70x70.contrast-white_scale-80.png
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\blink_image_resources_200_percent.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\content_resources_200_percent.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\content_shell.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\d3dcompiler_47.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\ffmpeg.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\icudtl.dat
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\libEGL.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\libGLESv2.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\LICENSES.chromium.html
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\am.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\ar.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\bg.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\bn.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\ca.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\cs.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\da.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\de.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\el.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\en-GB.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\en-US.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\es.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\es-419.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\et.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\fa.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\fake-bidi.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\fi.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\fil.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\fr.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\gu.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\he.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\hi.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\hr.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\hu.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\id.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\it.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\ja.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\kn.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\ko.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\lt.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\lv.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\ml.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\mr.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\ms.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\nb.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\nl.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\pl.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\pt-BR.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\pt-PT.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\ro.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\ru.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\sk.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\sl.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\sr.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\sv.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\sw.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\ta.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\te.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\th.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\tr.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\uk.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\vi.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\zh-CN.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\zh-TW.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\natives_blob.bin
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\node.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Resources.pri
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Resources.scale-140.pri
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Resources.scale-180.pri
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\resources\app\layout\CheckHyperVHost.exe
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\resources\app\layout\cs\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Common.resources.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\resources\app\layout\cs\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Download.resources.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\resources\app\layout\cs\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Engine.resources.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\resources\app\layout\cs\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.resources.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\resources\app\layout\cs\Setup.resources.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\resources\app\layout\de\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Common.resources.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\resources\app\layout\de\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Download.resources.dll
Registry that is not removed:- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\33C816911211C5738940EFBD2A7C1AC5
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\3E71EBF17FFDBE837A342292E3A34710
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\8847D8B73BC53DA40BE31A0C184F0DDB
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\8C8B7BFE62EC9E23989DD5CEC73F96EE
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\B4994F35EB4120C3583297B7E555F10E
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\C66CD636242A3703D81A399555EBE252
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\F083C4D544119A14F8BB0E9D393A8352
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{6F320B93-EE3C-4826-85E0-ADF79F8D4C61}
Additional values that are not cleaned:- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\33C816911211C5738940EFBD2A7C1AC5\ProductName
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\3E71EBF17FFDBE837A342292E3A34710\ProductName
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\8847D8B73BC53DA40BE31A0C184F0DDB\ProductName
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\8C8B7BFE62EC9E23989DD5CEC73F96EE\ProductName
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\B4994F35EB4120C3583297B7E555F10E\ProductName
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\C66CD636242A3703D81A399555EBE252\ProductName
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\F083C4D544119A14F8BB0E9D393A8352\ProductName
How to erase Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO
Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 is an application released by Microsoft Corporation. Sometimes, users choose to uninstall it. Sometimes this is troublesome because doing this manually requires some experience related to Windows program uninstallation. The best SIMPLE practice to uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:
1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general utility to optimize your Windows PC.
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- download the setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD NOW button
- set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful program.
3. Press the General Tools button

4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button

5. All the applications existing on the computer will appear
6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 or simply activate the Search field and type in "Microsoft Visual Studio 2017". If it is installed on your PC the Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 program will be found automatically. Notice that after you select Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 in the list of apps, the following data regarding the application is available to you:
- Star rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have regarding Microsoft Visual Studio 2017, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
- Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
- Technical information regarding the application you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.
7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio 2017.

8. After removing Microsoft Visual Studio 2017, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your computer.
Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to serve you properly.
Disclaimer
The text above is not a piece of advice to remove Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 by Microsoft Corporation from your PC, we are not saying that Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 by Microsoft Corporation is not a good application for your computer. This text only contains detailed info on how to remove Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.
Last update on: 2017-03-07 18:01:14.927