Microsoft Visual Studio Installer

How to uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio Installer from your computer

Microsoft Visual Studio Installer is a Windows application. Read below about how to uninstall it from your PC. It is made by Microsoft Corporation. Go over here for more details on Microsoft Corporation. Usually the Microsoft Visual Studio Installer program is found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer folder, depending on the user's option during setup. You can uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio Installer by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vs_installer.exe. Keep in mind that you might get a notification for admin rights. The program's main executable file has a size of 211.80 KB (216888 bytes) on disk and is named vs_installer.exe.

Microsoft Visual Studio Installer contains of the executables below. They take 50.04 MB (52466312 bytes) on disk.

• vswhere.exe (447.59 KB)
• vs_installer.exe (211.80 KB)
• vs_installershell.exe (47.22 MB)
• CheckHyperVHost.exe (90.40 KB)
• handle.exe (415.63 KB)
• InstallCleanup.exe (42.80 KB)
• Setup.exe (154.88 KB)
• vs_installer.windows.exe (37.88 KB)
• Microsoft.ServiceHub.Controller.exe (206.10 KB)
• vs_installerservice.exe (15.37 KB)
• vs_installerservice.x86.exe (15.59 KB)
• BackgroundDownload.exe (71.14 KB)
• VSHiveStub.exe (26.55 KB)
• VSIXAutoUpdate.exe (201.55 KB)
• VSIXConfigurationUpdater.exe (30.15 KB)
• VSIXInstaller.exe (412.85 KB)

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The current web page applies to Microsoft Visual Studio Installer version 2.1.3131.625 alone. You can find here a few links to other Microsoft Visual Studio Installer releases:

• 2.9.1041.1202
• 2.4.1098.1211
• 0.1.020160329.1
• 0.1.020160506.11
• 0.1.020160702.1
• 0.1.020160825.1
• 0.1.020160818.3
• 0.1.01.0.16100101
• 0.1.01.0.16100708
• 1.15.2197.117
• 1.14.97.1005
• 1.14.125.1030
• 1.14.138.1109
• 1.14.121.1018
• 1.15.155.1130
• 1.14.151.1127
• 1.14.162.1217
• 1.14.160.1208
• 1.14.167.122
• 1.14.164.111
• 1.15.1173.104
• 1.15.3224.202
• 1.15.3245.307
• 1.15.3248.309
• 1.15.3229.209
• 1.15.3241.220
• 1.15.3242.223
• 1.16.79.223
• 1.16.1153.324
• 1.16.112.315
• 1.16.1214.412
• 1.16.1243.427
• 1.16.1237.423
• 1.17.144.520
• 1.16.1247.518
• 1.17.1286.718
• 1.16.1251.625
• 1.17.1227.606
• 1.17.1261.626
• 1.17.1289.727
• 1.16.1252.717
• 1.17.1296.827
• 1.18.1050.913
• 1.17.1298.831
• 1.18.41.831
• 1.18.1076.1019
• 1.18.1080.1029
• 1.18.1089.1204
• 2.0.72.1114
• 2.0.1183.116
• 1.18.1095.110
• 1.18.1096.130
• 2.0.3270.221
• 2.0.1184.128
• 2.0.3283.305
• 2.0.2220.201
• 1.18.1100.314
• 2.0.3274.226
• 2.0.3287.312
• 2.0.3297.403
• 2.1.1092.417
• 2.1.29.321
• 2.1.2105.426
• 2.2.14.514
• 2.2.1042.525
• 2.1.3125.514
• 2.2.2059.610
• 2.1.3129.607
• 2.3.13.627
• 2.2.3073.701
• 1.18.1104.625
• 2.3.1146.807
• 2.3.2207.828
• 2.2.3085.814
• 2.3.2209.906
• 2.0.3307.627
• 2.3.2217.1010
• 2.3.2214.1002
• 2.4.1078.1106
• 2.4.43.1002
• 2.4.1069.1023
• 2.4.1080.1113
• 2.5.20.1114
• 2.5.2057.204
• 2.5.1047.108
• 2.5.2059.317
• 2.6.3.225
• 2.6.1018.320
• 2.4.1083.303
• 2.5.2061.411
• 1.18.1109.411
• 2.6.2033.413
• 2.6.2035.522
• 2.7.8.428
• 2.7.1025.522
• 2.6.2037.624
• 2.7.3057.710
• 2.7.2030.609
• 2.8.18.721
• 2.7.3061.716

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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the PC. Part_A few of these are shown below.

The files below remain on your disk by Microsoft Visual Studio Installer's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}_Microsoft Visual Studio_Installer_vs_installer_exe

Registry keys:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{6F320B93-EE3C-4826-85E0-ADF79F8D4C61}

How to delete Microsoft Visual Studio Installer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Microsoft Visual Studio Installer is a program released by Microsoft Corporation. Sometimes, people try to remove it. This can be hard because performing this by hand takes some experience regarding PCs. One of the best SIMPLE solution to remove Microsoft Visual Studio Installer 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 PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general utility to take care of your computer.

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• go to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
• install 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 features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful program.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the programs existing on the computer will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find Microsoft Visual Studio Installer or simply click the Search field and type in "Microsoft Visual Studio Installer". If it is installed on your PC the Microsoft Visual Studio Installer app will be found automatically. Notice that after you click Microsoft Visual Studio Installer in the list of programs, the following information regarding the program is available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have regarding Microsoft Visual Studio Installer, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the app you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will appear. accept the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove Microsoft Visual Studio Installer.


8. After removing Microsoft Visual Studio Installer, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of Microsoft Visual Studio Installer which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Microsoft Visual Studio Installer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your system.

Your system will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove Microsoft Visual Studio Installer by Microsoft Corporation from your computer, we are not saying that Microsoft Visual Studio Installer by Microsoft Corporation is not a good software application. This text only contains detailed info on how to remove Microsoft Visual Studio Installer in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.