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A guide to uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio Installer from your system

Microsoft Visual Studio Installer is a software application. This page contains details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It was developed for Windows by Microsoft Corporation. Further information on Microsoft Corporation can be seen here. The program is frequently located in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer folder (same installation drive as Windows). The full command line for uninstalling Microsoft Visual Studio Installer is C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vs_installer.exe. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may receive a notification for administrator rights. The application's main executable file is named vs_installer.exe and its approximative size is 181.10 KB (185448 bytes).

Microsoft Visual Studio Installer is composed of the following executables which occupy 57.40 MB (60190296 bytes) on disk:

  • vswhere.exe (404.09 KB)
  • vs_installer.exe (181.10 KB)
  • vs_installershell.exe (55.87 MB)
  • CheckHyperVHost.exe (88.10 KB)
  • InstallCleanup.exe (42.10 KB)
  • Setup.exe (124.60 KB)
  • vs_installer.windows.exe (37.59 KB)
  • vs_installerservice.exe (14.99 KB)
  • vs_installerservice.x86.exe (15.00 KB)
  • VSHiveStub.exe (26.43 KB)
  • VSIXAutoUpdate.exe (192.44 KB)
  • VSIXInstaller.exe (349.93 KB)
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The current web page applies to Microsoft Visual Studio Installer version 1.15.3248.309 alone. Click on the links below for other Microsoft Visual Studio Installer versions:

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A considerable amount of files, folders and Windows registry data can be left behind when you are trying to remove Microsoft Visual Studio Installer from your PC.

Usually, the following files are left on disk:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}_Microsoft Visual Studio_Installer_vs_installer_exe

Usually the following registry keys will not be uninstalled:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{6F320B93-EE3C-4826-85E0-ADF79F8D4C61}


How to uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio Installer from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Microsoft Visual Studio Installer is a program offered by the software company Microsoft Corporation. Frequently, people choose to uninstall this program. Sometimes this is easier said than done because doing this by hand takes some skill regarding Windows program uninstallation. The best EASY solution to uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio Installer is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general utility to maximize the performance of your PC.

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  • navigate to Download Link
  • download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire the program's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful program.

3. Click on the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the programs installed on your PC will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Microsoft Visual Studio Installer or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Microsoft Visual Studio Installer". The Microsoft Visual Studio Installer application will be found automatically. Notice that when you select Microsoft Visual Studio Installer in the list of apps, some information regarding the application is shown to you:


  • Star rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have regarding Microsoft Visual Studio Installer, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Details regarding the application you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.
7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. accept the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio Installer.
Uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio Installer


8. After uninstalling Microsoft Visual Studio Installer, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong Microsoft Visual Studio Installer which have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing Microsoft Visual Studio Installer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your system.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.



Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice 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 application for your PC. This text only contains detailed info on how to remove Microsoft Visual Studio Installer in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2018-03-19 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2018-03-19 21:17:27.670