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A way to uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio Installer from your system

You can find below detailed information on how to remove Microsoft Visual Studio Installer for Windows. It was developed for Windows by Microsoft Corporation. Go over here where you can get more info on Microsoft Corporation. Usually the Microsoft Visual Studio Installer application is placed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer folder, depending on the user's option during install. You can remove 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 be prompted for administrator rights. The program's main executable file is called vs_installer.exe and occupies 204.59 KB (209496 bytes).

The following executables are installed along with Microsoft Visual Studio Installer. They take about 54.18 MB (56812192 bytes) on disk.

  • setup.exe (438.59 KB)
  • vswhere.exe (448.12 KB)
  • vs_installer.exe (204.59 KB)
  • vs_installer.windows.exe (29.91 KB)
  • vs_installershell.exe (50.96 MB)
  • CheckHyperVHost.exe (82.92 KB)
  • handle.exe (415.63 KB)
  • InstallCleanup.exe (35.88 KB)
  • Setup.exe (147.41 KB)
  • Microsoft.ServiceHub.Controller.exe (206.60 KB)
  • vs_installerservice.exe (15.38 KB)
  • vs_installerservice.x86.exe (16.09 KB)
  • BackgroundDownload.exe (63.61 KB)
  • VSHiveStub.exe (26.58 KB)
  • VSIXAutoUpdate.exe (201.85 KB)
  • VSIXConfigurationUpdater.exe (23.11 KB)
  • VSIXInstaller.exe (414.06 KB)
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This info is about Microsoft Visual Studio Installer version 2.3.2214.1002 only. You can find here a few links to other Microsoft Visual Studio Installer versions:

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If you are manually uninstalling Microsoft Visual Studio Installer we suggest you to verify if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Usually, the following files are left on disk:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\125\{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}_Microsoft Visual Studio_Installer_vs_installer_exe

Registry that is not removed:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{6F320B93-EE3C-4826-85E0-ADF79F8D4C61}


A way to uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio Installer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Microsoft Visual Studio Installer is an application by the software company Microsoft Corporation. Some people try to remove this application. This can be efortful because removing this by hand takes some experience regarding removing Windows programs manually. One of the best QUICK manner to remove Microsoft Visual Studio Installer is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and general utility to optimize your Windows computer.

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  • navigate to Download Link
  • download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of tools.

3. Press the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the applications existing on your computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of applications 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 program will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select Microsoft Visual Studio Installer in the list of programs, the following data about the program is shown to you:


  • Star rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other people have about Microsoft Visual Studio Installer, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Details about the application you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Microsoft Visual Studio Installer.
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8. After uninstalling 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 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 PC.

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



Disclaimer

This page 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. This page only contains detailed info on how to remove Microsoft Visual Studio Installer supposing 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' PCs.

2019-10-08 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2019-10-08 19:30:19.920