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A guide to uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio Installer from your computer

Microsoft Visual Studio Installer is a Windows program. Read more about how to uninstall it from your computer. It was coded for Windows by Microsoft Corporation. Open here where you can get more info on Microsoft Corporation. The application is often found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer directory (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 be prompted for administrator rights. Microsoft Visual Studio Installer's main file takes around 210.31 KB (215360 bytes) and is called vs_installer.exe.

Microsoft Visual Studio Installer contains of the executables below. They take 50.03 MB (52456808 bytes) on disk.




  • vswhere.exe (447.59 KB)
  • vs_installer.exe (210.31 KB)
  • vs_installershell.exe (47.22 MB)
  • CheckHyperVHost.exe (90.40 KB)
  • handle.exe (415.63 KB)
  • InstallCleanup.exe (42.80 KB)
  • Setup.exe (153.17 KB)
  • vs_installer.windows.exe (37.88 KB)
  • Microsoft.ServiceHub.Controller.exe (204.40 KB)
  • vs_installerservice.exe (15.58 KB)
  • vs_installerservice.x86.exe (15.61 KB)
  • BackgroundDownload.exe (70.85 KB)
  • VSHiveStub.exe (26.56 KB)
  • VSIXAutoUpdate.exe (200.36 KB)
  • VSIXConfigurationUpdater.exe (29.66 KB)
  • VSIXInstaller.exe (411.86 KB)
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This web page is about Microsoft Visual Studio Installer version 2.0.3274.226 only. For other Microsoft Visual Studio Installer versions please click below:

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After the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the computer. Some of these are shown below.

Files remaining:
  • 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

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


How to delete Microsoft Visual Studio Installer from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Microsoft Visual Studio Installer is an application released by Microsoft Corporation. Frequently, people choose to remove it. This is efortful because removing this by hand requires some skill related to Windows program uninstallation. One of the best EASY way 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 on your PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general tool to take care of your PC.

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2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with the program's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system optimizer.

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


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the programs installed on your computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate 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 automatically. When you select Microsoft Visual Studio Installer in the list , the following data regarding the program is made available to you:


  • Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have regarding Microsoft Visual Studio Installer, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information regarding the application you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.
7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. Confirm the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio Installer.
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8. After removing Microsoft Visual Studio Installer, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items of Microsoft Visual Studio Installer that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing Microsoft Visual Studio Installer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.



Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio Installer by Microsoft Corporation from your computer, nor are we saying that Microsoft Visual Studio Installer by Microsoft Corporation is not a good software application. This page only contains detailed info on how to uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio Installer in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2019-03-09 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2019-03-09 18:02:02.983