Microsoft Visual Studio Installer

A guide to uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio Installer from your system

This page is about Microsoft Visual Studio Installer for Windows. Below you can find details on how to remove it from your computer. It was created for Windows by Microsoft Corporation. You can read more on Microsoft Corporation or check for application updates here. The program is often found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer directory. Keep in mind that this path can differ being determined by the user's decision. C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\setup.exe is the full command line if you want to remove Microsoft Visual Studio Installer. The program's main executable file is labeled Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.ToastNotification.exe and occupies 201.04 KB (205864 bytes).

The executable files below are part of Microsoft Visual Studio Installer. They occupy an average of 5.97 MB (6255264 bytes) on disk.

• feedback.exe (303.58 KB)
• InstallCleanup.exe (51.05 KB)
• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.ToastNotification.exe (201.04 KB)
• setup.exe (2.97 MB)
• VSInstallerElevationService.exe (41.55 KB)
• vswhere.exe (458.45 KB)
• vs_installer.exe (202.09 KB)
• vs_installer.windows.exe (31.09 KB)
• vs_installershell.exe (202.04 KB)
• vs_layout.exe (258.10 KB)
• dump64.exe (42.05 KB)
• dump64a.exe (47.01 KB)
• setup.exe (334.55 KB)
• BackgroundDownload.exe (249.10 KB)
• CheckHyperVHost.exe (93.13 KB)
• VSHiveStub.exe (26.05 KB)
• VSIXAutoUpdate.exe (58.06 KB)
• VSIXConfigurationUpdater.exe (25.10 KB)
• VSIXInstaller.exe (439.04 KB)

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The current page applies to Microsoft Visual Studio Installer version 3.13.2069.59209 only. You can find here a few links to other Microsoft Visual Studio Installer versions:

• 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
• 1.14.121.1018
• 1.14.125.1030
• 1.14.162.1217
• 1.14.138.1109
• 1.14.151.1127
• 1.15.155.1130
• 1.14.160.1208
• 1.14.164.111
• 1.15.1173.104
• 1.15.3229.209
• 1.14.167.122
• 1.15.3224.202
• 1.15.3245.307
• 1.15.3241.220
• 1.15.3242.223
• 1.16.1214.412
• 1.15.3248.309
• 1.16.1243.427
• 1.16.1153.324
• 1.16.79.223
• 1.16.1237.423
• 1.16.112.315
• 1.17.144.520
• 1.16.1247.518
• 1.16.1251.625
• 1.17.1261.626
• 1.17.1227.606
• 1.17.1286.718
• 1.17.1289.727
• 1.17.1296.827
• 1.18.41.831
• 1.16.1252.717
• 1.18.1050.913
• 1.17.1298.831
• 2.0.72.1114
• 1.18.1080.1029
• 1.18.1076.1019
• 1.18.1089.1204
• 2.0.1183.116
• 1.18.1095.110
• 2.0.1184.128
• 2.0.3270.221
• 1.18.1096.130
• 2.0.3283.305
• 1.18.1100.314
• 2.0.2220.201
• 2.0.3297.403
• 2.0.3287.312
• 2.1.29.321
• 2.0.3274.226
• 2.1.2105.426
• 2.1.1092.417
• 2.1.3125.514
• 2.2.14.514
• 2.1.3129.607
• 2.2.2059.610
• 2.2.1042.525
• 1.18.1104.625
• 2.1.3131.625
• 2.3.13.627
• 2.3.2207.828
• 2.3.1146.807
• 2.2.3073.701
• 2.3.2209.906
• 2.2.3085.814
• 2.0.3307.627
• 2.4.43.1002
• 2.3.2217.1010
• 2.4.1078.1106
• 2.4.1080.1113
• 2.4.1069.1023
• 2.3.2214.1002
• 2.5.20.1114
• 2.5.2057.204
• 2.5.1047.108
• 2.6.3.225
• 2.5.2059.317
• 2.4.1083.303
• 2.5.2061.411
• 2.6.1018.320
• 1.18.1109.411
• 2.6.2033.413
• 2.6.2035.522
• 2.7.8.428
• 2.7.1025.522
• 2.7.3057.710
• 2.6.2037.624
• 2.8.18.721
• 2.7.2030.609

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

Usually, the following files are left on disk:

• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Platform\WhatsNew\Content\media\ssdt_preview_installer.png
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\Python\Core\pylance\dist\typeshed-fallback\stubs\setuptools\setuptools\installer.pyi
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\Xml\Schemas\PackageManifestSchema.Installer.xsd

Registry keys:

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

Use regedit.exe to delete the following additional registry values from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VSInstallerElevationService\ImagePath

A way to remove Microsoft Visual Studio Installer from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Microsoft Visual Studio Installer is an application offered by Microsoft Corporation. Sometimes, computer users want to erase this application. Sometimes this can be efortful because performing this manually takes some know-how related to removing Windows programs manually. One of the best QUICK practice to erase 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 Windows system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general utility to maximize the performance of your Windows system.

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• visit Download Link
• download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire the program's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of utilities.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


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

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate 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 program will be found automatically. Notice that after you click Microsoft Visual Studio Installer in the list of programs, some information about the application is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you 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.
• Technical information about the application you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. accept the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio Installer.


8. After uninstalling Microsoft Visual Studio Installer, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items of Microsoft Visual Studio Installer that 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 are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove Microsoft Visual Studio Installer by Microsoft Corporation from your PC, we are not saying that Microsoft Visual Studio Installer by Microsoft Corporation is not a good software application. This page only contains detailed instructions 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 discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.