Microsoft Visual Studio Installer

A guide to uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio Installer from your PC

You can find on this page detailed information on how to uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio Installer for Windows. It was created for Windows by Microsoft Corporation. Further information on Microsoft Corporation can be found here. Microsoft Visual Studio Installer is frequently set up in the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer directory, depending on the user's choice. The full command line for uninstalling Microsoft Visual Studio Installer is C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vs_installer.exe. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might get a notification for administrator rights. vs_installer.exe is the Microsoft Visual Studio Installer's primary executable file and it occupies around 204.59 KB (209496 bytes) on disk.

Microsoft Visual Studio Installer installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 54.24 MB (56875176 bytes) on disk.

• setup.exe (497.38 KB)
• vswhere.exe (448.12 KB)
• vs_installer.exe (204.59 KB)
• vs_installer.windows.exe (30.62 KB)
• vs_installershell.exe (50.96 MB)
• CheckHyperVHost.exe (83.13 KB)
• handle.exe (415.63 KB)
• InstallCleanup.exe (36.08 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 (63.40 KB)
• VSHiveStub.exe (26.36 KB)
• VSIXAutoUpdate.exe (202.86 KB)
• VSIXConfigurationUpdater.exe (22.91 KB)
• VSIXInstaller.exe (414.36 KB)

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The current web page applies to Microsoft Visual Studio Installer version 2.4.1083.303 only. For other Microsoft Visual Studio Installer versions please click below:

• 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
• 1.15.3241.220
• 1.15.3229.209
• 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
• 1.17.1261.626
• 1.17.1227.606
• 1.17.1289.727
• 1.16.1252.717
• 1.17.1296.827
• 1.17.1298.831
• 1.18.1050.913
• 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
• 2.0.3270.221
• 1.18.1096.130
• 2.0.1184.128
• 2.0.3283.305
• 2.0.2220.201
• 2.0.3274.226
• 1.18.1100.314
• 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
• 2.1.3131.625
• 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
• 2.4.43.1002
• 2.4.1078.1106
• 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
• 2.5.2061.411
• 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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Some files, folders and Windows registry data will not be deleted when you want to remove Microsoft Visual Studio Installer from your PC.

The files below are left behind 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

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the data below:

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

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

Microsoft Visual Studio Installer is a program released by the software company Microsoft Corporation. Frequently, people want to uninstall this application. This can be efortful because uninstalling this manually requires some know-how related to PCs. One of the best QUICK practice to uninstall 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, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around tool to maximize the performance of your Windows system.

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• go to Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows tool.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the applications existing on your 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 feature and type in "Microsoft Visual Studio Installer". If it is installed on your PC the Microsoft Visual Studio Installer application will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select Microsoft Visual Studio Installer in the list , some data regarding the application is available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you 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 app you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. accept the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove Microsoft Visual Studio Installer.


8. After uninstalling Microsoft Visual Studio Installer, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click 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 can be sure that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove Microsoft Visual Studio Installer by Microsoft Corporation from your PC, nor are we saying that Microsoft Visual Studio Installer by Microsoft Corporation is not a good application for your PC. This page only contains detailed instructions 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 our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.