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. Here you can find details on how to uninstall it from your computer. The Windows release was developed by Microsoft Corporation. Check out here where you can read more on Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft Visual Studio Installer is normally set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer directory, subject to the user's decision. C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vs_installer.exe is the full command line if you want to uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio Installer. The application's main executable file occupies 204.38 KB (209288 bytes) on disk and is named vs_installer.exe.

The following executables are incorporated in Microsoft Visual Studio Installer. They take 54.48 MB (57130688 bytes) on disk.

• feedback.exe (240.88 KB)
• setup.exe (497.89 KB)
• vswhere.exe (448.12 KB)
• vs_installer.exe (204.38 KB)
• vs_installer.windows.exe (30.42 KB)
• vs_installershell.exe (50.96 MB)
• CheckHyperVHost.exe (82.93 KB)
• handle.exe (415.63 KB)
• InstallCleanup.exe (37.88 KB)
• Setup.exe (147.41 KB)
• Microsoft.ServiceHub.Controller.exe (206.40 KB)
• vs_installerservice.exe (15.59 KB)
• vs_installerservice.x86.exe (15.88 KB)
• BackgroundDownload.exe (63.91 KB)
• VSHiveStub.exe (26.36 KB)
• VSIXAutoUpdate.exe (205.35 KB)
• VSIXConfigurationUpdater.exe (22.91 KB)
• VSIXInstaller.exe (418.87 KB)

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This info is about Microsoft Visual Studio Installer version 2.7.3061.716 alone. 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
• 1.14.125.1030
• 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
• 1.16.1153.324
• 1.16.79.223
• 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
• 1.17.1227.606
• 1.17.1261.626
• 1.17.1289.727
• 1.16.1252.717
• 1.17.1296.827
• 1.18.1050.913
• 1.17.1298.831
• 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
• 1.18.1104.625
• 2.1.3131.625
• 2.3.13.627
• 2.2.3073.701
• 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
• 2.4.1083.303
• 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

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Some files and registry entries are regularly left behind when you remove Microsoft Visual Studio Installer.

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

Registry that is not uninstalled:

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

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

Microsoft Visual Studio Installer is an application released by the software company Microsoft Corporation. Sometimes, people decide to uninstall this application. This can be efortful because performing this by hand requires some experience regarding PCs. The best SIMPLE approach 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 system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general utility to take care of your system.

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• download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of utilities.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


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

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find Microsoft Visual Studio Installer or simply click 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 apps, the following information regarding the program is made 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 - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the application you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Microsoft Visual Studio Installer.


8. After removing Microsoft Visual Studio Installer, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong Microsoft Visual Studio Installer which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Microsoft Visual Studio Installer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice 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 application for your PC. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to remove Microsoft Visual Studio Installer supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.