Microsoft Visual Studio Installer

How to uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio Installer from your system

Microsoft Visual Studio Installer is a computer program. This page is comprised of details on how to uninstall it from your PC. The Windows version was created by Microsoft Corporation. Take a look here for more details on Microsoft Corporation. The application is usually located 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\setup.exe. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might be prompted for administrator rights. vs_installer.exe is the Microsoft Visual Studio Installer's primary executable file and it occupies around 201.54 KB (206376 bytes) on disk.

Microsoft Visual Studio Installer installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 5.43 MB (5695984 bytes) on disk.

• feedback.exe (300.05 KB)
• InstallCleanup.exe (46.93 KB)
• setup.exe (2.68 MB)
• VSInstallerElevationService.exe (40.55 KB)
• vswhere.exe (458.45 KB)
• vs_installer.exe (201.54 KB)
• vs_installer.windows.exe (31.08 KB)
• vs_installershell.exe (201.54 KB)
• vs_layout.exe (253.05 KB)
• dump64.exe (36.52 KB)
• dump64a.exe (44.52 KB)
• setup.exe (334.44 KB)
• BackgroundDownload.exe (249.08 KB)
• CheckHyperVHost.exe (92.98 KB)
• VSHiveStub.exe (22.91 KB)
• VSIXAutoUpdate.exe (50.52 KB)
• VSIXConfigurationUpdater.exe (24.96 KB)
• VSIXInstaller.exe (426.92 KB)

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This web page is about Microsoft Visual Studio Installer version 3.8.2122.37638 alone. You can find here a few links to other Microsoft Visual Studio Installer releases:

• 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
• 1.14.121.1018
• 1.14.162.1217
• 1.14.138.1109
• 1.15.155.1130
• 1.14.160.1208
• 1.14.151.1127
• 1.14.164.111
• 1.15.1173.104
• 1.15.3224.202
• 1.15.3242.223
• 1.15.3229.209
• 1.15.3245.307
• 1.14.167.122
• 1.15.3241.220
• 1.16.1153.324
• 1.15.3248.309
• 1.16.1214.412
• 1.16.79.223
• 1.16.112.315
• 1.16.1243.427
• 1.17.144.520
• 1.16.1237.423
• 1.16.1247.518
• 1.16.1251.625
• 1.17.1261.626
• 1.17.1227.606
• 1.17.1286.718
• 1.16.1252.717
• 1.18.41.831
• 1.17.1289.727
• 1.17.1296.827
• 1.17.1298.831
• 1.18.1050.913
• 1.18.1076.1019
• 1.18.1080.1029
• 2.0.72.1114
• 2.0.1183.116
• 1.18.1095.110
• 1.18.1089.1204
• 2.0.1184.128
• 1.18.1096.130
• 2.0.2220.201
• 2.0.3270.221
• 2.0.3274.226
• 2.0.3283.305
• 1.18.1100.314
• 2.1.1092.417
• 2.0.3297.403
• 2.1.29.321
• 2.0.3287.312
• 2.1.2105.426
• 2.1.3125.514
• 2.2.14.514
• 2.2.2059.610
• 2.1.3129.607
• 2.3.1146.807
• 2.2.1042.525
• 2.2.3073.701
• 2.3.13.627
• 2.3.2207.828
• 2.3.2209.906
• 2.2.3085.814
• 1.18.1104.625
• 2.1.3131.625
• 2.0.3307.627
• 2.4.43.1002
• 2.4.1078.1106
• 2.3.2217.1010
• 2.4.1080.1113
• 2.3.2214.1002
• 2.5.20.1114
• 2.4.1069.1023
• 2.6.3.225
• 2.5.2059.317
• 2.5.2057.204
• 2.5.1047.108
• 2.4.1083.303
• 2.5.2061.411
• 1.18.1109.411
• 2.6.1018.320
• 2.6.2033.413
• 2.7.8.428
• 2.6.2035.522
• 2.7.1025.522
• 2.7.3057.710
• 2.8.18.721
• 2.6.2037.624
• 2.7.3061.716

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A considerable amount of files, folders and Windows registry entries will not be deleted when you are trying to remove Microsoft Visual Studio Installer from your computer.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio Installer from your computer:

• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\Common7\IDE\ItemTemplates\CSharp\General\2052\Installer
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\Common7\IDE\ItemTemplates\VisualBasic\General\2052\Installer

Files remaining:

• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\Common7\IDE\ItemTemplates\CSharp\General\2052\Installer\installer.cs
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\Common7\IDE\ItemTemplates\CSharp\General\2052\Installer\installer.designer.cs
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\Common7\IDE\ItemTemplates\CSharp\General\2052\Installer\installer.vstemplate
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\Common7\IDE\ItemTemplates\VisualBasic\General\2052\Installer\Installer.Designer.vb
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\Common7\IDE\ItemTemplates\VisualBasic\General\2052\Installer\Installer.vb
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\Common7\IDE\ItemTemplates\VisualBasic\General\2052\Installer\Installer.vstemplate
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\Xml\Schemas\PackageManifestSchema.Installer.xsd

Registry that is not removed:

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

Open regedit.exe to remove the values below from the Windows Registry:

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

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

Microsoft Visual Studio Installer is an application by the software company Microsoft Corporation. Some computer users decide to erase this program. Sometimes this can be troublesome because deleting this by hand takes some skill related to removing Windows programs manually. One of the best EASY 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 system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and all around utility to take care of your system.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system utility.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the applications existing on the PC will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find Microsoft Visual Studio Installer or simply activate the Search field and type in "Microsoft Visual Studio Installer". If it exists on your system the Microsoft Visual Studio Installer program will be found automatically. After you select Microsoft Visual Studio Installer in the list , some information regarding the program is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other people have regarding Microsoft Visual Studio Installer, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the application you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

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


8. After removing Microsoft Visual Studio Installer, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to proceed with 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 removing Microsoft Visual Studio Installer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation 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 software application. This page only contains detailed info on how to remove Microsoft Visual Studio Installer supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.