Visual Studio Build Tools 2022

A guide to uninstall Visual Studio Build Tools 2022 from your PC

Visual Studio Build Tools 2022 is a Windows application. Read below about how to uninstall it from your computer. The Windows release was developed by Microsoft Corporation. More information on Microsoft Corporation can be found here. The program is usually located in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools directory (same installation drive as Windows). C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\setup.exe is the full command line if you want to uninstall Visual Studio Build Tools 2022. NuGet.Build.Tasks.Console.exe is the programs's main file and it takes around 57.93 KB (59320 bytes) on disk.

Visual Studio Build Tools 2022 contains of the executables below. They occupy 139.32 MB (146092816 bytes) on disk.

DDConfigCA.exe (146.42 KB)
mspdbsrv.exe (134.46 KB)
PerfWatson2.exe (53.44 KB)
StorePID.exe (41.96 KB)
T4VSHostProcess.exe (18.05 KB)
TextTransform.exe (43.91 KB)
TextTransformCore.exe (122.95 KB)
UserControlTestContainer.exe (30.46 KB)
vb7to8.exe (2.53 MB)
VcxprojReader.exe (126.40 KB)
VsDebugWERHelper.exe (30.51 KB)
VSFinalizer.exe (154.43 KB)
VSHiveStub.exe (22.91 KB)
vshost-clr2.exe (15.94 KB)
vshost.exe (16.44 KB)
vshost32-clr2.exe (15.91 KB)
vshost32.exe (16.95 KB)
VSInitializer.exe (81.95 KB)
VSIXInstaller.exe (424.37 KB)
VSLaunchBrowser.exe (19.40 KB)
vsn.exe (16.89 KB)
VsRegEdit.exe (212.45 KB)
VSWebHandler.exe (97.45 KB)
VSWebLauncher.exe (318.03 KB)
NuGet.Build.Tasks.Console.exe (57.93 KB)
vstest.console.exe (32.92 KB)
TestWindowRemoteAgent.exe (154.95 KB)
DumpMinitool.arm64.exe (19.45 KB)
DumpMinitool.exe (29.38 KB)
DumpMinitool.x86.exe (29.37 KB)
datacollector.arm64.exe (30.46 KB)
datacollector.exe (30.40 KB)
testhost.arm64.exe (39.45 KB)
testhost.exe (39.39 KB)
testhost.net47.arm64.exe (39.45 KB)
testhost.net47.exe (39.44 KB)
testhost.net47.x86.exe (39.90 KB)
testhost.net471.arm64.exe (39.45 KB)
testhost.net471.exe (39.44 KB)
testhost.net471.x86.exe (39.95 KB)
testhost.net472.arm64.exe (39.45 KB)
testhost.net472.exe (39.39 KB)
testhost.net472.x86.exe (39.90 KB)
testhost.net48.arm64.exe (39.41 KB)
testhost.net48.exe (39.44 KB)
testhost.net48.x86.exe (39.95 KB)
testhost.x86.exe (39.90 KB)
InteractiveHost64.exe (155.14 KB)
InteractiveHost32.exe (20.63 KB)
InteractiveHost64.exe (19.64 KB)
VsDebugConsole.exe (203.47 KB)
datacollector.arm64.exe (38.41 KB)
datacollector.exe (38.89 KB)
QTAgent.exe (25.38 KB)
QTAgent32.exe (25.39 KB)
QTAgent32_35.exe (24.39 KB)
QTAgent32_40.exe (24.39 KB)
QTAgent_35.exe (24.39 KB)
QTAgent_40.exe (24.39 KB)
QTDCAgent.exe (22.94 KB)
QTDCAgent32.exe (22.90 KB)
SettingsMigrator.exe (35.41 KB)
testhost.arm64.exe (48.89 KB)
testhost.exe (48.90 KB)
testhost.net47.arm64.exe (48.91 KB)
testhost.net47.exe (48.89 KB)
testhost.net47.x86.exe (49.38 KB)
testhost.net471.arm64.exe (48.91 KB)
testhost.net471.exe (48.88 KB)
testhost.net471.x86.exe (49.41 KB)
testhost.net472.arm64.exe (45.89 KB)
testhost.net472.exe (45.88 KB)
testhost.net472.x86.exe (46.41 KB)
testhost.net48.arm64.exe (45.91 KB)
testhost.net48.exe (45.88 KB)
testhost.net48.x86.exe (46.38 KB)
testhost.x86.exe (49.40 KB)
vstest.console.arm64.exe (313.41 KB)
vstest.console.exe (314.39 KB)
VSTestVideoRecorder.exe (36.49 KB)
CheckHyperVHost.exe (91.98 KB)
AppxDebugSysTray.exe (67.41 KB)
msvsmon.exe (4.24 MB)
VsDebugLaunchNotify.exe (30.54 KB)
VsDebugWERHelper.exe (34.05 KB)
msvsmon.exe (3.48 MB)
VsDebugLaunchNotify.exe (28.00 KB)
ConnectionManager.exe (61.95 KB)
isense_model_extractor.exe (155.00 KB)
vcpkgsrv.exe (1.43 MB)
WebViewHost.exe (119.43 KB)
Microsoft.XslDebugger.Host.exe (44.91 KB)
ServiceHub.DataWarehouseHost.exe (62.97 KB)
ServiceHub.Host.netfx.x64.exe (62.40 KB)
ServiceHub.IntellicodeModelService.exe (62.98 KB)
ServiceHub.DataWarehouseHost.exe (63.47 KB)
ServiceHub.Host.netfx.x86.exe (62.95 KB)
ServiceHub.IdentityHost.exe (63.46 KB)
ServiceHub.Host.Node.x86.exe (54.89 MB)
Microsoft.Developer.IdentityService.exe (485.48 KB)
errlook.exe (50.45 KB)
guidgen.exe (35.98 KB)
makehm.exe (31.96 KB)
spyxx.exe (808.46 KB)
spyxx_amd64.exe (966.48 KB)
MSBuild.exe (324.63 KB)
MSBuildTaskHost.exe (233.68 KB)
Tracker.exe (168.94 KB)
MSBuild.exe (324.12 KB)
MSBuildTaskHost.exe (233.15 KB)
Tracker.exe (202.94 KB)
Tracker.exe (197.88 KB)
csc.exe (59.10 KB)
csi.exe (17.62 KB)
vbc.exe (59.10 KB)
VBCSCompiler.exe (94.13 KB)
clang-format.exe (2.57 MB)
clang-tidy.exe (57.27 MB)
clang-format.exe (2.58 MB)

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The information on this page is only about version 17.7.0 of Visual Studio Build Tools 2022. You can find below info on other versions of Visual Studio Build Tools 2022:

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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the computer. Part_A few of these are shown below.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall Visual Studio Build Tools 2022:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools

Check for and remove the following files from your disk when you uninstall Visual Studio Build Tools 2022:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\1033\cmddefui.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\1033\Microsoft.VisualStudio.DesignUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\1033\Microsoft.VisualStudio.ExportTemplateUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\1033\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Windows.FormsUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\1033\Microsoft.VisualStudioUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\1033\msenvui.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\1033\UpgradeReport.xslt
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\1033\vb7to8ui.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\1033\vbdebugui.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\1033\vslogui.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\1033\vsslnui.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\1033\VsWizUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\1033\WindowsFormsIntegration.PackageUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\adodb.manifest
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation.manifest
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\clientbuildmgr.tlb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\coloader80.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\coloader80.tlb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\contextp.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\cscodemodelextensibility.tlb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\csiface.tlb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\DebuggerProxy.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\DiagnosticsTap.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\dte100.olb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\dte80.olb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\dte80a.olb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\dte90.olb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\dte90a.olb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\dteproperties.tlb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\dteproperties100.tlb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\dteproperties110.tlb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\dteproperties120.tlb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\dteproperties90.tlb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\dteproperties90a.tlb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\Microsoft.VisualStudio.CompilerHostObjectsProxy.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop.tlb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\Microsoft.VisualStudio.ProductKeyDialog.tlb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\msdia140.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv100p.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv110p.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv120p.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv121p.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv140p.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv141p.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv150p.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv151p.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv153p.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv155p.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv156p.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv157p.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv158p.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv159p.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv16p.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv17p.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv2p.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv80p.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv90p.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenvp.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\publish.tlb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\textmgrp.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\VBCodeModelExtensibility.tlb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\vcsharpextensibilitylib.tlb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\VSDebug.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\vsext.olb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\vshelp.tlb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\vshelp80.olb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\vshelp80.tlb.manifest
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\vslangproj.olb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\vslangproj100.olb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\vslangproj110.olb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\vslangproj140.olb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\vslangproj150.olb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\vslangproj157.olb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\vslangproj158.olb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\vslangproj165.olb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\vslangproj2.olb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\vslangproj80.olb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\vslangproj90.olb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\VsLogP.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\vsmso.olb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\vsprojhostproc.olb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\VxExtensibilitylib.tlb

Registry that is not uninstalled:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\01363e87

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Visual Studio Build Tools 2022 is an application offered by Microsoft Corporation. Frequently, people try to erase this program. Sometimes this can be troublesome because uninstalling this by hand requires some experience related to Windows internal functioning. One of the best QUICK procedure to erase Visual Studio Build Tools 2022 is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:

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Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have about Visual Studio Build Tools 2022, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
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This page is not a piece of advice to remove Visual Studio Build Tools 2022 by Microsoft Corporation from your computer, nor are we saying that Visual Studio Build Tools 2022 by Microsoft Corporation is not a good application for your computer. This page simply contains detailed info on how to remove Visual Studio Build Tools 2022 supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2023-08-13 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2023-08-13 10:12:08.870

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