Visual Studio Build Tools 2022

A way to uninstall Visual Studio Build Tools 2022 from your system

You can find below details on how to uninstall Visual Studio Build Tools 2022 for Windows. It is made by Microsoft Corporation. Check out here for more information on Microsoft Corporation. The application is usually placed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools directory. Keep in mind that this path can differ being determined by the user's choice. The entire uninstall command line for Visual Studio Build Tools 2022 is C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\setup.exe. NuGet.Build.Tasks.Console.exe is the programs's main file and it takes approximately 63.06 KB (64576 bytes) on disk.

Visual Studio Build Tools 2022 contains of the executables below. They occupy 107.63 MB (112854736 bytes) on disk.

vsn.exe (17.06 KB)
NuGet.Build.Tasks.Console.exe (63.06 KB)
errlook.exe (51.05 KB)
guidgen.exe (36.61 KB)
makehm.exe (32.07 KB)
MSBuild.exe (453.79 KB)
MSBuildTaskHost.exe (327.80 KB)
Tracker.exe (168.02 KB)
MSBuild.exe (453.28 KB)
MSBuildTaskHost.exe (327.30 KB)
Tracker.exe (204.05 KB)
Tracker.exe (197.62 KB)
csc.exe (58.79 KB)
csi.exe (18.29 KB)
vbc.exe (58.79 KB)
VBCSCompiler.exe (93.80 KB)
FxCopCmd.exe (85.55 KB)
vc_redist.x64.exe (24.45 MB)
vc_redist.x86.exe (13.30 MB)
bscmake.exe (115.11 KB)
cl.exe (847.57 KB)
cvtres.exe (47.14 KB)
dumpbin.exe (23.05 KB)
editbin.exe (23.07 KB)
ifc.exe (206.03 KB)
lib.exe (23.05 KB)
link.exe (3.06 MB)
ml64.exe (612.57 KB)
mspdbcmf.exe (1.92 MB)
mspdbsrv.exe (181.08 KB)
nmake.exe (130.59 KB)
pgocvt.exe (57.69 KB)
pgomgr.exe (92.14 KB)
pgosweep.exe (62.67 KB)
undname.exe (26.07 KB)
vcperf.exe (259.53 KB)
vctip.exe (327.67 KB)
xdcmake.exe (41.10 KB)
pgosweep.exe (65.08 KB)
cl.exe (849.59 KB)
dumpbin.exe (23.07 KB)
editbin.exe (23.05 KB)
lib.exe (23.05 KB)
link.exe (3.06 MB)
ml.exe (649.56 KB)
nmake.exe (130.59 KB)
pgomgr.exe (92.14 KB)
vctip.exe (327.65 KB)
bscmake.exe (101.13 KB)
cl.exe (707.60 KB)
cvtres.exe (41.15 KB)
dumpbin.exe (21.07 KB)
editbin.exe (21.08 KB)
ifc.exe (161.57 KB)
lib.exe (21.09 KB)
link.exe (2.63 MB)
ml64.exe (463.09 KB)
mspdbcmf.exe (1.86 MB)
mspdbsrv.exe (137.09 KB)
nmake.exe (118.11 KB)
pgocvt.exe (52.15 KB)
pgomgr.exe (82.62 KB)
undname.exe (23.59 KB)
vctip.exe (297.17 KB)
xdcmake.exe (41.12 KB)
cl.exe (709.10 KB)
dumpbin.exe (21.05 KB)
editbin.exe (21.09 KB)
lib.exe (21.09 KB)
link.exe (2.63 MB)
ml.exe (496.09 KB)
nmake.exe (118.11 KB)
pgomgr.exe (82.63 KB)
pgosweep.exe (57.64 KB)
vcperf.exe (227.03 KB)
vctip.exe (297.18 KB)

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The current page applies to Visual Studio Build Tools 2022 version 17.13.6 alone. For more Visual Studio Build Tools 2022 versions please click below:

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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the PC. Some of these are listed below.

Folders remaining:

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

Generally, the following files are left on disk:

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

Generally the following registry keys will not be cleaned:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\d380ba61

A way to uninstall Visual Studio Build Tools 2022 with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Visual Studio Build Tools 2022 is a program by the software company Microsoft Corporation. Frequently, computer users choose to remove this application. Sometimes this is difficult because doing this manually takes some knowledge related to Windows program uninstallation. The best SIMPLE manner to remove Visual Studio Build Tools 2022 is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:

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Go to Uninstall Programs

5. A list of the applications existing on your computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Visual Studio Build Tools 2022 or simply activate the Search field and type in "Visual Studio Build Tools 2022". If it is installed on your PC the Visual Studio Build Tools 2022 app will be found automatically. When you click Visual Studio Build Tools 2022 in the list of applications, some data regarding the application is made available to you:

Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have regarding Visual Studio Build Tools 2022, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
Technical information regarding the app you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

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The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall Visual Studio Build Tools 2022 by Microsoft Corporation from your computer, we are not saying that Visual Studio Build Tools 2022 by Microsoft Corporation is not a good application for your PC. This text only contains detailed info on how to uninstall Visual Studio Build Tools 2022 supposing you decide this is what you want to do. 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' PCs.

2025-04-13 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2025-04-13 15:51:57.127

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