Visual Studio Community 2017

A guide to uninstall Visual Studio Community 2017 from your system

Visual Studio Community 2017 is a Windows application. Read more about how to uninstall it from your computer. The Windows release was created by Microsoft Corporation. More information on Microsoft Corporation can be seen here. Visual Studio Community 2017 is normally installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community folder, but this location may vary a lot depending on the user's decision while installing the application. The full uninstall command line for Visual Studio Community 2017 is C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vs_installer.exe. devenv.exe is the programs's main file and it takes approximately 693.59 KB (710240 bytes) on disk.

Visual Studio Community 2017 installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 46.95 MB (49235716 bytes) on disk.

DDConfigCA.exe (152.59 KB)
devenv.exe (693.59 KB)
FeedbackCollector.exe (345.59 KB)
PerfWatson2.exe (62.10 KB)
StorePID.exe (47.09 KB)
TCM.exe (194.63 KB)
VSFinalizer.exe (107.09 KB)
VSHiveStub.exe (26.42 KB)
VSInitializer.exe (88.09 KB)
VSIXInstaller.exe (354.92 KB)
VSLaunchBrowser.exe (25.10 KB)
vsn.exe (22.59 KB)
VsRegEdit.exe (343.60 KB)
VSWebHandler.exe (101.59 KB)
VSWebLauncher.exe (187.09 KB)
BuildNotificationApp.exe (319.70 KB)
EndTask.exe (47.64 KB)
TF.exe (375.13 KB)
TFSBuild.exe (179.15 KB)
TfsDeleteProject.exe (31.68 KB)
TFSSecurity.exe (60.66 KB)
vsDiffMerge.exe (241.66 KB)
witadmin.exe (232.15 KB)
git.exe (38.77 KB)
blocked-file-util.exe (20.66 KB)
git-credential-store.exe (1.28 MB)
git-credential-wincred.exe (27.31 KB)
git-fast-import.exe (1.31 MB)
git-http-fetch.exe (1.40 MB)
git-http-push.exe (1.41 MB)
git-receive-pack.exe (38.78 KB)
git-remote-https.exe (1.41 MB)
git-sh-i18n--envsubst.exe (1.27 MB)
git-show-index.exe (1.27 MB)
git-upload-pack.exe (1.36 MB)
git.exe (2.34 MB)
i686-w64-mingw32-deflatehd.exe (63.92 KB)
i686-w64-mingw32-inflatehd.exe (61.37 KB)
proxy-lookup.exe (19.58 KB)
git-askpass.exe (224.10 KB)
git-credential-manager.exe (170.10 KB)
GitHub.Authentication.exe (292.00 KB)
awk.exe (590.81 KB)
b2sum.exe (72.64 KB)
basename.exe (32.24 KB)
cat.exe (38.28 KB)
comm.exe (38.18 KB)
cp.exe (107.26 KB)
cut.exe (41.83 KB)
dash.exe (102.08 KB)
date.exe (116.86 KB)
dirname.exe (32.18 KB)
echo.exe (32.55 KB)
env.exe (31.27 KB)
expr.exe (100.16 KB)
false.exe (30.01 KB)
find.exe (259.91 KB)
gencat.exe (162.19 KB)
getfacl.exe (156.96 KB)
getopt.exe (16.95 KB)
grep.exe (212.51 KB)
head.exe (46.49 KB)
ls.exe (138.32 KB)
mkdir.exe (70.80 KB)
mktemp.exe (43.28 KB)
mv.exe (116.93 KB)
pathchk.exe (32.30 KB)
printf.exe (69.53 KB)
pwd.exe (34.08 KB)
readlink.exe (46.10 KB)
rebase.exe (914.61 KB)
rm.exe (62.82 KB)
rmdir.exe (61.04 KB)
sed.exe (161.14 KB)
sh.exe (2.07 MB)
sort.exe (105.99 KB)
ssh-add.exe (319.47 KB)
ssh-agent.exe (332.48 KB)
ssh.exe (672.23 KB)
tail.exe (57.32 KB)
test.exe (67.57 KB)
touch.exe (104.94 KB)
tr.exe (49.27 KB)
true.exe (30.01 KB)
uname.exe (32.17 KB)
uniq.exe (43.75 KB)
wc.exe (47.30 KB)
xargs.exe (64.97 KB)
CheckHyperVHost.exe (88.29 KB)
ServiceHub.RoslynCodeAnalysisService.exe (15.44 KB)
ServiceHub.Host.CLR.x64.exe (14.95 KB)
ServiceHub.VSDetouredHost.exe (15.45 KB)
ServiceHub.Host.Node.x86.exe (17.84 MB)
errlook.exe (56.09 KB)
guidgen.exe (41.60 KB)
makehm.exe (36.60 KB)
MSBuild.exe (301.65 KB)
MSBuildTaskHost.exe (214.17 KB)
Tracker.exe (170.60 KB)
MSBuild.exe (301.15 KB)
MSBuildTaskHost.exe (213.67 KB)
Tracker.exe (201.60 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 15.7.27703.2026 of Visual Studio Community 2017. Click on the links below for other Visual Studio Community 2017 versions:

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Some files and registry entries are usually left behind when you uninstall Visual Studio Community 2017.

Directories left on disk:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community

The files below remain on your disk by Visual Studio Community 2017's application uninstaller when you removed it:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1036\BlendMui.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1036\BlendMui_Brand_708_10000.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1036\cmddefui.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1036\Microsoft.VisualStudio.DesignUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1036\Microsoft.VisualStudio.EditorsUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1036\Microsoft.VisualStudio.ExportTemplateUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1036\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.ApplicationUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1036\Microsoft.VisualStudio.WebUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1036\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Windows.FormsUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1036\Microsoft.VisualStudioUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1036\Microsoft.VSDesignerUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1036\msenvmui.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1036\MsEnvMui_Brand_708_0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1036\msenvui.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1036\UpgradeReport.xslt
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1036\vb7to8ui.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1036\vbdebugui.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1036\VSConvertersPackageUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1036\VsGraphicsMui.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1036\vslogui.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1036\vsslnui.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1036\VsWizUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1036\WindowsFormsIntegration.PackageUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\AddItemTemplateInfo\TypeScriptFolderItemTemplates.xml
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\AddItemTemplateInfo\WebFolderItemTemplates.xml
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\adodb.manifest
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.150x150.contrast-black_scale-100.png
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.150x150.contrast-black_scale-140.png
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.150x150.contrast-black_scale-180.png
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.150x150.contrast-black_scale-80.png
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.150x150.contrast-standard_scale-100.png
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.150x150.contrast-standard_scale-140.png
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.150x150.contrast-standard_scale-180.png
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.150x150.contrast-standard_scale-80.png
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.150x150.contrast-white_scale-100.png
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.150x150.contrast-white_scale-140.png
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.150x150.contrast-white_scale-180.png
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.150x150.contrast-white_scale-80.png
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.70x70.contrast-black_scale-100.png
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.70x70.contrast-black_scale-140.png
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.70x70.contrast-black_scale-180.png
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.70x70.contrast-black_scale-80.png
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-100.png
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-140.png
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-180.png
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-80.png
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.70x70.contrast-white_scale-100.png
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.70x70.contrast-white_scale-140.png
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.70x70.contrast-white_scale-180.png
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.70x70.contrast-white_scale-80.png
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-black_scale-100.png
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-black_scale-140.png
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-black_scale-180.png
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-black_scale-80.png
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-standard_scale-100.png
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-standard_scale-140.png
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-standard_scale-180.png
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-standard_scale-80.png
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-white_scale-100.png
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-white_scale-140.png
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-white_scale-180.png
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-white_scale-80.png
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-black_scale-100.png
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-black_scale-140.png
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-black_scale-180.png
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-black_scale-80.png
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-100.png
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-140.png
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-180.png
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-80.png
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-white_scale-100.png
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-white_scale-140.png
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-white_scale-180.png
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-white_scale-80.png
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation.manifest
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\clientbuildmgr.tlb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\coloader80.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\coloader80.tlb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\contextp.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\cscodemodelextensibility.tlb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\csiface.tlb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\DebuggerProxy.dll

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following keys will not be cleaned; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ea11b855

Use regedit.exe to delete the following additional values from the Windows Registry:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe.ApplicationCompany
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe.FriendlyAppName

How to remove Visual Studio Community 2017 with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate Visual Studio Community 2017 or simply click the Search field and type in "Visual Studio Community 2017". If it is installed on your PC the Visual Studio Community 2017 program will be found automatically. Notice that after you select Visual Studio Community 2017 in the list , some information regarding the program is shown to you:

Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have regarding Visual Studio Community 2017, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
Details regarding the app you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall Visual Studio Community 2017 by Microsoft Corporation from your computer, we are not saying that Visual Studio Community 2017 by Microsoft Corporation is not a good software application. This page simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall Visual Studio Community 2017 supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2018-05-31 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2018-05-31 19:24:24.163

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