Visual Studio Community 2017

How to uninstall Visual Studio Community 2017 from your system

This web page contains thorough information on how to remove Visual Studio Community 2017 for Windows. It is written by Microsoft Corporation. Take a look here where you can get more info on Microsoft Corporation. The program is usually placed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community directory (same installation drive as Windows). Visual Studio Community 2017's full uninstall command line is C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vs_installer.exe. The application's main executable file occupies 702.91 KB (719784 bytes) on disk and is called devenv.exe.

The following executables are installed alongside Visual Studio Community 2017. They take about 48.38 MB (50733732 bytes) on disk.

DDConfigCA.exe (145.92 KB)
devenv.exe (702.91 KB)
FeedbackCollector.exe (324.91 KB)
PerfWatson2.exe (62.57 KB)
StorePID.exe (47.12 KB)
TCM.exe (187.88 KB)
VSFinalizer.exe (107.78 KB)
VSHiveStub.exe (26.55 KB)
VSInitializer.exe (88.28 KB)
VSIXInstaller.exe (412.35 KB)
VSLaunchBrowser.exe (18.40 KB)
vsn.exe (15.88 KB)
VsRegEdit.exe (344.88 KB)
VSWebHandler.exe (94.95 KB)
VSWebLauncher.exe (180.47 KB)
BuildNotificationApp.exe (312.91 KB)
EndTask.exe (40.88 KB)
TF.exe (368.88 KB)
TFSBuild.exe (172.38 KB)
TfsDeleteProject.exe (24.90 KB)
TFSSecurity.exe (53.89 KB)
vsDiffMerge.exe (236.89 KB)
witadmin.exe (225.38 KB)
git.exe (43.06 KB)
blocked-file-util.exe (50.37 KB)
brotli.exe (804.89 KB)
git-askyesno.exe (19.95 KB)
git-credential-helper-selector.exe (66.73 KB)
git-credential-wincred.exe (61.09 KB)
git-http-fetch.exe (2.04 MB)
git-http-push.exe (2.05 MB)
git-upload-pack.exe (43.06 KB)
git-remote-https.exe (2.06 MB)
git-sh-i18n--envsubst.exe (1.85 MB)
git.exe (3.39 MB)
proxy-lookup.exe (49.28 KB)
Atlassian.Bitbucket.UI.exe (166.90 KB)
git-askpass.exe (225.40 KB)
git-credential-manager-core.exe (72.41 KB)
git-credential-manager.exe (175.41 KB)
GitHub.Authentication.exe (293.50 KB)
GitHub.UI.exe (140.88 KB)
awk.exe (606.25 KB)
b2sum.exe (73.06 KB)
basename.exe (34.27 KB)
basenc.exe (50.08 KB)
cat.exe (37.62 KB)
chattr.exe (169.39 KB)
cmp.exe (48.30 KB)
comm.exe (40.79 KB)
cp.exe (119.55 KB)
cut.exe (43.86 KB)
cygwin-console-helper.exe (509.83 KB)
dash.exe (103.05 KB)
date.exe (127.91 KB)
diff.exe (203.18 KB)
diff3.exe (60.94 KB)
dirname.exe (33.22 KB)
echo.exe (34.62 KB)
env.exe (43.74 KB)
expr.exe (104.79 KB)
false.exe (31.54 KB)
fido2-assert.exe (27.01 KB)
fido2-cred.exe (26.01 KB)
fido2-token.exe (36.01 KB)
find.exe (287.52 KB)
gencat.exe (177.66 KB)
getfacl.exe (167.01 KB)
getopt.exe (15.01 KB)
grep.exe (212.05 KB)
head.exe (47.38 KB)
ls.exe (146.75 KB)
lsattr.exe (168.30 KB)
mkdir.exe (73.04 KB)
mktemp.exe (45.30 KB)
mv.exe (128.65 KB)
pathchk.exe (33.77 KB)
printf.exe (70.81 KB)
pwd.exe (35.61 KB)
readlink.exe (47.25 KB)
rebase.exe (901.57 KB)
rm.exe (64.46 KB)
rmdir.exe (62.25 KB)
sdiff.exe (51.39 KB)
sed.exe (166.90 KB)
sh.exe (1.94 MB)
sort.exe (106.65 KB)
ssh-add.exe (342.51 KB)
ssh-agent.exe (318.01 KB)
ssh.exe (724.51 KB)
tail.exe (59.43 KB)
test.exe (68.28 KB)
touch.exe (115.03 KB)
tr.exe (50.01 KB)
true.exe (31.54 KB)
uname.exe (33.74 KB)
uniq.exe (45.25 KB)
wc.exe (47.30 KB)
xargs.exe (68.86 KB)
CheckHyperVHost.exe (81.44 KB)
ServiceHub.RoslynCodeAnalysisService.exe (15.58 KB)
ServiceHub.Host.CLR.x64.exe (15.09 KB)
ServiceHub.VSDetouredHost.exe (15.88 KB)
ServiceHub.Host.Node.x86.exe (17.84 MB)
errlook.exe (56.10 KB)
guidgen.exe (42.13 KB)
makehm.exe (36.63 KB)
MSBuild.exe (311.55 KB)
MSBuildTaskHost.exe (219.09 KB)
Tracker.exe (170.54 KB)
MSBuild.exe (310.55 KB)
MSBuildTaskHost.exe (218.59 KB)

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This info is about Visual Studio Community 2017 version 15.9.28307.1300 alone. You can find below info on other application versions of Visual Studio Community 2017:

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After the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the PC. Part_A few of these are shown below.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall Visual Studio Community 2017 from your PC:

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

Check for and remove the following files from your disk when you uninstall Visual Studio Community 2017:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1033\BlendMui.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1033\BlendMui_Brand_708_10000.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1033\cmddefui.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1033\Microsoft.VisualStudio.DesignUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1033\Microsoft.VisualStudio.EditorsUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1033\Microsoft.VisualStudio.ExportTemplateUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1033\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Windows.FormsUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1033\Microsoft.VisualStudioUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1033\Microsoft.VSDesignerUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1033\msenvmui.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1033\MsEnvMui_Brand_708_0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1033\msenvui.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1033\UpgradeReport.xslt
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1033\vb7to8ui.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1033\vbdebugui.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1033\VSConvertersPackageUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1033\vslogui.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1033\vsslnui.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1033\VsWizUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1033\WindowsFormsIntegration.PackageUI.dll
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
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\DiagnosticsTap.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\dsref80.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\dte100.olb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\dte80.olb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\dte80a.olb

Frequently the following registry data will not be cleaned:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\8f6e3d46

How to delete Visual Studio Community 2017 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Visual Studio Community 2017 is a program by Microsoft Corporation. Frequently, people try to uninstall it. Sometimes this is hard because removing this by hand takes some know-how related to removing Windows applications by hand. The best SIMPLE approach to uninstall Visual Studio Community 2017 is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:

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5. All the programs existing on the PC will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate Visual Studio Community 2017 or simply click the Search feature and type in "Visual Studio Community 2017". The Visual Studio Community 2017 app will be found very quickly. Notice that after you click Visual Studio Community 2017 in the list of applications, some data about the application is shown to you:

Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have about Visual Studio Community 2017, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
Details about the program you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. Confirm the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Visual Studio Community 2017.

8. After uninstalling Visual Studio Community 2017, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items of Visual Studio Community 2017 that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Visual Studio Community 2017 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your system.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall Visual Studio Community 2017 by Microsoft Corporation from your PC, nor are we saying that Visual Studio Community 2017 by Microsoft Corporation is not a good application for your PC. This text simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall Visual Studio Community 2017 in case 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' PCs.

2020-11-21 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2020-11-21 20:04:44.890

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