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A guide to uninstall Visual Studio Community 2017 from your PC

This web page is about Visual Studio Community 2017 for Windows. Here you can find details on how to remove it from your PC. It was created for Windows by Microsoft Corporation. More information about Microsoft Corporation can be found here. The program is frequently placed in the C:\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7 directory. Take into account that this path can vary depending on the user's choice. The full command line for removing Visual Studio Community 2017 is C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\setup.exe. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may be prompted for admin rights. feedback.exe is the programs's main file and it takes circa 261.43 KB (267704 bytes) on disk.

The following executables are contained in Visual Studio Community 2017. They take 4.50 MB (4716240 bytes) on disk.

  • feedback.exe (261.43 KB)
  • InstallCleanup.exe (39.42 KB)
  • setup.exe (1.70 MB)
  • vswhere.exe (448.12 KB)
  • vs_installer.exe (100.89 KB)
  • vs_installer.windows.exe (30.43 KB)
  • vs_installershell.exe (100.88 KB)
  • vs_layout.exe (147.91 KB)
  • dump64.exe (20.84 KB)
  • Setup.exe (226.88 KB)
  • Microsoft.ServiceHub.Controller.exe (206.40 KB)
  • vs_installerservice.exe (15.59 KB)
  • vs_installerservice.x86.exe (15.88 KB)
  • BackgroundDownload.exe (63.90 KB)
  • CheckHyperVHost.exe (83.98 KB)
  • handle.exe (415.63 KB)
  • VSHiveStub.exe (27.41 KB)
  • VSIXAutoUpdate.exe (207.91 KB)
  • VSIXConfigurationUpdater.exe (22.91 KB)
  • VSIXInstaller.exe (424.87 KB)
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This info is about Visual Studio Community 2017 version 15.9.45 alone. Click on the links below for other Visual Studio Community 2017 versions:

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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the PC. Some of these are shown below.

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following keys will not be removed; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\80f0a2f8


A way to uninstall Visual Studio Community 2017 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Visual Studio Community 2017 is a program marketed by Microsoft Corporation. Some users choose to uninstall this program. Sometimes this can be easier said than done because deleting this by hand takes some experience related to removing Windows programs manually. The best SIMPLE action to uninstall Visual Studio Community 2017 is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and all around tool to optimize your Windows computer.

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  • visit Download Link
  • download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire the program's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs


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

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find Visual Studio Community 2017 or simply click the Search feature and type in "Visual Studio Community 2017". If it is installed on your PC the Visual Studio Community 2017 app will be found very quickly. When you click Visual Studio Community 2017 in the list of applications, some information regarding the program is available to you:


  • Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you 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.
  • Technical information regarding the app you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. accept the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove Visual Studio Community 2017.
Uninstall Visual Studio Community 2017


8. After removing Visual Studio Community 2017, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of Visual Studio Community 2017 that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing Visual Studio Community 2017 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove 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 application for your computer. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove Visual Studio Community 2017 supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2022-03-17 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2022-03-17 14:40:55.920