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A way to uninstall Visual Studio Professional 2017 from your PC

You can find on this page details on how to remove Visual Studio Professional 2017 for Windows. The Windows release was developed by Microsoft Corporation. You can find out more on Microsoft Corporation or check for application updates here. The program is frequently installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional directory (same installation drive as Windows). Visual Studio Professional 2017's complete uninstall command line is C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vs_installer.exe. vs_installer.exe is the Visual Studio Professional 2017's main executable file and it takes circa 180.70 KB (185032 bytes) on disk.

The following executable files are incorporated in Visual Studio Professional 2017. They occupy 58.27 MB (61097104 bytes) on disk.

  • vswhere.exe (417.18 KB)
  • vs_installer.exe (180.70 KB)
  • vs_installershell.exe (55.88 MB)
  • CheckHyperVHost.exe (88.30 KB)
  • handle.exe (415.63 KB)
  • InstallCleanup.exe (42.18 KB)
  • Setup.exe (125.27 KB)
  • vs_installer.windows.exe (37.77 KB)
  • vs_installerservice.exe (14.99 KB)
  • vs_installerservice.x86.exe (15.00 KB)
  • VSHiveStub.exe (26.42 KB)
  • VSIXAutoUpdate.exe (195.95 KB)
  • VSIXConfigurationUpdater.exe (30.24 KB)
  • VSIXInstaller.exe (354.92 KB)
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The current page applies to Visual Studio Professional 2017 version 15.0.26228.4 alone. You can find below info on other versions of Visual Studio Professional 2017:

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Some files and registry entries are usually left behind when you remove Visual Studio Professional 2017.

Folders that were left behind:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Visual Studio
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Visual Studio Code
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Visual Studio Setup

Usually, the following files are left on disk:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\1033\BlendMui.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\1033\blendmui_brand_7D0_10000.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\1033\cmddefui.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\1033\Microsoft.VisualStudio.DesignUI.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\1033\Microsoft.VisualStudio.EditorsUI.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\1033\Microsoft.VisualStudio.ExportTemplateUI.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\1033\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.ApplicationUI.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\1033\Microsoft.VisualStudio.WebUI.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\1033\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Windows.FormsUI.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\1033\Microsoft.VisualStudioUI.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\1033\Microsoft.VSDesignerUI.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\1033\Microsoft.Workflow.VSDesignerUI.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\1033\msenvmui.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\1033\msenvmui_brand_7D0_0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\1033\msenvui.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\1033\UpgradeReport.xslt
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\1033\vb7to8ui.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\1033\vbdebugui.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\1033\VSConvertersPackageUI.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\1033\vslogui.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\1033\vsslnui.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\1033\VsWizUI.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\1033\WindowsFormsIntegration.PackageUI.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\1033\WorkflowProjectUI.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Addins\Addins.Store
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Addins\WorkflowDesigner\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Activities.Addin.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\AddinSideAdapters\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Activities.AddinAdapter.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\AddinViews\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Activities.AddinView.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\AddItemTemplateInfo\TypeScriptFolderItemTemplates.xml
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\AddItemTemplateInfo\WebFolderItemTemplates.xml
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\adodb.manifest
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.150x150.contrast-black_scale-100.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.150x150.contrast-black_scale-140.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.150x150.contrast-black_scale-180.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.150x150.contrast-black_scale-80.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.150x150.contrast-standard_scale-100.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.150x150.contrast-standard_scale-140.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.150x150.contrast-standard_scale-180.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.150x150.contrast-standard_scale-80.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.150x150.contrast-white_scale-100.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.150x150.contrast-white_scale-140.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.150x150.contrast-white_scale-180.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.150x150.contrast-white_scale-80.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.70x70.contrast-black_scale-100.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.70x70.contrast-black_scale-140.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.70x70.contrast-black_scale-180.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.70x70.contrast-black_scale-80.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-100.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-140.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-180.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-80.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.70x70.contrast-white_scale-100.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.70x70.contrast-white_scale-140.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.70x70.contrast-white_scale-180.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.70x70.contrast-white_scale-80.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-black_scale-100.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-black_scale-140.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-black_scale-180.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-black_scale-80.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-standard_scale-100.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-standard_scale-140.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-standard_scale-180.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-standard_scale-80.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-white_scale-100.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-white_scale-140.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-white_scale-180.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-white_scale-80.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-black_scale-100.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-black_scale-140.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-black_scale-180.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-black_scale-80.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-100.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-140.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-180.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-80.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-white_scale-100.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-white_scale-140.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-white_scale-180.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-white_scale-80.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Automation.manifest
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Automation\clientbuildmgr.tlb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\Automation\coloader80.dll

Registry keys:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\470a72d5

Supplementary values that are not cleaned:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe.ApplicationCompany
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe.FriendlyAppName


How to uninstall Visual Studio Professional 2017 from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Visual Studio Professional 2017 is an application released by the software company Microsoft Corporation. Frequently, users try to uninstall this program. Sometimes this can be efortful because performing this manually takes some advanced knowledge related to Windows internal functioning. One of the best QUICK approach to uninstall Visual Studio Professional 2017 is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around tool to take care of your computer.

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  • go to Download Link
  • download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the applications installed on your PC will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Visual Studio Professional 2017 or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Visual Studio Professional 2017". The Visual Studio Professional 2017 app will be found automatically. After you click Visual Studio Professional 2017 in the list of applications, some data regarding the application is shown to you:


  • Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other users have regarding Visual Studio Professional 2017, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information regarding the program you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.
7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. accept the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Visual Studio Professional 2017.
Uninstall Visual Studio Professional 2017


8. After uninstalling Visual Studio Professional 2017, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong Visual Studio Professional 2017 that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Visual Studio Professional 2017 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

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



Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall Visual Studio Professional 2017 by Microsoft Corporation from your computer, we are not saying that Visual Studio Professional 2017 by Microsoft Corporation is not a good software application. This page only contains detailed info on how to uninstall Visual Studio Professional 2017 in case you want to. 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' computers.

2018-08-23 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2018-08-23 09:40:58.793