Visual Studio Professional 2017

A guide to uninstall Visual Studio Professional 2017 from your computer

You can find on this page details on how to uninstall Visual Studio Professional 2017 for Windows. It is developed by Microsoft Corporation. Additional info about Microsoft Corporation can be found here. The application is usually located in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional folder. Take into account that this path can differ depending on the user's choice. The full command line for removing Visual Studio Professional 2017 is C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vs_installer.exe. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might be prompted for administrator rights. The application's main executable file is labeled vs_installer.exe and it has a size of 204.38 KB (209288 bytes).

Visual Studio Professional 2017 is comprised of the following executables which take 54.24 MB (56879808 bytes) on disk:

setup.exe (497.88 KB)
vswhere.exe (448.12 KB)
vs_installer.exe (204.38 KB)
vs_installer.windows.exe (30.42 KB)
vs_installershell.exe (50.96 MB)
CheckHyperVHost.exe (82.92 KB)
handle.exe (415.63 KB)
InstallCleanup.exe (37.88 KB)
Setup.exe (147.43 KB)
Microsoft.ServiceHub.Controller.exe (206.60 KB)
vs_installerservice.exe (15.38 KB)
vs_installerservice.x86.exe (16.09 KB)
BackgroundDownload.exe (63.91 KB)
VSHiveStub.exe (26.56 KB)
VSIXAutoUpdate.exe (203.86 KB)
VSIXConfigurationUpdater.exe (22.91 KB)
VSIXInstaller.exe (415.86 KB)

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The current page applies to Visual Studio Professional 2017 version 15.9.28307.1177 alone. For other Visual Studio Professional 2017 versions please click below:

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

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall Visual Studio Professional 2017:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Visual Studio
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Visual Studio Setup

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

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\1040\BlendMui.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\1040\BlendMui_Brand_7D0_10000.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\1040\cmddefui.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\1040\Microsoft.VisualStudio.DesignUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\1040\Microsoft.VisualStudio.EditorsUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\1040\Microsoft.VisualStudio.ExportTemplateUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\1040\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Windows.FormsUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\1040\Microsoft.VisualStudioUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\1040\Microsoft.VSDesignerUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\1040\msenvmui.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\1040\MsEnvMui_Brand_7D0_0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\1040\msenvui.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\1040\vb7to8ui.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\1040\vbdebugui.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\1040\VSConvertersPackageUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\1040\vslogui.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\1040\vsslnui.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\1040\VsWizUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\1040\WindowsFormsIntegration.PackageUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\adodb.manifest
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation.manifest
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\clientbuildmgr.tlb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\coloader80.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\coloader80.tlb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\contextp.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\cscodemodelextensibility.tlb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\csiface.tlb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\DebuggerProxy.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\DiagnosticsTap.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\dsref80.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\dte100.olb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\dte80.olb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\dte80a.olb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\dte90.olb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\dte90a.olb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\dteproperties.tlb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\dteproperties100.tlb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\dteproperties110.tlb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\dteproperties120.tlb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\dteproperties90.tlb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\dteproperties90a.tlb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\Microsoft.VisualStudio.CompilerHostObjectsProxy.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\Microsoft.VisualStudio.ProductKeyDialog.tlb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.Wizard.TestProjectWizards.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.Wizard.TestProjectWizards.manifest
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\msdia140.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv100p.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv110p.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv120p.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv121p.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv140p.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv141p.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv150p.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv151p.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv153p.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv155p.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv156p.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv157p.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv158p.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv159p.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv2p.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv80p.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv90p.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenvp.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\publish.tlb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\TextMgrP.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\VBCodeModelExtensibility.tlb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\vcsharpextensibilitylib.tlb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\vsdebug.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\vsext.olb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\vshelp.tlb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\vshelp80.olb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\vshelp80.tlb.manifest
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\vslangproj.olb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\vslangproj100.olb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\vslangproj110.olb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\vslangproj140.olb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\vslangproj150.olb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\vslangproj157.olb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\vslangproj158.olb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\vslangproj2.olb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\vslangproj80.olb

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the data below:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 8|Common7|IDE|PrivateAssemblies|it|Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.Project.resources.dll
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 8|Common7|IDE|PrivateAssemblies|Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.Project.dll
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 8|Common7|IDE|PublicAssemblies|it|Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.Adapter.resources.dll
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 8|Common7|IDE|PublicAssemblies|it|Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.AddInManager.resources.dll
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 8|Common7|IDE|PublicAssemblies|it|Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.ComRPCChannel.resources.dll
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 8|Common7|IDE|PublicAssemblies|it|Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.DesignTime.resources.dll
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 8|Common7|IDE|PublicAssemblies|Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.Adapter.dll
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 8|Common7|IDE|PublicAssemblies|Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.AddInManager.dll
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 8|Common7|IDE|PublicAssemblies|Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.ComRPCChannel.dll
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 8|Common7|IDE|PublicAssemblies|Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.DesignTime.dll
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\163B3E052A9AE0F4C8FB69C42ADE5A32
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\4BEA594979BAED93C82408E6FE57CE7A
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\86397C6F7CEC9964C9BF4245E6FB77B9
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\B2911C4AB06DDC6318AB06D06F1F8F55
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\C1E79EAD5E16E0B4DA64D5683A550511
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\DEA95AF778F4C343FB07E9771437C742
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\F519348B1A001B4499C4A10E6A04A03E
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\F6B4BB2225A40213A8A0DEA9DF2A2805
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\2fae6b2f

Registry values that are not removed from your PC:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\163B3E052A9AE0F4C8FB69C42ADE5A32\ProductName
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\4BEA594979BAED93C82408E6FE57CE7A\ProductName
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\86397C6F7CEC9964C9BF4245E6FB77B9\ProductName
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\B2911C4AB06DDC6318AB06D06F1F8F55\ProductName
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\C1E79EAD5E16E0B4DA64D5683A550511\ProductName
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\DEA95AF778F4C343FB07E9771437C742\ProductName
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\F519348B1A001B4499C4A10E6A04A03E\ProductName
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\F6B4BB2225A40213A8A0DEA9DF2A2805\ProductName

A way to erase Visual Studio Professional 2017 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Visual Studio Professional 2017 is an application offered by the software company Microsoft Corporation. Some computer users decide to remove this application. This is easier said than done because deleting this manually takes some knowledge regarding removing Windows programs manually. The best SIMPLE approach to remove Visual Studio Professional 2017 is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:

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5. A list of the applications installed on the computer will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find Visual Studio Professional 2017 or simply click the Search field and type in "Visual Studio Professional 2017". The Visual Studio Professional 2017 application will be found automatically. When you click Visual Studio Professional 2017 in the list of programs, the following data regarding the program is shown to you:

Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have regarding Visual Studio Professional 2017, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
Technical information regarding the application you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

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8. After uninstalling Visual Studio Professional 2017, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong Visual Studio Professional 2017 which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Visual Studio Professional 2017 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your system.

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The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall Visual Studio Professional 2017 by Microsoft Corporation from your PC, we are not saying that Visual Studio Professional 2017 by Microsoft Corporation is not a good application. This text only contains detailed info on how to uninstall Visual Studio Professional 2017 supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2020-06-13 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2020-06-13 08:08:30.830

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