Microsoft Visual Studio Installer

How to uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio Installer from your system

This page is about Microsoft Visual Studio Installer for Windows. Here you can find details on how to remove it from your PC. It is produced by Microsoft Corporation. Take a look here where you can find out more on Microsoft Corporation. Usually the Microsoft Visual Studio Installer application is placed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer folder, depending on the user's option during setup. The full uninstall command line for Microsoft Visual Studio Installer is C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vs_installer.exe. Microsoft Visual Studio Installer's primary file takes about 204.40 KB (209304 bytes) and its name is vs_installer.exe.

The following executables are incorporated in Microsoft Visual Studio Installer. They take 54.24 MB (56879904 bytes) on disk.

• setup.exe (497.90 KB)
• vswhere.exe (448.12 KB)
• vs_installer.exe (204.40 KB)
• vs_installer.windows.exe (30.43 KB)
• vs_installershell.exe (50.96 MB)
• CheckHyperVHost.exe (82.94 KB)
• handle.exe (415.63 KB)
• InstallCleanup.exe (37.89 KB)
• Setup.exe (147.41 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 (22.92 KB)
• VSIXInstaller.exe (415.86 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 2.6.2033.413 of Microsoft Visual Studio Installer. Click on the links below for other Microsoft Visual Studio Installer versions:

• 2.9.1041.1202
• 2.4.1098.1211
• 0.1.020160329.1
• 0.1.020160506.11
• 0.1.020160702.1
• 0.1.020160825.1
• 0.1.020160818.3
• 0.1.01.0.16100101
• 0.1.01.0.16100708
• 1.15.2197.117
• 1.14.97.1005
• 1.14.125.1030
• 1.14.138.1109
• 1.14.121.1018
• 1.15.155.1130
• 1.14.151.1127
• 1.14.162.1217
• 1.14.160.1208
• 1.14.164.111
• 1.14.167.122
• 1.15.1173.104
• 1.15.3224.202
• 1.15.3245.307
• 1.15.3248.309
• 1.15.3229.209
• 1.15.3241.220
• 1.15.3242.223
• 1.16.79.223
• 1.16.1153.324
• 1.16.112.315
• 1.16.1214.412
• 1.16.1243.427
• 1.16.1237.423
• 1.17.144.520
• 1.16.1247.518
• 1.17.1286.718
• 1.16.1251.625
• 1.17.1261.626
• 1.17.1289.727
• 1.17.1227.606
• 1.16.1252.717
• 1.17.1296.827
• 1.18.1050.913
• 1.17.1298.831
• 1.18.41.831
• 1.18.1076.1019
• 1.18.1080.1029
• 1.18.1089.1204
• 2.0.72.1114
• 2.0.1183.116
• 1.18.1095.110
• 2.0.3270.221
• 1.18.1096.130
• 2.0.1184.128
• 2.0.2220.201
• 2.0.3283.305
• 1.18.1100.314
• 2.0.3274.226
• 2.0.3287.312
• 2.0.3297.403
• 2.1.1092.417
• 2.1.29.321
• 2.1.2105.426
• 2.2.14.514
• 2.2.1042.525
• 2.1.3125.514
• 2.2.2059.610
• 2.1.3129.607
• 2.3.13.627
• 2.2.3073.701
• 1.18.1104.625
• 2.1.3131.625
• 2.3.1146.807
• 2.3.2207.828
• 2.2.3085.814
• 2.3.2209.906
• 2.0.3307.627
• 2.3.2217.1010
• 2.3.2214.1002
• 2.4.43.1002
• 2.4.1078.1106
• 2.4.1069.1023
• 2.4.1080.1113
• 2.5.20.1114
• 2.5.1047.108
• 2.5.2057.204
• 2.5.2059.317
• 2.6.3.225
• 2.6.1018.320
• 2.4.1083.303
• 2.5.2061.411
• 1.18.1109.411
• 2.6.2035.522
• 2.7.8.428
• 2.7.1025.522
• 2.6.2037.624
• 2.7.3057.710
• 2.7.2030.609
• 2.8.18.721
• 2.7.3061.716

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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the PC. Some of these are listed below.

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

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}_Microsoft Visual Studio_Installer_vs_installer_exe

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\{6F320B93-EE3C-4826-85E0-ADF79F8D4C61}

A way to erase Microsoft Visual Studio Installer from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Microsoft Visual Studio Installer is an application by Microsoft Corporation. Sometimes, computer users want to remove this program. This is hard because doing this by hand takes some knowledge related to removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best QUICK solution to remove Microsoft Visual Studio Installer 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, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around tool to clean your system.

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• go to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system utility.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button


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

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find Microsoft Visual Studio Installer or simply click the Search field and type in "Microsoft Visual Studio Installer". If it exists on your system the Microsoft Visual Studio Installer app will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select Microsoft Visual Studio Installer in the list of apps, the following information about the application is available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other people have about Microsoft Visual Studio Installer, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the application you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. Confirm the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Microsoft Visual Studio Installer.


8. After uninstalling Microsoft Visual Studio Installer, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong Microsoft Visual Studio Installer which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing Microsoft Visual Studio Installer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio Installer by Microsoft Corporation from your computer, we are not saying that Microsoft Visual Studio Installer by Microsoft Corporation is not a good software application. This page simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio Installer supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.