Microsoft Visual Studio Installer

A guide to uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio Installer from your computer

This web page contains thorough information on how to uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio Installer for Windows. It is produced by Microsoft Corporation. You can read more on Microsoft Corporation or check for application updates here. Usually the Microsoft Visual Studio Installer program is installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer directory, depending on the user's option during setup. The full command line for uninstalling Microsoft Visual Studio Installer is C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vs_installer.exe. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might get a notification for administrator rights. The application's main executable file occupies 180.70 KB (185032 bytes) on disk and is titled vs_installer.exe.

Microsoft Visual Studio Installer contains of the executables below. They take 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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This page is about Microsoft Visual Studio Installer version 1.16.1252.717 alone. You can find below info on other versions of Microsoft Visual Studio Installer:

• 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
• 1.14.121.1018
• 1.14.138.1109
• 1.15.155.1130
• 1.14.151.1127
• 1.14.160.1208
• 1.14.162.1217
• 1.14.167.122
• 1.14.164.111
• 1.15.1173.104
• 1.15.3224.202
• 1.15.3245.307
• 1.15.3241.220
• 1.15.3248.309
• 1.15.3242.223
• 1.15.3229.209
• 1.16.79.223
• 1.16.1153.324
• 1.16.112.315
• 1.16.1243.427
• 1.16.1214.412
• 1.16.1237.423
• 1.17.144.520
• 1.16.1247.518
• 1.17.1227.606
• 1.16.1251.625
• 1.17.1286.718
• 1.17.1261.626
• 1.17.1289.727
• 1.17.1296.827
• 1.18.1050.913
• 1.17.1298.831
• 1.18.41.831
• 1.18.1080.1029
• 1.18.1076.1019
• 2.0.72.1114
• 1.18.1089.1204
• 2.0.1183.116
• 1.18.1095.110
• 1.18.1096.130
• 2.0.1184.128
• 2.0.3270.221
• 2.0.2220.201
• 2.0.3283.305
• 2.0.3274.226
• 1.18.1100.314
• 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
• 1.18.1104.625
• 2.1.3131.625
• 2.2.3073.701
• 2.3.1146.807
• 2.2.3085.814
• 2.3.2207.828
• 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
• 2.5.2057.204
• 2.5.1047.108
• 2.5.2059.317
• 2.6.3.225
• 2.4.1083.303
• 2.6.1018.320
• 2.5.2061.411
• 1.18.1109.411
• 2.6.2033.413
• 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 computer. Some of these are listed below.

The files below are left behind on your disk by Microsoft Visual Studio Installer's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\108\{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}_Microsoft Visual Studio_Installer_vs_installer_exe

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

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{6F320B93-EE3C-4826-85E0-ADF79F8D4C61}

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

Microsoft Visual Studio Installer is an application marketed by Microsoft Corporation. Frequently, people choose to erase this application. Sometimes this is troublesome because uninstalling this by hand takes some know-how regarding PCs. The best EASY solution to erase Microsoft Visual Studio Installer 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, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your Windows computer.

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• go to Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


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

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find Microsoft Visual Studio Installer or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Microsoft Visual Studio Installer". If it is installed on your PC the Microsoft Visual Studio Installer application will be found automatically. After you click Microsoft Visual Studio Installer in the list of applications, some data regarding the application is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other users have regarding Microsoft Visual Studio Installer, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the app you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. Confirm the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio Installer.


8. After uninstalling Microsoft Visual Studio Installer, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of Microsoft Visual Studio Installer which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Microsoft Visual Studio Installer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your system.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove Microsoft Visual Studio Installer by Microsoft Corporation from your PC, we are not saying that Microsoft Visual Studio Installer by Microsoft Corporation is not a good application. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove 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 stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.