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A guide to uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio Installer from your PC

You can find on this page details on how to remove Microsoft Visual Studio Installer for Windows. The Windows release was developed by Microsoft Corporation. Check out here for more information on Microsoft Corporation. The application is often found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer directory (same installation drive as Windows). You can uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio Installer by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vs_installer.exe. Note that you might get a notification for admin rights. vs_installer.exe is the programs's main file and it takes about 204.38 KB (209288 bytes) on disk.

Microsoft Visual Studio Installer installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 54.24 MB (56876544 bytes) on disk.

  • setup.exe (496.90 KB)
  • vswhere.exe (448.12 KB)
  • vs_installer.exe (204.38 KB)
  • vs_installer.windows.exe (30.41 KB)
  • vs_installershell.exe (50.96 MB)
  • CheckHyperVHost.exe (82.93 KB)
  • handle.exe (415.63 KB)
  • InstallCleanup.exe (37.89 KB)
  • Setup.exe (147.42 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 (26.36 KB)
  • VSIXAutoUpdate.exe (202.86 KB)
  • VSIXConfigurationUpdater.exe (22.91 KB)
  • VSIXInstaller.exe (414.86 KB)
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The current page applies to Microsoft Visual Studio Installer version 2.5.2061.411 alone. You can find here a few links to other Microsoft Visual Studio Installer versions:

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Some files and registry entries are frequently left behind when you remove Microsoft Visual Studio Installer.

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

Registry keys:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|CommonExtensions|Microsoft|CS|NavigateTo|10.0|Microsoft.VisualStudio.CSharp.Services.Language.Features.QuickSearch.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|CommonExtensions|Microsoft|CS|SmartTags|10.0|Microsoft.VisualStudio.CSharp.SmartTags.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|CommonExtensions|Microsoft|Language|CallHierarchy|10.0|Microsoft.VisualStudio.Language.CallHierarchy.Implementation.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|CommonExtensions|Microsoft|Project|Microsoft.VisualStudio.HpcDebugger.Impl.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|CommonExtensions|Microsoft|Project|Microsoft.VisualStudio.Project.Contracts.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|CommonExtensions|Microsoft|Project|Microsoft.VisualStudio.Project.Contracts.Implementation.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|CommonExtensions|Microsoft|Project|Microsoft.VisualStudio.Project.Framework.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|CommonExtensions|Microsoft|Project|Microsoft.VisualStudio.Project.Framework.Implementation.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|CommonExtensions|Microsoft|Project|Microsoft.VisualStudio.Project.Utilities.v10.0.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|CommonExtensions|Microsoft|Project|Microsoft.VisualStudio.Project.VisualC.VCProjectEngine.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|CommonExtensions|Microsoft|Project|Microsoft.VisualStudio.Project.VS.Implementation.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|CommonExtensions|Microsoft|VB|NavigateTo|10.0|Microsoft.VisualStudio.VisualBasic.QuickSearch.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|CommonExtensions|Microsoft|VC|NavigateTo|10.0|Microsoft.VisualC.QuickSearch.Implementation.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|CommonExtensions|Microsoft|Web|CSS|Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CSS.Implementation.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|CommonExtensions|Platform|Debugger|VsDebugPresentationPackage.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|CommonExtensions|Platform|NavigateTo|10.0|Microsoft.VisualStudio.Language.NavigateTo.Implementation.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|CommonExtensions|Platform|NavigateTo|FileProvider|10.0|Microsoft.VisualStudio.Language.QuickSearch.FileNameProvider.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|csformatui.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|en|Microsoft.VisualStudio.Debugger.PdtDebug.resources.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|Extensions|Microsoft|VC|ClassWizard|10.0|ClwWizard.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|Microsoft.VisualStudio.CallHierarchy.Package.Definitions.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|Microsoft.VisualStudio.CallHierarchy.Package.Implementation.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|Microsoft.VisualStudio.CSharp.Services.Language.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|Microsoft.VisualStudio.CSharp.Services.Language.Interop.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|Microsoft.VisualStudio.Data.Providers.Common.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|Microsoft.VisualStudio.Data.Providers.Oracle.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|Microsoft.VisualStudio.Data.Providers.SqlServer.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|Microsoft.VisualStudio.Debugger.PdtDebug.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|Microsoft.VisualStudio.DeployWizard.Dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|Microsoft.VisualStudio.HostingProcess.Utilities.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|Microsoft.VisualStudio.HostingProcess.Utilities.Sync.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|Microsoft.VisualStudio.ORDesigner.Dsl.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|Microsoft.VisualStudio.ORDesigner.DslPackage.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|Microsoft.VisualStudio.ProjectConverters.DLL
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|Microsoft.VisualStudio.QuickSearch.Package.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|Microsoft.VisualStudio.ServicesProxy.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|Microsoft.VisualStudio.Silverlight.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|Microsoft.VisualStudio.VC.DLL
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|Microsoft.VisualStudio.vspGridControl.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.Application.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CSS.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|Microsoft.VSDesigner.Management.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|PrivateAssemblies|Microsoft.Msagl.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|PrivateAssemblies|Microsoft.ReportDesigner.ChartWinControl.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|PrivateAssemblies|Microsoft.ReportDesigner.Controls.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|PrivateAssemblies|Microsoft.ReportDesigner.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|PrivateAssemblies|Microsoft.ReportDesigner.GaugeWinControl.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|PrivateAssemblies|Microsoft.ReportDesigner.RichText.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|PrivateAssemblies|Microsoft.ReportDesigner.RplObjectModel.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|PrivateAssemblies|Microsoft.VisualBasic.PowerPacks.VsPackage.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|PrivateAssemblies|Microsoft.VisualStudio.CppSvc.Internal.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|PrivateAssemblies|Microsoft.VisualStudio.CxxWiz.Internal.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|PrivateAssemblies|Microsoft.VisualStudio.Data.Providers.SqlEverywhere.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|PrivateAssemblies|Microsoft.VisualStudio.Debugger.Interop.Internal.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|PrivateAssemblies|Microsoft.VisualStudio.Diagnostics.Common.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|PrivateAssemblies|Microsoft.VisualStudio.Language.CallHierarchy.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|PrivateAssemblies|Microsoft.VisualStudio.ResCom.Internal.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|PrivateAssemblies|Microsoft.VisualStudio.vil.host.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|PrivateAssemblies|Microsoft.VisualStudio.XsdDesigner.Controls.Graph.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|PrivateAssemblies|Microsoft.VisualStudio.XsdDesigner.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|PrivateAssemblies|Microsoft.VisualStudio.XsdDesignerPackage.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|PrivateAssemblies|Microsoft.Vsa.Vb.CodeDOMProcessor.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|PublicAssemblies|CppCodeProvider.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|PublicAssemblies|Microsoft.VisualC.VSCodeProvider.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|PublicAssemblies|Microsoft.VisualStudio.Language.NavigateTo.Interfaces.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|PublicAssemblies|Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCCodeModel.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|PublicAssemblies|Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProject.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|PublicAssemblies|Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|PublicAssemblies|Microsoft.Vsa.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|ReferenceAssemblies|v2.0|Microsoft.VisualStudio.DebuggerVisualizers.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|vshost.exe
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|vshost32.exe
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|vshost32-clr2.exe
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|vshost-clr2.exe
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|WindowsFormsIntegration.Design.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|WindowsFormsIntegration.Package.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|Xml|Microsoft.XslDebugger.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|IDE|Xml|Microsoft.XslDebugger.Host.exe
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|Packages|Debugger|Visualizers|Microsoft.VisualStudio.Debugger.DataSetVisualizer.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|Packages|Debugger|Visualizers|Microsoft.VisualStudio.Debugger.WpfTreeVisualizer.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|Tools|ProjectComponents|Microsoft.VisualStudio.ComponentModelHost.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|Tools|ProjectComponents|Microsoft.VisualStudio.Project.Contracts.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|Tools|ProjectComponents|Microsoft.VisualStudio.Project.Contracts.Implementation.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|Tools|ProjectComponents|Microsoft.VisualStudio.Project.Framework.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|Tools|ProjectComponents|Microsoft.VisualStudio.Project.Framework.Implementation.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|Tools|ProjectComponents|Microsoft.VisualStudio.Project.Utilities.v10.0.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Common7|Tools|ProjectComponents|Microsoft.VisualStudio.Project.VisualC.VCProjectEngine.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|ReportViewer|Microsoft.ReportViewer.Common.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|ReportViewer|Microsoft.ReportViewer.WebForms.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|ReportViewer|Microsoft.ReportViewer.WinForms.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|VC|bin|xdcmake.exe
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0|Visual Studio Tools for Office|PIA|Common|dao.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 8|Common7|IDE|Microsoft.Data.ConnectionUI.Dialog.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 8|Common7|IDE|Microsoft.Data.ConnectionUI.dll
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{6F320B93-EE3C-4826-85E0-ADF79F8D4C61}


A way to erase Microsoft Visual Studio Installer from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Microsoft Visual Studio Installer is a program marketed by the software company Microsoft Corporation. Frequently, users try to erase this program. Sometimes this can be efortful because doing this by hand requires some knowledge regarding removing Windows programs manually. One of the best SIMPLE practice 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 on your PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around tool to take care of your system.

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  • go to Download Link
  • download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire the program's interface and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good program.

3. Press the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs


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

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Microsoft Visual Studio Installer or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Microsoft Visual Studio Installer". The Microsoft Visual Studio Installer program will be found very quickly. Notice that when you click Microsoft Visual Studio Installer in the list of programs, some data about the application is made available to you:


  • Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have about Microsoft Visual Studio Installer, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information about the app you are about to remove, by pressing the Properties button.
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Microsoft Visual Studio Installer.
Uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio Installer


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

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.



Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove Microsoft Visual Studio Installer by Microsoft Corporation from your PC, nor are we saying that Microsoft Visual Studio Installer by Microsoft Corporation is not a good application. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove Microsoft Visual Studio Installer in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2020-04-15 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2020-04-15 00:31:51.887