Visual Studio 2017 Desktop Express
A guide to uninstall Visual Studio 2017 Desktop Express from your computer
Visual Studio 2017 Desktop Express is a computer program. This page contains details on how to remove it from your computer. It is written by
Microsoft Corporation. Take a look
here where you can find out more on Microsoft Corporation. The program is frequently located in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress directory. Keep in mind that this location can vary depending on the user's preference. You can remove Visual Studio 2017 Desktop Express by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\setup.exe. Keep in mind that you might get a notification for administrator rights. Visual Studio 2017 Desktop Express's main file takes around 104.79 KB (107300 bytes) and is named expr.exe.
Visual Studio 2017 Desktop Express contains of the executables below. They occupy 39.68 MB (
41612390 bytes) on disk.
- DDConfigCA.exe (146.95 KB)
- FeedbackCollector.exe (325.93 KB)
- PerfWatson2.exe (62.57 KB)
- StorePID.exe (47.12 KB)
- TCM.exe (188.90 KB)
- VSFinalizer.exe (107.78 KB)
- VSHiveStub.exe (27.40 KB)
- VSInitializer.exe (88.28 KB)
- VSIXInstaller.exe (412.90 KB)
- VSLaunchBrowser.exe (19.41 KB)
- vsn.exe (16.93 KB)
- VsRegEdit.exe (344.88 KB)
- VSWebHandler.exe (96.48 KB)
- VSWebLauncher.exe (181.49 KB)
- WDExpress.exe (634.49 KB)
- BuildNotificationApp.exe (313.92 KB)
- EndTask.exe (41.91 KB)
- TF.exe (370.38 KB)
- TFSBuild.exe (173.40 KB)
- TfsDeleteProject.exe (25.91 KB)
- TFSSecurity.exe (54.91 KB)
- vsDiffMerge.exe (237.95 KB)
- witadmin.exe (226.40 KB)
- scalar.exe (45.55 KB)
- Atlassian.Bitbucket.UI.exe (42.41 KB)
- blocked-file-util.exe (49.83 KB)
- brotli.exe (826.36 KB)
- git-askpass.exe (49.19 KB)
- git-askyesno.exe (19.41 KB)
- git-credential-helper-selector.exe (65.70 KB)
- git-credential-manager-core.exe (73.91 KB)
- git-credential-wincred.exe (61.08 KB)
- git-http-fetch.exe (2.36 MB)
- git-http-push.exe (2.37 MB)
- git-upload-pack.exe (45.55 KB)
- git-remote-https.exe (2.37 MB)
- git-sh-i18n--envsubst.exe (2.32 MB)
- git.exe (3.80 MB)
- GitHub.UI.exe (45.92 KB)
- GitLab.UI.exe (35.91 KB)
- headless-git.exe (32.55 KB)
- lzmadec.exe (56.29 KB)
- lzmainfo.exe (27.60 KB)
- proxy-lookup.exe (48.07 KB)
- scalar.exe (10.80 MB)
- xzcat.exe (90.78 KB)
- xmlcatalog.exe (55.50 KB)
- xmllint.exe (137.06 KB)
- xzdec.exe (56.29 KB)
- awk.exe (606.25 KB)
- b2sum.exe (73.06 KB)
- basename.exe (34.27 KB)
- basenc.exe (50.08 KB)
- cat.exe (37.62 KB)
- chattr.exe (86.75 KB)
- cmp.exe (48.30 KB)
- comm.exe (40.79 KB)
- cp.exe (119.55 KB)
- cut.exe (43.86 KB)
- cygwin-console-helper.exe (267.72 KB)
- dash.exe (98.58 KB)
- date.exe (127.91 KB)
- diff.exe (203.18 KB)
- diff3.exe (60.94 KB)
- dirname.exe (33.22 KB)
- echo.exe (34.62 KB)
- env.exe (43.74 KB)
- expr.exe (104.79 KB)
- false.exe (31.54 KB)
- fido2-assert.exe (27.01 KB)
- fido2-cred.exe (26.01 KB)
- fido2-token.exe (36.01 KB)
- find.exe (273.49 KB)
- gencat.exe (92.94 KB)
- getfacl.exe (85.32 KB)
- getopt.exe (17.41 KB)
- gmondump.exe (83.98 KB)
- grep.exe (212.05 KB)
- head.exe (47.38 KB)
- ls.exe (146.75 KB)
- lsattr.exe (86.63 KB)
- mkdir.exe (73.04 KB)
- mktemp.exe (45.30 KB)
- mv.exe (128.65 KB)
- pathchk.exe (33.77 KB)
- printf.exe (70.81 KB)
- profiler.exe (189.32 KB)
- pwd.exe (35.61 KB)
- readlink.exe (47.25 KB)
- rebase.exe (991.96 KB)
- rm.exe (64.46 KB)
- rmdir.exe (62.25 KB)
- sdiff.exe (51.39 KB)
- sed.exe (166.90 KB)
- sh.exe (2.05 MB)
- sort.exe (106.65 KB)
- ssh-add.exe (371.26 KB)
- ssh-agent.exe (351.23 KB)
- ssh.exe (838.29 KB)
- tail.exe (59.43 KB)
- test.exe (68.28 KB)
- touch.exe (115.03 KB)
- tr.exe (50.01 KB)
- true.exe (31.54 KB)
- uname.exe (33.74 KB)
- uniq.exe (45.25 KB)
- wc.exe (47.30 KB)
- xargs.exe (63.44 KB)
- CheckHyperVHost.exe (81.44 KB)
- ServiceHub.RoslynCodeAnalysisService.exe (16.40 KB)
- ServiceHub.Host.CLR.x64.exe (15.93 KB)
- ServiceHub.IdentityHost.exe (16.93 KB)
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Several files, folders and Windows registry data can be left behind when you are trying to remove Visual Studio 2017 Desktop Express from your computer.
Folders left behind when you uninstall Visual Studio 2017 Desktop Express:- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress
Files remaining:- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\1033\cmddefui.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\1033\Microsoft.VisualStudio.DesignUI.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\1033\Microsoft.VisualStudio.EditorsUI.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\1033\Microsoft.VisualStudio.ExportTemplateUI.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\1033\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Windows.FormsUI.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\1033\Microsoft.VisualStudioUI.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\1033\Microsoft.VSDesignerUI.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\1033\msenvui.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\1033\UpgradeReport.xslt
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\1033\vb7to8ui.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\1033\vbdebugui.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\1033\VSConvertersPackageUI.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\1033\vslogui.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\1033\vsslnui.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\1033\VsWizUI.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\1033\WDExpressMUI.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\1033\WindowsFormsIntegration.PackageUI.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\adodb.manifest
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Assets\WDExpress.150x150.contrast-black_scale-100.png
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Assets\WDExpress.150x150.contrast-black_scale-140.png
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Assets\WDExpress.150x150.contrast-black_scale-180.png
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Assets\WDExpress.150x150.contrast-black_scale-80.png
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Assets\WDExpress.150x150.contrast-standard_scale-100.png
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Assets\WDExpress.150x150.contrast-standard_scale-140.png
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Assets\WDExpress.150x150.contrast-standard_scale-180.png
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Assets\WDExpress.150x150.contrast-standard_scale-80.png
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Assets\WDExpress.150x150.contrast-white_scale-100.png
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Assets\WDExpress.150x150.contrast-white_scale-140.png
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Assets\WDExpress.150x150.contrast-white_scale-180.png
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Assets\WDExpress.150x150.contrast-white_scale-80.png
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Assets\WDExpress.70x70.contrast-black_scale-100.png
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Assets\WDExpress.70x70.contrast-black_scale-140.png
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Assets\WDExpress.70x70.contrast-black_scale-180.png
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Assets\WDExpress.70x70.contrast-black_scale-80.png
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Assets\WDExpress.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-100.png
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Assets\WDExpress.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-140.png
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Assets\WDExpress.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-180.png
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Assets\WDExpress.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-80.png
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Assets\WDExpress.70x70.contrast-white_scale-100.png
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Assets\WDExpress.70x70.contrast-white_scale-140.png
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Assets\WDExpress.70x70.contrast-white_scale-180.png
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Assets\WDExpress.70x70.contrast-white_scale-80.png
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Automation.manifest
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Automation\clientbuildmgr.tlb
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Automation\coloader80.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Automation\coloader80.tlb
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Automation\contextp.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Automation\cscodemodelextensibility.tlb
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Automation\csiface.tlb
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Automation\DebuggerProxy.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Automation\DiagnosticsTap.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Automation\dsref80.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Automation\dte100.olb
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Automation\dte80.olb
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Automation\dte80a.olb
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Automation\dte90.olb
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Automation\dte90a.olb
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Automation\dteproperties.tlb
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Automation\dteproperties100.tlb
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Automation\dteproperties110.tlb
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Automation\dteproperties120.tlb
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Automation\dteproperties90.tlb
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Automation\dteproperties90a.tlb
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Automation\Microsoft.VisualStudio.CompilerHostObjectsProxy.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Automation\Microsoft.VisualStudio.ProductKeyDialog.tlb
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Automation\Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.Wizard.TestProjectWizards.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Automation\Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.Wizard.TestProjectWizards.manifest
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Automation\msdia140.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv100p.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv110p.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv120p.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv121p.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv140p.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv141p.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv150p.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv151p.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv153p.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv155p.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv156p.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv157p.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv158p.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv159p.dll
Registry that is not cleaned:- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\1784d236
Supplementary values that are not removed:- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\WDExpress.exe.ApplicationCompany
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\WDExpress.exe.FriendlyAppName
How to delete Visual Studio 2017 Desktop Express from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO
Visual Studio 2017 Desktop Express is a program by Microsoft Corporation. Frequently, computer users choose to remove this program. This is hard because deleting this manually takes some knowledge regarding removing Windows programs manually. The best QUICK practice to remove Visual Studio 2017 Desktop Express is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:
1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general utility to optimize your Windows computer.
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- download the setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
- set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire the program's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system utility.
3. Press the General Tools category

4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool

5. A list of the programs installed on your computer will be shown to you
6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Visual Studio 2017 Desktop Express or simply activate the Search field and type in "Visual Studio 2017 Desktop Express". If it exists on your system the Visual Studio 2017 Desktop Express app will be found automatically. Notice that when you select Visual Studio 2017 Desktop Express in the list of applications, the following information regarding the application is shown to you:
- Star rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other users have regarding Visual Studio 2017 Desktop Express, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
- Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
- Details regarding the app you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. accept the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Visual Studio 2017 Desktop Express.

8. After uninstalling Visual Studio 2017 Desktop Express, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong Visual Studio 2017 Desktop Express which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing Visual Studio 2017 Desktop Express with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your system.
Your PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.
Disclaimer
This page is not a recommendation to uninstall Visual Studio 2017 Desktop Express by Microsoft Corporation from your PC, nor are we saying that Visual Studio 2017 Desktop Express by Microsoft Corporation is not a good application for your PC. This page simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall Visual Studio 2017 Desktop Express supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.
Last update on: 2023-01-30 16:22:03.113