Visual Studio 2017 Desktop Express

How to uninstall Visual Studio 2017 Desktop Express from your system

You can find below details on how to uninstall Visual Studio 2017 Desktop Express for Windows. It was developed for Windows by Microsoft Corporation. Take a look here where you can get more info on Microsoft Corporation. Usually the Visual Studio 2017 Desktop Express application is placed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress directory, depending on the user's option during install. C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vs_installer.exe is the full command line if you want to remove Visual Studio 2017 Desktop Express. The application's main executable file has a size of 636.80 KB (652088 bytes) on disk and is titled WDExpress.exe.

The following executables are installed together with Visual Studio 2017 Desktop Express. They take about 56.44 MB (59183748 bytes) on disk.

DDConfigCA.exe (154.09 KB)
FeedbackCollector.exe (347.55 KB)
mspdbsrv.exe (135.13 KB)
PerfWatson2.exe (63.53 KB)
StorePID.exe (47.19 KB)
TCM.exe (194.63 KB)
UserControlTestContainer.exe (37.63 KB)
VsDebugWERHelper.exe (121.72 KB)
VSFinalizer.exe (107.60 KB)
VSHiveStub.exe (26.42 KB)
vshost-clr2.exe (22.53 KB)
vshost.exe (23.01 KB)
vshost32-clr2.exe (22.54 KB)
vshost32.exe (22.13 KB)
VSInitializer.exe (88.10 KB)
VSIXInstaller.exe (409.81 KB)
VSLaunchBrowser.exe (26.55 KB)
vsn.exe (24.00 KB)
VsRegEdit.exe (345.65 KB)
VSWebHandler.exe (101.75 KB)
VSWebLauncher.exe (188.69 KB)
WDExpress.exe (636.80 KB)
BuildNotificationApp.exe (319.70 KB)
EndTask.exe (47.65 KB)
TF.exe (375.13 KB)
TFSBuild.exe (179.15 KB)
TfsDeleteProject.exe (31.68 KB)
TFSSecurity.exe (62.05 KB)
vsDiffMerge.exe (245.09 KB)
witadmin.exe (232.15 KB)
git.exe (38.77 KB)
blocked-file-util.exe (20.22 KB)
git-credential-store.exe (1.28 MB)
git-credential-wincred.exe (27.81 KB)
git-fast-import.exe (1.31 MB)
git-http-fetch.exe (1.40 MB)
git-http-push.exe (1.41 MB)
git-receive-pack.exe (38.78 KB)
git-remote-https.exe (1.41 MB)
git-sh-i18n--envsubst.exe (1.27 MB)
git-show-index.exe (1.27 MB)
git-upload-pack.exe (1.36 MB)
git.exe (2.34 MB)
i686-w64-mingw32-deflatehd.exe (64.34 KB)
i686-w64-mingw32-inflatehd.exe (61.29 KB)
proxy-lookup.exe (19.63 KB)
git-askpass.exe (229.21 KB)
git-credential-manager.exe (179.74 KB)
GitHub.Authentication.exe (293.00 KB)
awk.exe (563.63 KB)
b2sum.exe (72.64 KB)
basename.exe (32.24 KB)
cat.exe (38.28 KB)
comm.exe (38.18 KB)
cp.exe (107.26 KB)
cut.exe (41.83 KB)
dash.exe (102.08 KB)
date.exe (116.86 KB)
dirname.exe (32.18 KB)
echo.exe (32.55 KB)
env.exe (31.27 KB)
expr.exe (100.16 KB)
false.exe (30.01 KB)
find.exe (259.91 KB)
getfacl.exe (158.69 KB)
getopt.exe (16.95 KB)
grep.exe (212.51 KB)
head.exe (46.49 KB)
ls.exe (138.32 KB)
mkdir.exe (70.80 KB)
mktemp.exe (43.28 KB)
mv.exe (116.93 KB)
pathchk.exe (32.30 KB)
printf.exe (69.53 KB)
pwd.exe (34.08 KB)
readlink.exe (46.10 KB)
rebase.exe (914.61 KB)
rm.exe (62.82 KB)
rmdir.exe (61.04 KB)
sed.exe (161.14 KB)
sh.exe (2.06 MB)
sort.exe (105.99 KB)
ssh-add.exe (367.53 KB)
ssh-agent.exe (382.54 KB)
ssh.exe (718.99 KB)
tail.exe (57.32 KB)
test.exe (67.57 KB)
touch.exe (104.94 KB)
tr.exe (49.27 KB)
true.exe (30.01 KB)
uname.exe (32.17 KB)
uniq.exe (43.75 KB)
wc.exe (47.30 KB)
xargs.exe (64.97 KB)
VsDebugConsole.exe (143.68 KB)
CheckHyperVHost.exe (89.70 KB)
ScriptedSandbox32.exe (519.19 KB)
ScriptedSandbox64.exe (702.07 KB)
AppxDebugSysTray.exe (71.63 KB)
msvsmon.exe (4.64 MB)
VsDebugLaunchNotify.exe (123.27 KB)
VsDebugWERHelper.exe (138.28 KB)
msvsmon.exe (3.43 MB)
VsDebugLaunchNotify.exe (103.88 KB)
VsDebugWERHelper.exe (120.36 KB)
Microsoft.XslDebugger.Host.exe (50.60 KB)
VsDebugLaunchNotify.exe (105.24 KB)
ServiceHub.RoslynCodeAnalysisService.exe (15.45 KB)
ServiceHub.Host.CLR.x64.exe (14.95 KB)
ServiceHub.VSDetouredHost.exe (15.45 KB)
ServiceHub.Host.Node.x86.exe (17.84 MB)
MSBuild.exe (313.46 KB)
MSBuildTaskHost.exe (219.59 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 15.8.28010.2003 of Visual Studio 2017 Desktop Express. Click on the links below for other Visual Studio 2017 Desktop Express versions:

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Some files and registry entries are typically left behind when you uninstall Visual Studio 2017 Desktop Express.

Directories left on disk:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress

The files below remain on your disk by Visual Studio 2017 Desktop Express when you uninstall it:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\1036\cmddefui.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\1036\Microsoft.VisualStudio.DesignUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\1036\Microsoft.VisualStudio.EditorsUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\1036\Microsoft.VisualStudio.ExportTemplateUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\1036\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Windows.FormsUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\1036\Microsoft.VisualStudioUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\1036\Microsoft.VSDesignerUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\1036\msenvui.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\1036\UpgradeReport.xslt
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\1036\vb7to8ui.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\1036\vbdebugui.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\1036\VSConvertersPackageUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\1036\vslogui.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\1036\vsslnui.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\1036\VsWizUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\1036\WDExpressMUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\1036\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\msenv2p.dll

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

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\31fb1c78

How to erase Visual Studio 2017 Desktop Express from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Visual Studio 2017 Desktop Express is a program offered by the software company Microsoft Corporation. Some people decide to erase this application. This can be efortful because deleting this manually requires some experience regarding PCs. One of the best SIMPLE approach to erase Visual Studio 2017 Desktop Express is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:

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

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find Visual Studio 2017 Desktop Express or simply click 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 very quickly. After you click Visual Studio 2017 Desktop Express in the list of apps, some information regarding the application is made available to you:

Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have regarding Visual Studio 2017 Desktop Express, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
Technical information regarding the app you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

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8. After uninstalling Visual Studio 2017 Desktop Express, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong Visual Studio 2017 Desktop Express which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Visual Studio 2017 Desktop Express with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

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This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall Visual Studio 2017 Desktop Express by Microsoft Corporation from your PC, we are not saying that Visual Studio 2017 Desktop Express by Microsoft Corporation is not a good software application. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Visual Studio 2017 Desktop Express supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2018-12-08 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2018-12-08 03:14:31.847

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