Visual Studio Build Tools 2017

A guide to uninstall Visual Studio Build Tools 2017 from your computer

This web page is about Visual Studio Build Tools 2017 for Windows. Here you can find details on how to remove it from your PC. The Windows version was created by Microsoft Corporation. Further information on Microsoft Corporation can be seen here. The program is usually found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools folder (same installation drive as Windows). C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vs_installer.exe is the full command line if you want to remove Visual Studio Build Tools 2017. The application's main executable file has a size of 301.14 KB (308368 bytes) on disk and is named MSBuild.exe.

The executable files below are installed along with Visual Studio Build Tools 2017. They occupy about 1.59 MB (1662088 bytes) on disk.

vsn.exe (22.59 KB)
MSBuild.exe (301.65 KB)
MSBuildTaskHost.exe (214.18 KB)
Tracker.exe (170.60 KB)
MSBuild.exe (301.14 KB)
MSBuildTaskHost.exe (213.68 KB)
Tracker.exe (201.60 KB)
csc.exe (48.42 KB)
csi.exe (14.92 KB)
vbc.exe (48.42 KB)
VBCSCompiler.exe (85.92 KB)

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This data is about Visual Studio Build Tools 2017 version 15.7.27703.2000 only. You can find below a few links to other Visual Studio Build Tools 2017 releases:

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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the computer. Part_A few of these are listed below.

Folders remaining:

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

Files remaining:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\MSBuild\Microsoft.Build.Conversion.Core.pkgdef
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\MSBuild\Microsoft.Build.Engine.pkgdef
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\MSBuild\Microsoft.Build.Framework.pkgdef
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\MSBuild\Microsoft.Build.pkgdef
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\MSBuild\Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core.pkgdef
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\MSBuild\Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core.pkgdef
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\vsn.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\Common7\Tools\LaunchDevCmd.bat
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\Common7\Tools\VsDevCmd.bat
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\Common7\Tools\vsdevcmd\core\dotnet.bat
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\Common7\Tools\vsdevcmd\core\msbuild.bat
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\Common7\Tools\vsdevcmd\core\parse_cmd.bat
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\Common7\Tools\vsdevcmd\core\vsdevcmd_end.bat
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\Common7\Tools\vsdevcmd\core\vsdevcmd_start.bat
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\Common7\Tools\vsdevcmd\core\winsdk.bat
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\Common7\Tools\vsdevcmd\ext\netfxsdk.bat
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\Common7\Tools\vsdevcmd\ext\roslyn.bat
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\Common7\Tools\VsMSBuildCmd.bat
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\Licenses\BuildTools\1033\ThirdPartyNotices.txt
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\1028\FileTracker32UI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\1028\FileTracker64UI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\1028\TrackerUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\1031\FileTracker32UI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\1031\FileTracker64UI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\1031\TrackerUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\1033\FileTracker32UI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\1033\FileTracker64UI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\1033\TrackerUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\1036\FileTracker32UI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\1036\FileTracker64UI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\1036\TrackerUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\1040\FileTracker32UI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\1040\FileTracker64UI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\1040\TrackerUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\1041\FileTracker32UI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\1041\FileTracker64UI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\1041\TrackerUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\1042\FileTracker32UI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\1042\FileTracker64UI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\1042\TrackerUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\1049\FileTracker32UI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\1049\FileTracker64UI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\1049\TrackerUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\2052\FileTracker32UI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\2052\FileTracker64UI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\2052\TrackerUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\3082\FileTracker32UI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\3082\FileTracker64UI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\3082\TrackerUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\1028\FileTracker32UI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\1028\FileTracker64UI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\1028\TrackerUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\1031\FileTracker32UI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\1031\FileTracker64UI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\1031\TrackerUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\1033\FileTracker32UI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\1033\FileTracker64UI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\1033\TrackerUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\1036\FileTracker32UI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\1036\FileTracker64UI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\1036\TrackerUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\1040\FileTracker32UI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\1040\FileTracker64UI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\1040\TrackerUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\1041\FileTracker32UI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\1041\FileTracker64UI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\1041\TrackerUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\1042\FileTracker32UI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\1042\FileTracker64UI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\1042\TrackerUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\1049\FileTracker32UI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\1049\FileTracker64UI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\1049\TrackerUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\2052\FileTracker32UI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\2052\FileTracker64UI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\2052\TrackerUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\3082\FileTracker32UI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\3082\FileTracker64UI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\3082\TrackerUI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\cs\Microsoft.Build.resources.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\cs\Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core.resources.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\cs\Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core.resources.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\cs\MSBuild.resources.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\cs\MSBuildTaskHost.resources.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\de\Microsoft.Build.resources.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\de\Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core.resources.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\de\Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core.resources.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\de\MSBuild.resources.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\de\MSBuildTaskHost.resources.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\de-DE\AssemblyReference.xaml
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\de-DE\comreference.xaml
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\de-DE\Content.xaml
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\de-DE\Cpp.ProjectItemsSchema.xaml
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\de-DE\CSharp.BrowseObject.xaml
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\de-DE\CSharp.ProjectItemsSchema.xaml
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\de-DE\CSharp.xaml
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\de-DE\Debugger_General.xaml
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\de-DE\EmbeddedResource.xaml
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\de-DE\Folder.xaml
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\de-DE\General.BrowseObject.xaml

Registry keys:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\340adcd5

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