Visual Studio Community 2017 (2)

How to uninstall Visual Studio Community 2017 (2) from your computer

Visual Studio Community 2017 (2) is a Windows program. Read below about how to remove it from your PC. The Windows release was created by Microsoft Corporation. Further information on Microsoft Corporation can be found here. Usually the Visual Studio Community 2017 (2) application is to be found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community folder, depending on the user's option during setup. The full uninstall command line for Visual Studio Community 2017 (2) is C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vs_installer.exe. vs_installer.exe is the programs's main file and it takes around 181.17 KB (185520 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are part of Visual Studio Community 2017 (2). They take about 49.65 MB (52060632 bytes) on disk.

vswhere.exe (418.19 KB)
vs_installer.exe (181.17 KB)
vs_installershell.exe (47.19 MB)
CheckHyperVHost.exe (88.77 KB)
handle.exe (415.63 KB)
InstallCleanup.exe (43.57 KB)
Setup.exe (126.73 KB)
vs_installer.windows.exe (39.13 KB)
vs_installerservice.exe (15.40 KB)
vs_installerservice.x86.exe (15.40 KB)
VSHiveStub.exe (27.84 KB)
VSIXAutoUpdate.exe (200.53 KB)
VSIXConfigurationUpdater.exe (31.65 KB)
VSIXInstaller.exe (409.84 KB)

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This page is about Visual Studio Community 2017 (2) version 15.8.28010.2050 alone. Click on the links below for other Visual Studio Community 2017 (2) versions:

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If you are manually uninstalling Visual Studio Community 2017 (2) we suggest you to verify if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Directories that were found:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator Community Edition
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator and Analytics Community Edition
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Application\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator Community Edition

Usually, the following files are left on disk:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator Community Edition\copyright.txt
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator Community Edition\dfengine.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator Community Edition\dfgui.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator Community Edition\docs\userguide.pdf
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator Community Edition\dotfuscator.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator Community Edition\dotfuscatorhelp.chm
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator Community Edition\license.txt
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator Community Edition\PreEmptive.Attributes.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator Community Edition\samples\dotfuscated\HelloWorld.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator Community Edition\samples\dotfuscated\HelloWorld_Map.xml
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator Community Edition\samples\dotfuscator_v2.2.xml
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator Community Edition\samples\dotfuscatorMap_v1.1.xml
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator Community Edition\samples\Hello.cs
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator Community Edition\samples\hello_config.xml
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator Community Edition\samples\HelloWorld.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator Community Edition\samples\run.bat
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator Community Edition\tampertester.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator and Analytics Community Edition\Attributes\Windows Phone\PreEmptive.Attributes.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator and Analytics Community Edition\Attributes\Windows Phone\PreEmptive.ObfuscationAttributes.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator and Analytics Community Edition\copyright.txt
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator and Analytics Community Edition\dfengine.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator and Analytics Community Edition\dfgui.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator and Analytics Community Edition\docs\userguide.pdf
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator and Analytics Community Edition\dotfuscator.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator and Analytics Community Edition\dotfuscatorhelp.chm
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator and Analytics Community Edition\license.txt
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator and Analytics Community Edition\PreEmptive.Attributes.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator and Analytics Community Edition\samples\dotfuscated\HelloWorld.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator and Analytics Community Edition\samples\dotfuscated\Map.xml
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator and Analytics Community Edition\samples\dotfuscator_v2.3.xml
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator and Analytics Community Edition\samples\dotfuscatorMap_v1.2.xml
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator and Analytics Community Edition\samples\Hello.cs
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator and Analytics Community Edition\samples\hello_config.xml
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator and Analytics Community Edition\samples\HelloWorld.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator and Analytics Community Edition\samples\run.bat
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator and Analytics Community Edition\tampertester.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Application\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator Community Edition\COPYRIGHT.txt
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Application\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator Community Edition\dfengine.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Application\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator Community Edition\dfgui.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Application\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator Community Edition\docs\userguide.pdf
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Application\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator Community Edition\dotfuscator.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Application\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator Community Edition\dotfuscatorhelp.chm
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Application\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator Community Edition\Interop.SHDocVw.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Application\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator Community Edition\License.txt
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Application\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator Community Edition\logo.gif
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Application\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator Community Edition\samples\dotfuscator_v2.1.xml
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Application\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator Community Edition\samples\dotfuscatorMap_v1.1.xml
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Application\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator Community Edition\samples\Hello.cs
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Application\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator Community Edition\samples\hello_config.xml
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Application\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator Community Edition\samples\HelloWorld.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Application\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator Community Edition\samples\output\HelloWorld.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Application\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator Community Edition\samples\reports\HelloWorld_Map.xml
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Application\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator Community Edition\samples\run.bat
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Application\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator Community Edition\spacer.gif
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Application\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator Community Edition\splash.html

Registry that is not cleaned:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0|Application|PreEmptive Solutions|Dotfuscator Community Edition|AxInterop.SHDocVw.dll
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0|Application|PreEmptive Solutions|Dotfuscator Community Edition|Interop.SHDocVw.dll
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\90c3cf36

A way to remove Visual Studio Community 2017 (2) with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Visual Studio Community 2017 (2) is an application released by Microsoft Corporation. Some users decide to erase this program. This can be difficult because performing this by hand takes some knowledge regarding Windows program uninstallation. One of the best SIMPLE approach to erase Visual Studio Community 2017 (2) is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:

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6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Visual Studio Community 2017 (2) or simply activate the Search field and type in "Visual Studio Community 2017 (2)". If it exists on your system the Visual Studio Community 2017 (2) program will be found very quickly. Notice that when you click Visual Studio Community 2017 (2) in the list , some data about the program is made available to you:

Star rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have about Visual Studio Community 2017 (2), from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
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Details about the application you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

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The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall Visual Studio Community 2017 (2) by Microsoft Corporation from your PC, we are not saying that Visual Studio Community 2017 (2) by Microsoft Corporation is not a good software application. This text only contains detailed info on how to uninstall Visual Studio Community 2017 (2) in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2018-11-04 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2018-11-04 14:50:34.077

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