Visual Studio Professional 2022

How to uninstall Visual Studio Professional 2022 from your computer

You can find on this page details on how to uninstall Visual Studio Professional 2022 for Windows. It was developed for Windows by Microsoft Corporation. More information on Microsoft Corporation can be seen here. The application is often installed in the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional folder (same installation drive as Windows). You can uninstall Visual Studio Professional 2022 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 Professional 2022's main file takes about 1.32 MB (1382312 bytes) and is named OpenConsole.exe.

Visual Studio Professional 2022 installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 189.28 MB (198477752 bytes) on disk.

• DDConfigCA.exe (147.08 KB)
• UserControlTestContainer.exe (30.61 KB)
• vb7to8.exe (3.06 MB)
• VSHiveStub.exe (22.91 KB)
• vshost-clr2.exe (16.04 KB)
• vshost.exe (16.53 KB)
• vshost32-clr2.exe (15.95 KB)
• vshost32.exe (16.93 KB)
• VSIXInstaller.exe (426.91 KB)
• VSLaunchBrowser.exe (19.55 KB)
• vsn.exe (17.02 KB)
• VSWebHandler.exe (98.01 KB)
• VSWebLauncher.exe (349.13 KB)
• winpty-agent.exe (882.45 KB)
• OpenConsole.exe (1.32 MB)
• CheckHyperVHost.exe (93.09 KB)
• errlook.exe (50.57 KB)
• guidgen.exe (35.97 KB)
• makehm.exe (32.07 KB)
• dotnet.exe (138.77 KB)
• createdump.exe (59.82 KB)
• clang-format.exe (2.57 MB)
• clang-tidy.exe (57.27 MB)
• clang-format.exe (2.58 MB)
• clang-tidy.exe (55.87 MB)
• clang-format.exe (2.76 MB)
• clang-tidy.exe (61.45 MB)

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This data is about Visual Studio Professional 2022 version 17.8.2 only. You can find here a few links to other Visual Studio Professional 2022 releases:

• 17.1.1
• 17.0.1
• 17.0.2
• 17.0.4
• 17.0.5
• 17.1.0
• 17.0.6
• 17.1.2
• 17.1.3
• 17.1.5
• 17.1.4
• 17.1.6
• 17.2.1
• 17.2.3
• 17.2.4
• 17.2.5
• 17.2.6
• 17.3.2
• 17.3.0
• 17.3.4
• 17.2.2
• 17.3.6
• 17.3.5
• 17.3.3
• 17.4.1
• 17.4.2
• 17.4.3
• 17.4.4
• 17.4.5
• 17.5.0
• 17.5.3
• 17.5.1
• 17.5.2
• 17.2.0
• 17.4.0
• 17.5.5
• 17.6.0
• 17.5.4
• 17.6.2
• 17.6.4
• 17.6.3
• 17.6.5
• 17.7.0
• 17.7.2
• 17.6.6
• 17.7.3
• 17.7.4
• 17.7.5
• 17.7.6
• 17.7.1
• 17.11.2
• 17.7.7
• 17.8.3
• 17.8.4
• 17.8.6
• 17.8.0
• 17.8.5
• 17.8.1
• 17.9.5
• 17.9.1
• 17.9.2
• 17.9.6
• 17.9.0
• 17.3.1
• 17.9.4
• 17.9.3
• 17.8.7
• 17.10.3
• 17.10.4
• 17.10.1
• 17.10.5
• 17.11.4
• 17.11.0
• 17.11.5
• 17.10.0
• 17.9.7
• 17.11.3
• 17.12.0
• 17.12.2
• 17.11.1
• 17.12.3

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

Directories left on disk:

• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Visual Studio Code
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Visual Studio Setup

Files remaining:

• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\1033\BlendMui.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\1033\BlendMui_Brand_7D0_10000.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\1033\cmddefui.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\1033\Microsoft.VisualStudio.DesignUI.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\1033\Microsoft.VisualStudio.ExportTemplateUI.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\1033\Microsoft.VisualStudio.WebUI.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\1033\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Windows.FormsUI.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\1033\Microsoft.VisualStudioUI.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\1033\Microsoft.VSDesignerUI.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\1033\msenvmui.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\1033\MsEnvMui_Brand_7D0_0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\1033\msenvui.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\1033\UpgradeReport.xslt
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\1033\vb7to8ui.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\1033\vbdebugui.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\1033\vslogui.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\1033\vsslnui.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\1033\VsWizUI.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\1033\WindowsFormsIntegration.PackageUI.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\adodb.manifest
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.150x150.contrast-black_scale-100.png
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.150x150.contrast-black_scale-140.png
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.150x150.contrast-black_scale-180.png
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.150x150.contrast-black_scale-80.png
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.150x150.contrast-standard_scale-100.png
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.150x150.contrast-standard_scale-140.png
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.150x150.contrast-standard_scale-180.png
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.150x150.contrast-standard_scale-80.png
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.150x150.contrast-white_scale-100.png
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.150x150.contrast-white_scale-140.png
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.150x150.contrast-white_scale-180.png
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.150x150.contrast-white_scale-80.png
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.70x70.contrast-black_scale-100.png
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.70x70.contrast-black_scale-140.png
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.70x70.contrast-black_scale-180.png
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.70x70.contrast-black_scale-80.png
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-100.png
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-140.png
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-180.png
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-80.png
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.70x70.contrast-white_scale-100.png
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.70x70.contrast-white_scale-140.png
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.70x70.contrast-white_scale-180.png
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.70x70.contrast-white_scale-80.png
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-black_scale-100.png
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-black_scale-140.png
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-black_scale-180.png
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-black_scale-80.png
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-standard_scale-100.png
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-standard_scale-140.png
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-standard_scale-180.png
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-standard_scale-80.png
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-white_scale-100.png
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-white_scale-140.png
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-white_scale-180.png
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-white_scale-80.png
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-black_scale-100.png
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-black_scale-140.png
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-black_scale-180.png
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-black_scale-80.png
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-100.png
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-140.png
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-180.png
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-80.png
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-white_scale-100.png
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-white_scale-140.png
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-white_scale-180.png
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-white_scale-80.png
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation.manifest
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\clientbuildmgr.tlb
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\coloader80.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\coloader80.tlb
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\contextp.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\cscodemodelextensibility.tlb
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\csiface.tlb
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\DebuggerProxy.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\DiagnosticsTap.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\dsref80.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\dte100.olb
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\dte80.olb
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\dte80a.olb
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Automation\dte90.olb

Generally the following registry data will not be uninstalled:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\3A5E777CA62DD0F448CA97CE7E65E05A
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\74903C8AB1C713A3F88DEC6C3D53D743
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\8262ADE3D9EC42040BCF66A974C77382
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\A1A3C9A1B665AFC4B87217CF269336EB
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\B90FF3066ADAFBE45BAC2D01967CE3B8
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\DB73E39F3504AC737ABB5A7B548000C6
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\E3FE9A1161661B1328CB010863F63AD4
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\ED9500E97E475A94F8A21CB7B55EB8C4
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\60265157

Open regedit.exe in order to remove the following registry values:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\3A5E777CA62DD0F448CA97CE7E65E05A\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\74903C8AB1C713A3F88DEC6C3D53D743\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\8262ADE3D9EC42040BCF66A974C77382\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\A1A3C9A1B665AFC4B87217CF269336EB\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\B90FF3066ADAFBE45BAC2D01967CE3B8\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\DB73E39F3504AC737ABB5A7B548000C6\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\E3FE9A1161661B1328CB010863F63AD4\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\ED9500E97E475A94F8A21CB7B55EB8C4\ProductName

How to remove Visual Studio Professional 2022 from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Visual Studio Professional 2022 is a program offered by the software company Microsoft Corporation. Frequently, computer users choose to remove this program. Sometimes this is troublesome because performing this manually requires some skill related to PCs. The best EASY approach to remove Visual Studio Professional 2022 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 Windows system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your Windows PC.

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• go to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire the program's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of tools.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the programs existing on the computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Visual Studio Professional 2022 or simply activate the Search field and type in "Visual Studio Professional 2022". The Visual Studio Professional 2022 application will be found very quickly. Notice that when you click Visual Studio Professional 2022 in the list of apps, some information regarding the application is available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have regarding Visual Studio Professional 2022, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the program you are about to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Visual Studio Professional 2022.


8. After removing Visual Studio Professional 2022, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong Visual Studio Professional 2022 that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing Visual Studio Professional 2022 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove Visual Studio Professional 2022 by Microsoft Corporation from your computer, nor are we saying that Visual Studio Professional 2022 by Microsoft Corporation is not a good application. This text only contains detailed info on how to remove Visual Studio Professional 2022 supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.