I installed a VS 2013 trial on my Windows 10 PC. Now the trial period has expired and I want to remove it. However I can not find it listed under Control Panel->Programs->Programs and Features!?
Search C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\ for vs_*.exe and you should see one or more bootstrap installers named for the version, E.g. vs_enterprise.exe, vs_community.exe
Run the executable with the /uninstall command line.
Alternatively run the original installer again in the hopes that it offers an uninstall option, if not reinstall it in the hopes it fixes the missing link.
You could use the Visual Studio Uninstaller. Its a tool developed by Microsoft and should get rid of the Visual Studio Instance.
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Something is broken on my machine and Visual Studio 2019 will not update or install. [this article][1] recommends running the below exe to clean your system of all Visual Studio installations:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\resources\app\layout\InstallCleanup.exe
However, it does not exist. In this case, that article says to run the VS installer, get to the Workflows tab, and then close the installer to make the exe appear, but it doesn't.
I am using 2019 Community Edition. Anyone know where I can get this exe?
As is the case many times, it's only until after I ask a question that I try something I hadn't thought of, and that was to search the entire Microsoft Visual Studio folder and I found it here:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\InstallCleanup.exe
I ran it and was able to successfully install 2019.
Background: I tried updating 2019 one day when the update failed and I was no longer able to build any of my applications. Updates and full reinstalls would fail saying that it could not access one of the package files. I had to fall back to 2017 and had been using it since this occurred back in February. I decided I wanted 2019, so I went the full uninstall route, but could never find the above-mentioned exe until now. I hope this helps all the others who have been having this issue.
This all occurred during a 2019 update one d
Others have experienced this as well, but I found no solutions. I will probably just mark this as answer if VS installs properly.
During update Visual Studio 2019 to latest version (16.9), setup failed. Stupidly I closed installer window without read the error.
When I retryed the update, the Installer crashes few seconds after start.
I have uninstalled wholly Visual Studio, but Installer still crash.
I think something is left dirty after first update fail, I tried to search in log files recoverd by collect.exe tools, but I can't found usefull information in that bilions of messages.
Reinstalling Windows must be the last choice, there is a way to take crash error for undertand the problem and search for a solution?
EDIT
Also InstallCleanup.exe don't solve the problem
Visual Studio Installer version 2.9.3349 has problems with culture "it-IT". If that's your case (as it is mine), there is a workaround here:
https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Visual-Studio-Installer-crashes-after-up/1356122
The workaround is to force a working locale: ./vs_installer.exe --locale en-US
If you think your install and/or installer is corrupted, run the installation cleaner tool available at the URL below and then re-download the latest installer, from which you can get 16.9.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/install/remove-visual-studio?view=vs-2019
Additionally there is a step you can try in Troubleshooting Installation Issues, specifically Step 4 (The advice above the break is actually Step 6 in this process)
Step 4 - Delete the Visual Studio Installer directory to fix upgrade problems
The Visual Studio Installer bootstrapper is a minimal light-weight executable that installs the rest of the Visual Studio Installer. Deleting Visual Studio Installer files and then rerunning the bootstrapper might solve some update failures.
Note
Performing the following actions reinstalls the Visual Studio Installer files and resets the installation metadata.
Close the Visual Studio Installer.
Delete the Visual Studio Installer directory. Typically, the directory is C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer.
Run the Visual Studio Installer bootstrapper. You might find the bootstrapper in your Downloads folder with a file name that follows a vs_[Visual Studio edition]__*.exe pattern. If you don't find that application, you can download the bootstrapper by going to the Visual Studio downloads page and clicking Download for your edition of Visual Studio. Then, run the executable to reset your installation metadata.
Try to install or update Visual Studio again. If the Installer continues to fail, go to the next step.
You have to download the installer again for the offline installation eg.vs_enterprise.exe then run vs_enterprise.exe --layout "folder where you have the offline installation". The new installer needs to download a different new configuration file vs_installer.version.json
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/install/create-an-offline-installation-of-visual-studio?view=vs-2019
Today i am trying to uninstall visual studio 2013 on my windows 7 PC when ever i click on change option in programs and features it goes to visual studio stopped working error window i even tried with the setup file as well its same with that as well tried the total uninstaller mentioned # https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt720585.aspx Still no luck
tried Revo Uninstaller as well its of no use
I tried disabling .Net Framework 3.5 no go uninstalled 4.5 no go re enabled 3.5 no go
So now i want to uninstall the VS2013 but have no idea how to do it
any help would be appreciated
Try to download this tool TotalUninstaller.zip from here.
Perform these steps to complete uninstall Visual Studio:
Extract .zip file
Open an administrator command prompt
Execute Setup.ForcedUninstall.exe
Type 'Y' to uninstall
I'm trying to uninstall Visual Studio Professional 2012 (I have 2015 now) on Windows 10, but it's stuck on "Applying: Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Shell (Minimum)." The second loading bar is almost full and won't go higher. I left my laptop on overnight so it could uninstall yet it's still here.
To uninstall the VS 2012, you can check this: How to uninstall Visual Studio 2012 and it describes the manual removal and forcibly uninstall methods. You can first uninstall the main product like VS 2012 professional, then uninstall the other supporting products that may be installed.
Make sure you uninstall the VS 2012 professional by the administrator account and if the manual removal failed, you can try to forcibly uninstall through the command: vs_professional.exe /uninstall /force. It can forcibly remove almost all components and for the detail information, you can have a look at this blog.
If the uninstall still failed, you can use http://aka.ms/vscollect to gather the installation logs. After using it, you will find vslogs.zip under %temp% folder then upload the file to https://onedrive.live.com/ and share the link here.
I have been using visual studio 2015 RC community for a little while now, and I found that I can get the full enterprise edition for free from my University. But, after I uninstalled the community edition from the control panel, I still see it in my start menu and it runs as if nothing happened. I saw when searching online, to use the cmd with /uninstall /force but I don't know which application to use it on in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\IDE directory to use those on.
Please help me remove this IDE so I can reinstall it.
I know this question is old, but just in case...
To uninstall "Visual Studio 2015 Community" follow these instructions:
Search for vs_community.exe:
cmd (admin rights) -> cd C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\ -> dir /s vs_community.exe
This will provide you with the exact location of vs_community.exe
Uninstall:
cmd (admin rights) -> C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{*CODE*} -> vs_community.exe /uninstall /force
More information:
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/heaths/2015/07/17/removing-visual-studio-components-left-behind-after-an-uninstall/
NOTE: search vs_community.exe instead of vs_enterprise.exe/vs_ultimate.exe
I hope this can help.
I had the same problem to solve it I downloaded the latest (out of preview ) community visual studio edition and re ran the setup. Choose repair/modify it may solve the problem.
I will recommend you to use 2013 edition as 2015 still feels incomplete and takes a lot of time perform small operation. Intellisense takes a lot of time to initialize and at so many instance it feels unstable.
From the documentation:
Uninstall Visual Studio
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt720585.aspx
Alternatively, you can use the "Total Uninstaller" tool to remove
everything that Visual Studio or updates to Visual Studio might have
installed. That is, any version of Visual Studio 2013 or later. To
find out more, see the Visual Studio Uninstaller tool on GitHub.
VisualStudioUninstaller
https://github.com/Microsoft/VisualStudioUninstaller