Sorry if I misunderstood, but what if I have already uninstalled VS2013 via the normal uninstaller (Control Panel) and want to remove VS2013-specific components? Will one, or both, of these options still work? It doesn't seem like I can do the second option since I've already uninstalled, unless there's another way I can find the Package Cache folder you mentioned. Otherwise, in other places I've read to download the installer again and run the command as you said.
This will work with VS Community edition I'm assuming? FWIW, I'm trying to uninstall the ASP.NET 5 RC1 tools, and return VS2015 to its original state. The ASP.NET 5 tools uninstalled apparently successfully, but the resulting VS wouldn't open my solution, claiming that it was an incompatible version. So I decided to uninstall everything and start over.
May 16, 2008 - If KB944899 is not removed prior to Visual Studio 2008 SP1. Install failed on product (Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Suite – ENU). Run the cleanup utility which will both uninstall the patch if installed and. Try to install or update Visual Studio. And then click Report a problem to open the Visual Studio Feedback tool. You can remove Visual Studio to remove all.
But now I can't get VS2015 to uninstall. Running the vs_enterprise.exe installer from the original media seems to succeed in installing a variety of things, but then it fails with the error: 'Setup Failed! Install cannot continue because some required components failed. Update for Microsoft Windows (KB2999226).
The parameter is incorrect.' Any suggestions? I finally found a solution to fix my issue. My package was missing and no matter what I tried to do, I could not uninstall or repair VS 2015 until I found this article:. Follow the section under: Error during a repair 1) Close Visual Studio. 2) Open an elevated command prompt. To do this, click Start, type cmd in the Start search box, right-click cmd.exe in the results list, and then click Run as administrator.
3) At the command prompt, type the following command, and then press Enter. Cd 'C:ProgramDataPackage Cache' 4) To clear the.msi and.cab files from the cache, type the following commands at the command prompt, and press Enter after each command: Delete /F /S *.msiDelete /F /S *.cab or Erase /F /S *.msiDelete /F /S *.cab 5) Try to repair Visual Studio again. Hope this helps! VS is neither updating nor uninstalling for me. One week ago it asked to update and the update took over 2 hours. Eventually since there was no progress I task-killed it. Since this instance nothing related to VS is working anymore.
It is not starting up, uninstalling results in an endless progress bar (I let it install over the night. Nothing) and the same goes if I try to update it. I tried to follow the instructions above but still the same. I think It somehow damaged the.NET framework because Nvidia Experience isn't starting either. Can anyone help?


Every Input would be much appreciated. What is the status of this github repo and its intended functionality? I just built it and tested it against a system that I have that won't uninstall VS 2015 Update 1 (it just freezes up with two or three vs_professional.exe processes in the task list and one msiexec.exe, with the wait chains indicating that msiexec is waiting on one of the vs_professional instances, and vs_professional instance has nothing useful in its wait chain). Github repo: If you would like to get some more details on a reproducible case where VS just WON'T UNINSTALL, ping me on warren dot postma at the usual google mail stuff. Hello, Just uninstalled Visual Studio 2013 Community Edition using original installer: vs_community.exe /uninstall /force However, the TEMP folder (C:UsersSONYAppDataLocal) have 321 dd_xxxxxx.log files remaining, most of them with the date that VS Community 2013 was installed on the laptop. The Package Cache folder (C:ProgramDataPackage Cache) have 117 folders full of installers (like msi and cab files) most of them also with the date that VS Community was installed on the laptop.
I believe that most of these files/folders are remains from the VS Community 2013. Does anyone know if I can delete these folders/files or if I should perform a procedure like the “Forcibly uninstall installed bundle” described by Heath Stewart before installing Visual Studio Community 2015? Thanks in advance for any information or hint. Heath Stewart for sharing the knowledge and insights.