July 2015 | Visual Studio Setup

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Removing Visual Studio components left behind after an uninstall

Heath StewartJuly 17, 2015Jul 17, 201507/17/15

When you install Visual Studio and related content like Windows Kits or some add-ons, most packages that comprise those bundles are reference counted to make sure they are not removed prematurely. Uninstalling Visual Studio and related content should eventually remove those packages (i.e. last one out the door turns off the light). Contrast ...

How to install Visual Studio to another directory when a pre-release is installed

Heath StewartJuly 14, 2015Jul 14, 201507/14/15

If you’ve installed pre-release versions of Visual Studio – or even another edition of the same release – you may find you can’t change the installation target directory. This is because once a set of shared components is installed, we install all the other components to the same directory structure. When you have ...

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July 2015 | Visual Studio Setup

Removing Visual Studio components left behind after an uninstall

How to install Visual Studio to another directory when a pre-release is installed

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