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    Removing Visual Studio components left behind after an uninstall
    AvatarHeath 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.

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

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