How to uninstall Visual Studio 2012 Release Candidate

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Summary

This article applies to Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Release Candidate releases. For information about how to uninstall an earlier Visual Studio prerelease product version, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
  • 2710678
    (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2710678/ )
    How to uninstall Visual Studio 11 Beta
  • 2693272
    (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2693272/ )
    How to uninstall Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview

If you want to install a newer build, you do not have to uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Release Candidate. This is because Visual Studio 2012 will be upgraded to the newer version automatically.

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Manual removal

To manually remove a Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Release Candidate product, we recommend that you first uninstall the main product or products, such as Microsoft Visual Studio Ultimate 2012 Release Candidate. Then, uninstall any other supporting products that may be installed.

Note The order in which you uninstall products is important.

User-generated assets such as project files and custom settings are not removed or affected when you uninstall Visual Studio. 

To uninstall Visual Studio, follow these steps:
  1. Open the Programs and Features item in Control Panel. To do this, click Start, click Control Panel, click Programs, and then click Programs and Features. Or, follow these steps:
    1. Click Start, and then click Run. (Or, on a Windows keyboard, press the Windows logo key+R.)
    2. In the Open box, type control appwiz.cpl, and then click OK or press Enter.
  2. Uninstall all the installed main products in the following list.

    Note The order in which you uninstall products is important. Uninstall the installed products in the following order:
    • Microsoft Visual Studio Ultimate 2012 Release Candidate
    • Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Premium Release Candidate
    • Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Professional Release Candidate
    • Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Express for Windows 8 Release Candidate
    • Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Express for Web Release Candidate

    Hint In Control Panel, you can search for "Microsoft Visual Studio 2012" to filter the list of products to any of those that are listed here.


  3. Click View installed updates. If you find "July 2012 Update for Visual Studio 2012 (KB2703187)" listed, uninstall it.

Optional shared products

Optionally, you can uninstall the following shared products that may also be installed with Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Release Candidate. Sometimes, an item may continue to appear even after you uninstall it. If this happens, uninstall it again, because more than one product with the same name may be installed.

If you are warned that uninstalling a product may affect other products, click Yes to continue, because you will be removing all Visual Studio 2012-related products anyway.

Note The order in which you uninstall products is important. Uninstall the installed products in the following order.

Warning These packages may also be used by other products on the computer. These products include Visual Studio 2010 and Visual Studio 2008.
  • Microsoft Web Deploy dbSqlPackage Provider - enu
  • Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools – enu (11.1.20425.00)
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Management Objects (x64)
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Management Objects
  • Microsoft SQL Server System CLR Types (x64)
  • Microsoft SQL Server System CLR Types
  • Microsoft SQL Server Compact 4.0 SP1 x64 ENU CTP1
  • Microsoft SQL Server Compact 4.0 SP1 ENU CTP1
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Express LocalDB
  • Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools Build Utilities - enu (11.1.20425.00)
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2012 T-SQL Language Service
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Command Line Utilities
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Native Client
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Data-Tier App Framework
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Transact-SQL Compiler Service
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Transact-SQL ScriptDom
  • Prerequisites for SSDT
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office Runtime (x64)
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office Runtime (x86)
  • Microsoft ASP.NET MVC 3
  • Microsoft ASP.NET Web Pages
  • WCF RIA Services V1.0 SP2
  • Microsoft Web Platform Installer 4.0
  • IIS 8.0 Express
  • Microsoft Web Deploy 3.0

Important system updates that we do not recommend for removal

Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Release Candidate may also install the following important system updates. We recommend that you leave them installed on your system. Some of these may appear in Installed Updates. (This is a link in the Windows navigation menu.)
  • Microsoft Silverlight
  • The Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 Release Candidate
  • Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x64 9.0.30729.4148
  • Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x64 9.0.30729.6161
  • Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.30729.4148
  • Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.30729.6161

Note If you find that one or more products stop functioning after you uninstall Visual Studio 2012 Release Candidate, repair those products.

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Article ID: 2744926 - Last Review: November 19, 2012 - Revision: 2.0
Applies to
  • Microsoft Visual Studio Express 2012 for Web
  • Microsoft Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows 8
  • Microsoft Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Phone
  • Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2012
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