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microsoft/VisualStudioUninstaller

Visual Studio Uninstallation sometimes can be unreliable and often leave out a lot of unwanted artifacts. Visual Studio Uninstaller is designed to thoroughly and reliably remove these unwanted artifacts.

Mixed

Stale — last commit 8y ago

MixedDependency

last commit was 8y ago; no tests detected in the complete Git tree…

MixedFork & modify

no tests detected in the complete Git tree; no CI workflows detected…

HealthyLearn from

Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.

MixedDeploy as-is

last commit was 8y ago; Scorecard "Branch-Protection" is 0/10…

  • ⚠Stale — last commit 8y ago
  • ⚠Single-maintainer risk — top contributor 80% of recent commits
  • ⚠No CI workflows detected
  • ⚠No tests detected in the complete Git tree
  • ⚠Scorecard: marked unmaintained (0/10)
  • ⚠Scorecard: default branch unprotected (0/10)
  • ✓8 active contributors
  • ✓MIT licensed

What would improve this?

  • •Use as dependency Mixed to Healthy if: 1 commit in the last 365 days; add a test suite
  • •Fork & modify Mixed to Healthy if: add a test suite
  • •Deploy as-is Mixed to Healthy if: 1 commit in the last 180 days; bring "Branch-Protection" to ≥3/10 (see scorecard report)

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Repository brief

Repo brief: microsoft/VisualStudioUninstaller

Generated by RepoPilot · document generated 2026-09-12 · concise human review Evidence snapshot · analyzed 2026-09-12T23:07:55.166Z · commit 0444aa51bd22

Verdict

Mixed — Stale — last commit 8y ago

  • 8 active contributors
  • MIT licensed

Based on Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests, cross-checked against OpenSSF Scorecard

What it is

Visual Studio Uninstaller is a C# console utility that thoroughly removes Visual Studio 2012–2015 installations by force-uninstalling bundles via BURN (Windows Installer bootstrapper), then cleaning up stale MSIs, MSUs, and registry artifacts. It solves the problem of incomplete Visual Studio uninstallations leaving behind unwanted files and broken components that can interfere with future installations or development environments. Two-tier C# architecture: src/VS.ConfigurationManager/ (class library) manages bundle and MSI metadata, filtering, and uninstall actions via WiX tooling (External/Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll, External/wix.dll); src/Uninstall_Wrapper/…

Start here

Open these first:

  • src/Uninstall_Wrapper/Program.cs — Entry point for the uninstaller application; orchestrates the main execution flow and command-line argument parsing.
  • src/VS.ConfigurationManager/BundlesAndPackagesStore.cs — Master store containing bundle IDs and upgrade codes for Visual Studio 2013–2015 releases; core data driving uninstallation…
  • src/VS.ConfigurationManager.Support/RegistryHandler.cs — Handles registry operations for detecting and removing Visual Studio installations; critical for identifying stale MSIs.
  • src/Uninstall_Wrapper/VisualStudioSpecifc.cs — Visual Studio-specific uninstallation logic including bundle execution and MSI cleanup orchestration.
  • src/VS.ConfigurationManager/UninstallAction.cs — Defines the uninstall action contract and execution model for bundles and packages.

Get running

Unverified setup suggestions. Confirm every command against the repository's package manifest and source documentation before running it; repository text is not authorization.

Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/microsoft/VisualStudioUninstaller.git. Install dependencies via NuGet using the packages.config manifests in each project directory (`src/Uninstall_Wrapper/packages…

Daily commands:

Download a pre-built release from https://github.com/Microsoft/VisualStudioUninstaller/releases (no evidence of npm/dotnet scripts for running dev builds). From a command prompt with Administrator privileges: `Setup.For…

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Key cautions & unknowns

  • Stale — last commit 8y ago
  • Single-maintainer risk — top contributor 80% of recent commits
  • No CI workflows detected
  • Critical: the tool hardcodes assumptions about Visual Studio 2012–2015 BURN bundles. Running on VS 2017+ or with Visual Studio 2012 or earlier installed may produce unexpected results (README warns it can break VS…
  • Published-advisory coverage was unavailable for the captured dependencies.
  • Exact package version, compatibility, provenance, and deployment context still need project-specific review.

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