unable to uninstall visual studio 2010 service pack 1

Avinash Kalathummarathu 0

I was Trying to uninstall Microsoft visual studio 2010 Service pack 1 , but its not getting uninstalled.

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Tianyu Sun-MSFT 31,326 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2024-10-11T03:17:40.1066667+00:00

Hello @Avinash Kalathummarathu,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A forum.

Please search CMD in Windows Search box and open it as administrator. Use cd command to navigate to the folder where the VS 2010 SP1 web installer file stored, run following command => Setup.exe /uninstall /force and check if VS 2010 SP1 can be successfully uninstalled(kindly note to replace "Setup.exe" to the specific name of the VS 2010 SP1 web installer on your machine).

The web installer file might be stored here: C:\ProgramData\VS\vs10sp1\SetupCache

Please feel free to let us know if it works.

Sincerely,

Tianyu

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Avinash Kalathummarathu 0 Reputation points

2024-10-11T09:14:12.3833333+00:00

Hi Tianyu, i have tried the steps thats suggested by you, but getting below error.
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Avinash Kalathummarathu 0 Reputation points

2024-10-11T09:24:47.5166667+00:00

I have tried with the command C:\ProgramData\VS\vs10sp1\SetupCache>Setup.exe /unintsall. but getting another error

Tianyu Sun-MSFT 31,326 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2024-10-11T09:27:08.4+00:00

Hi @Avinash Kalathummarathu,

The error message seems indicate that the SP1 hasn't been installed, so it failed to be uninstalled.

Could you please double confirm that if Microsoft visual studio 2010 Service pack 1 was installed on your machine. You can try to check in Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features.

If you find it in Control Panel, you can try following:

Right click it, see if it provides options like modify/change/uninstall. Try to uninstall it by selecting corresponding options.

If you don't find it, may I know how you confirm that SP1 was installed but it's not getting uninstalled?

Tianyu Sun-MSFT 31,326 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2024-10-11T09:37:14.6+00:00

@Avinash Kalathummarathu is VS 2010 Professional still installed on your machine?

As VS 2010 Professional is an old version of VS, it's possible that the web installer fails to find the corresponding resource online.

Avinash Kalathummarathu 0 Reputation points

2024-10-11T09:41:58.61+00:00

yes VS2010 professional is installed, and you can see service pack 1 also installed from the below screenshot.

Tianyu Sun-MSFT 31,326 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2024-10-14T07:53:01.14+00:00

Thanks for the confirmation @Avinash Kalathummarathu.

In Control Panel, if you right-click Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1, is there any option like Uninstall and Change? If so, if you click to uninstall it, will it work?

Avinash Kalathummarathu 0 Reputation points

2024-10-14T12:01:26.2733333+00:00

Uninstall/Change is there but unable to uninstall with this option

Avinash Kalathummarathu 0 Reputation points

2024-10-14T12:03:57.62+00:00

Unable to uninstall with Uninstall/change option

Tianyu Sun-MSFT 31,326 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2024-10-15T06:49:41.64+00:00

@Avinash Kalathummarathu, what happened when you clicked “Uninstall/Change”, was there any error message?

Except Uninstalling, does VS 2010 or VS 2010 SP1 provide Repair option(Maybe after you click the “Uninstall/Change” option)? If so, I think you can try to repair them(VS 2010 and VS 2010 SP1) first and then uninstall SP1.

Besides, if you launch VS 2010 and click Help -> About, will you see SP1 or “SP1 Rel” related version name?

I am thinking if some necessary files or folders were removed, may be related to SP1, and this causes that the system fails to locate SP1.

If you still have the setup file of VS 2010 SP1(called like vs10sp1-kb983509.exe), try to replace the "C:\ProgramData\VS\vs10sp1\SetupCache\Setup.exe" file when you run the command(Setup.exe /uninstall /force => vs10sp1-kb983509.exe /uninstall /force).

Tianyu Sun-MSFT 31,326 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2024-10-22T02:58:14.3866667+00:00

Hi @Avinash Kalathummarathu ,

We have not heard from you for a couple of days. May I know if you can successfully uninstall the Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1?

Please let us know if there is anything that we can help here:)

Regards,

Tianyu

Avinash Kalathummarathu 0 Reputation points

2024-10-22T08:44:05.6933333+00:00

Hi Tianyu,
I tried repairing also, but not worked. finally, i was able to delete it by removing all the registry related to 2010 service pack. Thank you very much for your help and support.

Tianyu Sun-MSFT 31,326 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2024-10-23T09:01:03.4433333+00:00

Hi @Avinash Kalathummarathu ,

You are welcome. I'm glad to hear that removing all the registry related to 2010 service pack fix this issue.

If you still remember the registry keys that you removed, you can share their name here, it will benefit other members who get the same/similar issue.

Anyway, please don't hesitate to contact us if you get other issues in the future. Wish you a great day ahead :D

Regards,

Tianyu
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