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    Cannot uninstall or repair Visual Studio after I canceled update during it's processing

    visual studio 2017 installer rcwindows 6.1.7601SetupFixed-in: Visual Studio 2017 version 15.0

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    Solution by avatar image Koen · Dec 14, 2016 at 06:48 AM

    I was able to get things going by manually removing the C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\VisualStudio\Packages folder. This allowed me to do a clean install again.

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    I was able to start a reinstall by manually removing the C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\VisualStudio\Packages folder.

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    Solution by avatar image Blair Wang [MSFT] · Apr 27, 2017 at 06:57 AM

    This issue has been fixed and is available in our latest update. You can download the update via the in-product notification or from here: https://www.visualstudio.com

    Thanks to everyone who provided feedback, votes and solutions for this problem.

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