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

13e9 reported Dec 13, 2016 at 07:54 PM

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Ashley Bye Dec 13, 2016 at 11:26 PM

Visual Studio Feedback System Dec 14, 2016 at 01:01 AM

Ashley Bye Dec 14, 2016 at 01:22 AM

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Blair Wang [MSFT] Feb 10, 2017 at 08:23 AM

Visual Studio Feedback System Feb 23, 2017 at 06:52 AM

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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.

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

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Ash-v-G Dec 22, 2016 at 10:30 AM

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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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