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Can't uninstall VSIX from VS 2017 RC #864
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Description
- GitHub Extension for Visual Studio version: GitHub.VisualStudio.zip
- Visual Studio version: 2017 Enterprise RC 4
This seems to happen often, but not always.
- Install
GitHub.VisualStudio.vsix. - Uninstall using
Tools / Extensions and Updates. - Close Visual Studio and allow extension to uninstall (no warnings/errors).
- Open Visual Studio.
- Extension is still visible on
Tools / Extensions and Updates. - Try uninstalling again.
- Close Visual Studio and this time uninstall fails with:
16/02/2017 09:39:56 - Microsoft VSIX Installer
16/02/2017 09:39:56 - -------------------------------------------
16/02/2017 09:39:56 - vsixinstaller.exe version:
16/02/2017 09:39:56 - 15.0.26206.0 built by: D15REL
16/02/2017 09:39:56 - -------------------------------------------
16/02/2017 09:39:56 - Command line parameters:
16/02/2017 09:39:56 - C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\vsixinstaller.exe,/appidinstallpath:C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe,/skuName:Enterprise,/skuVersion:15.0.26206.0,/appidname:Microsoft Visual Studio Enterprise 2017 RC,/u:c3d3dc68-c977-411f-b3e8-03b0dccf7dfc,/installas:2244,/callingprocessid:10984
16/02/2017 09:39:56 - -------------------------------------------
16/02/2017 09:39:56 - Microsoft VSIX Installer
16/02/2017 09:39:56 - -------------------------------------------
16/02/2017 09:39:56 - PKGDEF Information: Looking for master PkgDef file, Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\master.pkgdef
16/02/2017 09:39:56 - PKGDEF Information: Creating PkgDefCacheNonVolatile
16/02/2017 09:39:56 - PKGDEF Information: Double-checking master pkgdef file
16/02/2017 09:39:56 - PKGDEF Information: PkgDefManagement initialized
16/02/2017 09:39:56 - PKGDEF Information: RootFolder, Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\
16/02/2017 09:39:56 - PKGDEF Information: ShellFolder, Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\
16/02/2017 09:39:56 - PKGDEF Information: PkgDefSearchPath, Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\Extensions;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\devenv.admin.pkgdef
16/02/2017 09:39:56 - PKGDEF Information: ImageManifestSearchPath, Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\Extensions;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions;C:\Users\passp\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\15.0_eeba6487\Extensions
16/02/2017 09:39:56 - PKGDEF Information: ApplicationExtensionsFolder, Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\Extensions
16/02/2017 09:39:56 - PKGDEF Information: "ZeroImpact" = dword:0, "MergeRegistry" = dword:3
16/02/2017 09:39:56 - PKGDEF Information: Could not find ConfigurationChanged timestamp., PKGDEF: 80070002
16/02/2017 09:39:56 - PKGDEF Information: Could not find ConfigurationChanged timestamp., PKGDEF: 80070002
16/02/2017 09:39:56 - PKGDEF Information: User extensions enabled by setting, Path: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\15.0_eeba6487\ExtensionManager\EnableAdminExtensions
16/02/2017 09:39:56 - PKGDEF Information: PkgDefCache flags, PKGDEF: 7001
16/02/2017 09:39:56 - PKGDEF Information: Could not find ConfigurationChanged timestamp., PKGDEF: 80070002
16/02/2017 09:39:56 - PKGDEF Information: Could not find ConfigurationChanged timestamp., PKGDEF: 80070002
16/02/2017 09:39:56 - PKGDEF Information: PkgDefManagement startup complete
16/02/2017 09:39:57 - Initializing Uninstall...
16/02/2017 09:39:57 - Extension Details...
16/02/2017 09:39:57 - Identifier : c3d3dc68-c977-411f-b3e8-03b0dccf7dfc
16/02/2017 09:39:57 - Name : GitHub Extension for Visual Studio
16/02/2017 09:39:57 - Author : GitHub, Inc
16/02/2017 09:39:57 - Version : 2.2.0.8
16/02/2017 09:39:57 - Description : A Visual Studio Extension that brings the GitHub Flow into Visual Studio.
16/02/2017 09:39:57 - Locale : en-US
16/02/2017 09:39:57 - MoreInfoURL : https://visualstudio.github.com/
16/02/2017 09:39:57 - InstalledByMSI : False
16/02/2017 09:39:57 - SupportedFrameworkVersionRange : [4.5,)
16/02/2017 09:39:57 -
16/02/2017 09:39:57 - Supported Products :
16/02/2017 09:39:57 - Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community
16/02/2017 09:39:57 - Version : [14.0,15.0]
16/02/2017 09:39:57 -
16/02/2017 09:39:57 - References :
16/02/2017 09:39:57 - -------------------------------------------------------
16/02/2017 09:39:57 - Identifier : Microsoft.VisualStudio.MPF.14.0
16/02/2017 09:39:57 - Name : Visual Studio MPF 14.0
16/02/2017 09:39:57 - Version : [14.0,)
16/02/2017 09:39:57 - MoreInfoURL :
16/02/2017 09:39:57 - Nested : No
16/02/2017 09:39:57 -
16/02/2017 09:39:57 - Prerequisites :
16/02/2017 09:39:57 - -------------------------------------------------------
16/02/2017 09:39:57 - Identifier : Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.CoreEditor
16/02/2017 09:39:57 - Name : Visual Studio core editor
16/02/2017 09:39:57 - Version : [15.0.25824.0,16.0)
16/02/2017 09:39:57 -
16/02/2017 09:39:57 -
16/02/2017 09:40:04 - The following target products have been selected...
16/02/2017 09:40:04 - Microsoft Visual Studio Enterprise 2017 RC
16/02/2017 09:40:04 -
16/02/2017 09:40:04 - Uninstalling 'GitHub Extension for Visual Studio', version 2.2.0.8.
16/02/2017 09:40:07 - System.InvalidOperationException: Uninstall of GitHub Extension for Visual Studio failed. To uninstall this extension please uninstall all of the following components:
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.ExtensionManager.ExtensionEngineImpl.PerformSetupEngineUnInstall(IInstalledExtension extension)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.ExtensionManager.ExtensionEngineImpl.UninstallInternal(IInstalledExtension extension, Boolean forceDelete, Version targetedVSVersion)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.ExtensionManager.ExtensionEngineImpl.Uninstall(IInstalledExtension extension, Version targetedVSVersion)
at VSIXInstaller.InstallProgressPage.UninstallVsix(String vsixId, SupportedVSSKU targetSku, IProgress`1 progress)
This has made testing the extension in VS 2017 RC4, super painful. 😢
The way I've been unscrambling this is as follows:
- Open explorer on:
\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\Extensions - Search for
GitHub. - Delete the folder that contains the GitHub extension/assemblies.
- Make the
Extensions\extensions.configurationchangedfile editable by the current user. - Modify and save the
extensions.configurationchangedfile. - Open VS 2017 and the extension is now gone.
A bit of a faff. 😉