Windows 10: Problem Updating or Uninstalling Visual Studio

I have Visual Studio and it keeps trying to install updates to a user that doesn't exist on the machine. The program is installed and works fine but I get the pop up error frequently saying cannot install. I tried to uninstall the whole program but the Uninstaller also thinks it is installed under that non existent user.

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Problem uninstalling Visual Studio 2015

Hi all,

I'm having trouble fully removing Visual Studio 2015 community version. When I attempt to uninstall using windows apps I get error messages after clicking uninstall. I'm unable to open the program, I believe it is uninstalled, but for some reason not fully
removed from my PC. I would like to remove it completely before installing Visual Studio 2017.

I followed the steps given online at Uninstall Visual Studio 2015

and also used the uninstaller tool there. I ran it and success messages showed up with a couple of exit codes, but nothing has changed. I can still see it installed in my programs etc.

The top showed the following:

Uninstalling: C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{79b486b9-c5f0-4096-a00c-8351f59587c2}\vs_community.exe

Bundle: Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2015 with Updates has been uninstalled with exit code: -2147205120.

Uninstalling: C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{7a68448b-9cf2-4049-bd73-5875f1aa7ba2}\vsupdate_KB3022398.exe

Bundle: Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 (KB3022398) has been uninstalled with exit code: 1603.

Normal Visual Studio Uninstall completed.

Strange exit codes I thought, especially after googling.

Any ideas how to get rid of this? If I reinstall Visual Studio will previous versions be removed?

Thanks,

Alex

 

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Visual Studio Roadmap Updates and Visual Studio 2019 Information

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