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Should I remove Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Shell Integrated?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
3% remove it97% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Excellent
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #17,326
United States Rank #16,223
Reach 0.0143%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 2.09 days
61.73 days >
Average installed length: 32.44 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
11.0.50727.1? 0.35%
11.0.50727.1 99.65%

Typically installed together

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Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Shell Integrated

What is Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Shell Integrated?

The Visual Studio 2012 Shell (Integrated) Redistributable Package contains the run-time binaries that are required to deploy an application that's based on the Visual Studio 2012 Shell (Integrated). These binaries require the Visual Studio 2012 Shell (Isolated) Redistributable Package.

About  (from Microsoft)

Visual Studio 2012 Shell (Integrated) provides the foundation on which you can seamlessly integrate tools and programming languages in Visual Studio. It doesn't contain any programming languages, so it provides the perfect foundation to deploy a development environment for your own language. Visual Studio 2012 Shell (I...  Read more

Overview

The most common release is 11.0.50727.1, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. The primary executable is named vs_intshelladditional.exe. The setup package generally installs about 1 files and is usually about 881.82 KB (902,986 bytes).

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30663
Installation folder: C:\ProgramData\package cache\{55b160d2-8221-45fd-ab30-4388c69c0f3b}
Uninstaller: "C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{55b160d2-8221-45fd-ab30-4388c69c0f3b}\vs_intshelladditional.exe" /uninstall
Estimated size: 881.82 KB

Program filesFiles installed by Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Shell Integrated

Program executable:vs_intshelladditional.exe
Name:Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Shell (Integrated)
Path:C:\ProgramData\package cache\{55b160d2-8221-45fd-ab30-4388c69c0f3b}\vs_intshelladditional.exe
MD5:da8d27bb0c8a4c34dd3f082039056c0b

How do I remove Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Shell Integrated?

You can uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Shell Integrated from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
  1. On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
    • Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
  2. When you find the program Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Shell (Integrated), click it, and then do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
    • Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
  3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Shell Integrated.

OS VERSIONS
Win 10 50%
Win 7 0%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 3%
Keep it 97%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#17,326

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 10 50.35%
Windows 7 49.65%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Professional 19.50%
Windows 7 Home Premium 13.48%
Windows 7 Ultimate 8.87%
Windows 8.1 Pro 8.51%
Windows 8.1 7.80%
Windows 10 Pro 6.38%

Distribution by countryGeography

45.81% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 45.81%
  United Kingdom 5.69%
  Canada 3.59%
  India 3.29%
  Australia 2.69%
  France 2.10%
  Germany 2.10%
  South Africa 1.80%
  Spain 1.80%
  Ireland 1.80%
  Italy 1.80%
  Brazil 1.50%
  Sweden 1.50%
  Netherlands 1.50%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Dell 31.89%
Hewlett-Packard 24.32%
Toshiba 10.81%
ASUS 8.65%
Lenovo 7.03%
Acer 7.03%
Intel 3.78%
Samsung 2.70%
GIGABYTE 1.62%
Apple 1.08%
Sony 1.08%
Common models
ASUS All Series 4.69%
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 3.91%
VMware, Inc. VMware Virtu... 3.13%
Dell XPS 8300 2.34%
Dell Latitude E5430 non-v... 2.34%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 2.34%

About Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation develops, manufactures, licenses and supports a variety of products and services related to computing.
Publisher URL: www.microsoft.com

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