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Because there seems to be something wrong with the VS install, indicated by the fact that I have to tell it where to find windows. Perhaps things will be smoother if I get rid of everything this and previous Visual Studio installs added to my computer. This is a chronological sort of my "Programs and Features" window. I'd like guidance on what I can remove in order to make VS install smoothly. I recognize a few of these programs as not relating to Visual Studios, but most of them are.

I'm not using Microsoft's SQL server, though other's programs might be. Visual Studio and it's service packs install so much software that I think it's not advisable to try to cherry pick things to uninstall.

The first thing to do is to make a good backup. You should also consider making an image backup of your system as well as a file based backup. Good backup is essential when you contemplate making major changes. I can't stress that enough. I think that the cleanest path to follow would be to uninstall all versions of VS completely.

However, If you have installed other software e. Same for any software that you installed through VS's built in facilities to install extensions and other packages.

You can reinstall that software after Visual Studio has itself been reinstalled. After uninstalling any ancillary software that you know you installed on a standalone basis the next step would be to uninstall VS first, followed by VS At that point you can review what is left on your system and make a determination if anything else should be uninstalled.

When installing or reinstalling multiple versions of VS on a system the recommended procedure is to install the oldest version first and order the installations so that the most recent VS version is the last one installed. These are my opinions and there is no guarantee that following this advice will result in a successful outcome. I suggest you also obtain and consider the recommendations of others before deciding on a course of action. This is the point I'm at right now, and these are the remnants that are left after both have been removed.

So the question is, of the software you see in these lists, what do I uninstall? I'd like to clean it out as much as I can. Then I'll install VS again. If I understand correctly you are saying that the screen shots in the earlier post reflect the state of your system after uninstalling VS and VS If so, I agree with your observation that a lot of software was left behind by that process.

In reviewing the list of installed software I would consider any item as a candidate to be removed if you had not taken explicit action in the past to install it on a standalone basis. Windows communicates with your program by passing it a series of messages. The code inside the while loop drives this process. Each time the program calls the DispatchMessage function, it indirectly causes Windows to invoke the WindowProc function, once for each message. Windows Hello World Sample.

Skip to main content. Updated in Windows Arrow keys Move the cursor in the direction specified. Page up Move the cursor by one page up. Page down Move the cursor by one page down. Press this key To do this F4 Display the items in the active list.

Tab Move forward through options. Spacebar Select or clear the check box if the active option is a check box.

Backspace Open a folder one level up if a folder is selected in the Save As or Open dialog box. Arrow keys Select a button if the active option is a group of option buttons. Backspace View the previous folder. Right arrow Display the current selection if it's collapsed , or select the first subfolder. Left arrow Collapse the current selection if it's expanded , or select the folder that the folder was in.

End Display the bottom of the active window. Home Display the top of the active window. F11 Maximize or minimize the active window. Backspace Go back to the settings home page. Type on any page with search box Search settings. Notes This shortcut is turned off by default. The following table contains common keyboard shortcuts for Windows 8.

The following table contains new keyboard shortcuts that you can use in Windows. The following table contains general keyboard shortcuts in Windows. The following table contains keyboard shortcuts that you can use in dialog boxes. The following table contains keyboard shortcuts for working with items on the desktop taskbar. Remote Desktop Connection on the desktop keyboard shortcuts.

The following table contains keyboard shortcuts for working with the Help viewer. The following table contains keyboard shortcuts for rearranging modern apps.

Support for Windows 7 ended on January 14, We recommend you move to a Windows 11 PC to continue to receive security updates from Microsoft. The following table contains keyboard shortcuts for use in dialog boxes.

The following table contains keyboard shortcuts that use the Windows logo key Press this key To do this Windows logo key Open or close the Start menu. The following table contains keyboard shortcuts for working with Remote Desktop Connection. The following table contains keyboard shortcuts for working with Paint. The following table contains keyboard shortcuts for working with WordPad. The following table contains keyboard shortcuts for working with Calculator.

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Certain functions that depend on a particular version of Windows are declared using conditional code. This enables you to use the compiler to detect whether your application uses functions that are not supported on its target version s of Windows.

To compile an application that uses these functions, you must define the appropriate macros. Otherwise, you will receive the C error message. The Windows header files use macros to indicate which versions of Windows support many programming elements.