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Asked: 2026-05-20T03:06:32+00:00

I recently installed Visual Studio 2010 Premium at my work computer. I’m evaluating the

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I recently installed Visual Studio 2010 Premium at my work computer. I’m evaluating the installation of the VS2010 SP1 Beta to adjust many little problems that I’ve noted in using VS2010.

But I don’t know if the SP1 Beta is rollbackable or if If’ll have to reinstall all the VS2010 when the final SP1 will arrive to us.

Could anyone advise me about the opportunity to do this?

thanks a lot

rob

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  1. Editorial Team

    This is a copy from the readme file at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=207141 :

    2.2. Uninstalling

    2.2.1. On computers that have earlier versions of Visual Studio

    2.2.1.1. Uninstalling Visual Studio 2010 SP1 Beta removes features in
    Visual Studio Tools for Office and
    Visual Studio Tools for SharePoint

    Uninstalling Visual Studio 2010 SP1
    Beta removes the Visual Studio Tools
    for Office (VSTO) Design Time and some
    features of Visual Studio Tools for
    SharePoint. The Office and Sharepoint
    features in Visual Studio 2010 SP1
    Beta are major upgrades and have
    different product guids than those in
    the Visual Studio 2010 original
    release. Therefore, when SP1 Beta is
    removed, the features are removed, and
    the Visual Studio 2010
    original-release versions must be
    reinstalled.

    To resolve this issue:

    In Windows Control Panel, click
    Uninstall a program. In the list of
    programs, right-click Microsoft Visual
    Studio 2010 and then click
    Uninstall/Change. In the Maintenance
    Mode dialog box, click Next and then
    click Add or Remove Features. Select
    the following features. Microsoft
    Office Developer Tools (x86) or (x64)
    for Office development. Microsoft
    SharePoint Developer Tools for
    SharePoint development. Click Update.
    2.2.1.2. Uninstalling Visual Studio 2010 SP1 Beta may not donwload all
    required packages

    When Visual Studio 2010 SP1 Beta is
    uninstalled by using Add/Remove
    Programs in the Control Panel, a
    prompt for source may be displayed.
    To avoid this, run setup.exe from the
    original location, and uninstall by
    using Setup Maintenence Mode.

    To resolve this issue:

    Navigate to the original installation
    location for Visual Studio 2010 SP1
    Beta . Run setup.exe. Select Remove.

    Update

    Regarding your comment below, yes, I installed VS 2010 SP1 Beta, here are the problems I got:

    • I couldn’t install Visual Studio SDK – Fixed – I found there was newer version for VS2010SP1Beta that I didn’t realize at first.

    • I could not install Phone Developer SDK – Fixed as unrelated – I contacted @ScottGU and they said this is test scenario, I downloaded again and it worked as a charm

    • Few issues about Resharper or so (can’t remember exactly, but minor for sure) – Fixed – I just got a recent build of Resharper.

    If this leads to the question “Should I install it?”, I’d say, if you need any of the new features in it (see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg442059.aspx for listing), then just install it. It’s OK. If not, wait for RTM.

    BTW,
    If you want to discuss your specific SP1 issues instead of uninstall, no problem in that as well 🙂

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