Trying to uninstall Visual Studio Enterpise 2019 but getting error

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Uninstalling Visual Studio Enterprise results in the following error:

048c:0012][2021-01-01T21:52:35] Error 0x80131500: Unexpected character encountered while parsing value: $. Path ''.
   at Newtonsoft.Json.JsonTextReader.ParseValue()
   at Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization.JsonSerializerInternalReader.ReadForType(JsonReader reader, JsonContract contract, Boolean hasConverter)
   at Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization.JsonSerializerInternalReader.Deserialize(JsonReader reader, Type objectType, Boolean checkAdditionalContent)
   at Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializer.DeserializeInternal(JsonReader reader, Type objectType)
   at Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializer.Deserialize[T](JsonReader reader)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Serialization.ModelSerializer`1.Deserialize(TextReader reader)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Cache.DirectoryRepository.GetPackage(IPackageIdentity identity)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Cache.CacheRepository.GetPackage(IPackageIdentity identity)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Installer.Extensions.IsPayloadRequired(IInstallablePackage package, ExecuteAction action, IServiceProvider services, ExecuteAction bootstrapperAction)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.InstallOperation.CreateDownloadInstallActivities(InstallablePackage installable, ExecuteAction action, Boolean isPresent)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.InstallOperation.PlanInstallable(InstallablePackage installable, Dictionary`2 downloadLookup, PackagePlan& packagePlan, Boolean repairPackagesWithDuplicateFiles, Boolean upgradeConfigurationPackage)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.InstallOperation.Plan()
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.InstallOperation.Schedule()
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Engine.CreateInstallOperation(Product product, String destination, ExecuteAction action, ITelemetryOperation telemetryOperation)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Engine.Uninstall(CancellationToken token)

Any help would be much appreciated

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asked on Stack Overflow Jan 2, 2021 by Straughz • edited May 6, 2021 by Kara

1 Answer

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You are trying uninstall Visual Studio via command line and you are not passing the right path of Visual Studio Enterprise:

vs_enterprise.exe uninstall --installPath <Visual Studio installation location>

For documentation read and check this.

I also suggest if you have issue with it you can use Visual Studio Installer.

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answered on Stack Overflow Jan 2, 2021 by maytham-ɯɐɥʇʎɐɯ • edited Jan 2, 2021 by maytham-ɯɐɥʇʎɐɯ

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