[Win 7] VS11 icons still remain after uninstall

Question

Hello, thanks for reading my question.  a few days ago i decided to install the visual studio 11 beta. After about a week of messing around with it, i decided that i wanted to revert back to visual studio 2010.  After uninstalling vs11 through the control panel, and deleting the temporary VS11 files in the %appdata% and %temp% directories, i noticed that the icons from visual studio 11 were showing up in the startpage of vs 2010.  See the picture below for reference.

I have already tried the following things:

• Uninstalling and Reinstalling VS 2010
• Clearing the %Temp% folder
• Deleting the "IconCache.db" file and restarting the computer
• Running "devenv /ResetSettings" from command line
• Searching on this forum and Google, with no results.

Thanks for reading this, and i hope you can answer my question.

Answer 1

Hi trewq343, besides running the /ResetSettings switch, have you tried the following below?

- devenv /safemode
- devenv /setup

Answer 2

Yes, I have.  it seems as though it is a system wide issue as the VS11 icons are showing up in Windows Explorer as well as in the startpage of VS 2010

Answer 3

Hi Trewq343,

I think this behavior is unnecessary. The installation of Visual Studio 11 Beta should not lead to the changes on the start page of Visual Studio 2010. I reported this issue to Microsoft Connect and wait for the solution: https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/729325/the-project-icons-in-the-start-page-of-visual-studio-2010-became-the-same-of-visual-studio-11-beta-after-visual-studio-11-beta-installed
If you have any other problems, please feel free to let me know.

Best Regards,

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Alexander Sun [MSFT]
MSDN Community Support | Feedback to us

Answer 4

for what it's worth, I am experiencing the same behavior.

Answer 5

The "solution" is "fixed in a subsequent release of VS11".

WAIT WAIT WAIT There should be a fix independent of VS11!

This has to be something in the registry, methinks.

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peter n roth - http://engineeringobjects.com, The Home of Matrix.NET

Answer 6

yeah, i've looked in all of the usual places, but couldn't find anything.  If you find an answer, let me know.

Answer 7

I encountered the same problem, and I have resolved it.
The following is the solution:
1.Rename or remove this folder  C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\microsoft shared\MSEnv
2.Reinstall VS2010.

Hope this will be helpful.

Answer 8

Ning -

Close!

However, the icons in the Fields Editor of the Gridview are still screwed up :(

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peter n roth - http://engineeringobjects.com, The Home of Matrix.NET

Answer 9

same for me here, too.  ning, is there a way to fix the icons in visual studio 2010?

Answer 10

I've got the same issue and I installed only Team Explorer 2011