Uninstalling 24.2 breaks Visual Studio 2022

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   Big warning to everyone who is about to install CJ 24.3. 
I just uninstalled 24.2, then installed 24.3 and run the Deployment Wizard. It didn't find any Visual Studio installs. Tried to launch Visual Studio 2022, missing files. Visual Studio setup didn't help either. 

Then I noticed in the 24.3 release notes:

Visual Studio 2022 removal upon uninstallation fixed

No explanation of how to recover from it. Couldn't find any forum posts on it. 

Codejock, I would of expected you to have created a warning on the forum or with the download as this is going to take hours to get Visual Studio 2022 working correctly. 

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Heath Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 05 April 2004 Status: Offline Points: 28	Post Options Post Reply Quote Heath Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Uninstalling 24.2 breaks Visual Studio 2022 Posted: 17 January 2026 at 1:33am
	Big warning to everyone who is about to install CJ 24.3. I just uninstalled 24.2, then installed 24.3 and run the Deployment Wizard. It didn't find any Visual Studio installs. Tried to launch Visual Studio 2022, missing files. Visual Studio setup didn't help either. Then I noticed in the 24.3 release notes: Visual Studio 2022 removal upon uninstallation fixed No explanation of how to recover from it. Couldn't find any forum posts on it. Codejock, I would of expected you to have created a warning on the forum or with the download as this is going to take hours to get Visual Studio 2022 working correctly.

astoyan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 24 August 2013 Status: Offline Points: 327	Post Options Post Reply Quote astoyan Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 2 hours 37 minutes ago at 12:18pm
	Hello Heath, I'm sorry to hear that you have faced with this situation. It has nothing to do with v24.3, it is specific to v24.2 only. Indeed there was a bug in ToolkitPro application wizard uninstallation logic that could lead to Visual Studio 2022 removal. It has been reported in past by some users, but apparently the number of affected users wasn't large due its random nature. This also was the reason of delaying with the fix, it was just very difficult to catch it. The good thing is the fact that it has finally been fixed and no one else will be affected in future. If it's removed then obviously it cannot be recovered. Just install the new Visual Studio 2022 instance with the same components selected to the same location and all should be working fine. Regards, Alexander