Vsprecleanvsexe Visual Studio 2012 Exclusive

Some security software temporarily locks newly generated executables or DLLs for scanning, causing the pre-clean step to see them as exclusively held.

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When the Visual Studio profiler attaches to a process, it often sets environment variables to signal .NET runtime or Windows Performance Toolkit to load profiling hooks. If a process is launched with these variables still set—especially in exclusive mode—you may encounter: vsprecleanvsexe visual studio 2012 exclusive

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REM Navigate to performance tools cd /d "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Team Tools\Performance Tools" vsprecleanvsexe visual studio 2012 exclusive

installation process. It was designed as a "Pre-Clean Tool" to prepare a system for a fresh installation or to resolve conflicts from previous setup attempts. Super User Purpose and Function As its name implies, vsprecleanvs.exe