Vs-preclean-vs.exe Visual Studio 2012 [new]

Users encountering this executable often face one of the following scenarios:

Visual Studio 2012 is version 11.0 internally. This distinguishes it from VS2010 (10.0) and VS2013 (12.0). vs-preclean-vs.exe visual studio 2012

If you are encountering vs-preclean-vs.exe in your logs, you are likely using an extension designed to: Users encountering this executable often face one of

Visual Studio 2012 sometimes struggles with file locking, especially when the IDE tries to delete files that are technically still in use by the debugger or an attached process. vs-preclean-vs.exe visual studio 2012

You see an error like:

Last updated: 2025. Information applies to Visual Studio 2012 (Version 11.0) on Windows 7, 8, and 10.