There is no dedicated paper on VS-PreClean-vs.exe . Its behavior is undocumented by design because it's an internal implementation detail. For reliable clean operations in VS 2012, use:
: If Visual Studio is already partially installed, use the Repair function. Go to Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features , right-click your version of Visual Studio 2012, select Change , and then click Repair . vs-preclean-vs.exe visual studio 2012
For most developers using today, vs-preclean-vs.exe is a benign, background component that rarely requires attention. It exists to solve a real problem—ensuring that obsolete object files do not corrupt your builds. There is no dedicated paper on VS-PreClean-vs