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Batch scripts to silence visual studio communication

Last updated: 28.01.2023

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disableVSNetConnections

Disabling Visual Studio internet connections from

  • %ProgramFiles% (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\%vs_year%\%vs_edition%\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe
  • %ProgramFiles% (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\%vs_year%\%vs_edition%\Common7\IDE\PerfWatson2.exe
  • %ProgramFiles% (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\%vs_year%\%vs_edition%\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies\Microsoft.Alm.Shared.Remoting.RemoteContainer.dll
  • %ProgramFiles% (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\%vs_year%\%vs_edition%\Common7\ServiceHub\Hosts\ServiceHub.Host.CLR.x86\ServiceHub.VSDetouredHost.exe
  • %ProgramFiles% (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\%vs_year%\%vs_edition%\Common7\ServiceHub\Hosts\ServiceHub.Host.CLR.x86\ServiceHub.IdentityHost.exe
  • %ProgramFiles% (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\resources\app\ServiceHub\Services\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Service\BackgroundDownload.exe

Running this script is considered more reliable then disableVSTelemetryAndFeedback.bat.

Usage

$ disableVSNetConnections.bat [/b] [/d] [/p] [/sdh] [/sih] [/x] [/h] [/v]

Targets:

  • /b: Block Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\resources\app\ServiceHub\Services\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Service\BackgroundDownload.exe
  • /d: Block Microsoft Visual Studio\%vs_year%\%vs_edition%\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe
  • /p: Block Microsoft Visual Studio\%vs_year%\%vs_edition%\Common7\IDE\PerfWatson2.exe
  • /sdh: Block Microsoft Visual Studio\%vs_year%\%vs_edition%\Common7\ServiceHub\Hosts\ServiceHub.Host.CLR.x86\ServiceHub.VSDetouredHost.exe
  • /sih: Block Microsoft Visual Studio\%vs_year%\%vs_edition%\Common7\ServiceHub\Hosts\ServiceHub.Host.CLR.x86\ServiceHub.IdentityHost.exe

VS flavour:

  • /vse: Edition. Default: Professional
  • /vsy: Year. Default: 2019

Flags:

  • /x: Delete the specified rule(s) (instead of adding them).

Other:

  • /v: More verbose.
  • /h: Print this.

Defaults to set all targets.

Remarks

Some local connections of devenv.exe seem to remain.

disableVSTasks

Disabling Visual Studio auto update tasks

  • \Microsoft\VisualStudio\VSIX Auto Update
  • \Microsoft\VisualStudio\Updates\BackgroundDownload
  • \Microsoft\VisualStudio\Updates\UpdateConfiguration_<userSid>

Usage

$ disableVSTasks.bat [/all] [/vsau] [/ubdl] [/ucfg] [/e] [/h] [/v]

Targets:

  • /vsau: Disable "Microsoft\VisualStudio\VSIX Auto Update
  • /ubdl: Disable "\Microsoft\VisualStudio\Updates\BackgroundDownload
  • /ucfg: Disable "\Microsoft\VisualStudio\Updates\UpdateConfiguration_<userSid>

Options:

  • /e: Enable specified scheduled tasks

VS flavour:

  • /vse: Edition. Default: Professional
  • /vsy: Year. Default: 2019

Other:

  • /v: More verbose.
  • /h: Print this.

Defaults to /d (Disable) all targets.

Remarks

Be sure to rerun especially for /ucfg after each update!

disableVSTelemetryAndFeedback

Disable VisualStudio telemetry and feedback (currently, feedback disabling is commented out) by registry modification and cleaning folders, files.

Mostly just copy-and-pasted from somewhere else.

$ disableVSTelemetryAndFeedback.bat