I just downloaded Visual Studio and the name is showing like this "Visual Studio Community 2017 (2)". Everything is working but that "2" at the end is just annoying. And of course first thing I've tried was reinstalling. Anyone can help me with this? Thanks in advance.
And by the way my computer is completely new and I've never had Visual Studio installed on this computer.
The issue is that the instance of visual studio has a nickname associated with it. Use the following instructions to change the nickname of an existing Visual Studio (tested with VS2017) installation (partially lifted from https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/content/problem/99059/not-able-to-easiliy-change-installation-nickname.html):
Set the nickname in the *.isolation.ini files in %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\[Version]\Common7\IDE.
Set the nickname in the state.json file in %ProgramData%\Microsoft\VisualStudio\Packages\_Instances\[InstanceId]\state.json
Open regedit, go to under path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall, find there "Visual Studio {your version} 2017 (2)". Rename string to be without " (2)" - this will change application name appearance in control panel / program and features.
You'll need admin permission to modify these files. If you want to remove the nickname altogether, just set it to an empty string (e.g. Nickname= in the .ini files, "nickname": "" in the .json).
Note that this will only have affect within VS tools, such as the VS installer in the screenshot you posted. Any names with the suffix in, for example, the Start/Windows menu will need to be renamed manually.
If you don't want to mess up with any files on you file system, one alternative is to reinstall the product.
After you uninstall the annoying product with the nickname "(2)", you can select the Installation locations tab and specify another nickname or perhaps leave it blank. Mine does not allow to leave it blank.
Here is a screen:
If the installer says that a nickname is mandatory, even after uninstalling Visual Studio (like in the screenshot by Bernardo above), you can try the InstallCleanup.exe tool by Microsoft. You can find it in your Visual Studio Installer folder.
After running this tool with the -i flag, I was able to re-install Visual Studio 2019 without a nickname.
Link to InstallCleanup.exe docs
A nickname is mandatory for the Visual Studio installation when you are installing the same version of Visual Studio(eg.: VS 2019 or 2022) but with different editions(eg.: VS Community or Professional or Enterprise).
If we uninstall the same version of VS with different edition, then the VS Installer is not asking for the nickname and not taking the nickname as 2, the "Installation nickname" textbox is not visible under Installation locations tab in VS Installer.
