Can't uninstall Visual Studio Express 2013 for Web

Question

I have Visual Studio Express 2013 for Web on my laptop but I want to install the full version of Visual Studio Express 2013 (for both Web and Windows Desktop).

Link to Visual Studio Express (full)

When I run the uninstaller from my Control Panel, nothing happens. It stays on this for hours. I've tried to run the setup.exe (downloaded from Microsoft) again and choose the "Uninstall" function but I couldn't because the same thing happened. I have also tried to run the setup for the full version of Visual Studio but without success. What should I do?

Answer 1

There was a problem with my Windows 8.1 and I reinstalled it. Now Visual Studio works perfectly!

Answer 2

Do you uninstall with admin rights?
Is there a popup window in the background asking for user and password?

Answer 3

I had this and a co-worker recommended that I simply try a second time. It sounded pointless without any changes, but it actually worked the second time. I cannot explain why. Just try it twice.