Cannot uninstall SQL Server Management Studio 18 after forcefully stopping setup midway

I installed SQL Server 2017. It installed fine. I connected and turned it on (the server). Worked fine. Then I downloaded the SSMS 18 setup. When I started the SSMS setup exe, it progressed to half the bar, and then stopped further. I waited quite long, but then gave up. I went to the Task Manager and killed the SQL Server Management Studio task. Afterwards, whenever I tried to complete the SSMS installation, it simply displayed the error : "Setup blocked".

The same happens when I try to uninstall the SSMS now. So, I decided to manually remove the program from my PC. I uninstalled all the components of SQL Server 2017 from the Control Panel. Deleted all remaining files in C:\Program Files. Even after this, I still couldn't uninstall SSMS 18. Even if I delete the SQL Server Management Studio 18 folder from C:\Program Files, I still receive the same error, and my control panel continues to show SSMS as installed on my computer, yet it doesn't show up in my Start Menu.

Now, I need way to remove the SSMS 18 from my PC completely. I have not been able to find a solution from Google searches on the Web. Most sources explain uninstallation the regular way.

Solution 1:

I followed some steps from here which worked for me in similar situation:

1. Uninstalled SSMS 17.
2. Deleted "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 18"
3. Deleted "HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio"
4. Uninstalled SSMS 18
5. Restarted
6. Reinstalled
7. Though install was success, it did not start, throwed an error: "The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect."
8. Started over from step 2. After second time installing it worked fine for me.