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Chapter 4: Performing an OpenEdge Installation in Windows
Uninstalling OpenEdge in Windows
When you delete files from the OpenEdge directory tree, you only partially remove an
OpenEdge installation. By contrast, the Uninstall utility or the Remove Program utility
removes all OpenEdge files as well as the configuration information from the registry.
This prevents conflict with subsequent OpenEdge installations. If for some reason the
Uninstall utility cannot completely uninstall OpenEdge, you must manually remove the
installation.
If you want to upgrade or remove an installation, choose one of the following:
• Run the Uninstall utility from the OpenEdge program group, as described in the
“Using the Uninstall or Add/Remove Programs utility” section on page 146.
• Run the Add/Remove Programs utility from the Microsoft Windows Control Panel,
as described in the “Using the Uninstall or Add/Remove Programs utility” section
on page 146.
• Manually remove the installation, as described in the “Manually removing
OpenEdge” section on page 148. For additional details, see the Progress
Software Company Knowledge Center at
http://progress.atgnow.com/esprogress.
Notes: The OpenEdge uninstall does not remove the Mircosoft .NET framework.
If OpenEdge installed the Infragistics NetAdvantage product, OpenEdge
uninstalls it during the execution of the OpenEdge uninstall.
If the Infragistics product was installed independent of OpenEdge, OpenEdge
does not uninstall it.
Using the Uninstall or Add/Remove Programs utility
You can run the Uninstall utility (or use the Add/Remove Programs utility located in the
Windows Control Panel) to automatically remove OpenEdge from your system.
Running the Uninstall or the Remove Program utility removes configuration information
from the registry and prevents conflict with subsequent OpenEdge installations.
Caution: When uninstalling, do not delete any of the following Microsoft system files:
asycfilt.dll, comctl32.ocx, ctl3d32.dll, mfc70.dll, mfc71.dll,
mfcans32.dll, mscomctl.ocx, msvci70.dll, msvcp71.dll,
msvcr.70.dll, msvcr71.dll, oc30.dll,
oleaut32.dll,olepro32.dll, pdh.dll, psapi.dll, stdole2.tlb.
These system files are common to other applications, and deleting them
might adversely affect the operation of the other applications that use them.
To avoid deleting these system files while running the Uninstall utility, answer
No to the prompts at the end of the uninstall process.
If you have installed the OpenEdge Ultra Controls for .NET, do not uninstall
the Infragistics NetAdvantage with Add/Remove Programs.
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