When you delete files from the OpenEdge directory tree, you only partially remove an OpenEdge installation. By contrast, the Uninstall utility removes all OpenEdge files as well as the configuration information from the registry. This prevents conflict with subsequent OpenEdge installations.

Running the Uninstall 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, choose No in response 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.

To uninstall OpenEdge on Windows machines, complete the following steps

  1. Log in under the same domain and user name you used when you installed OpenEdge.
  2. Make sure that OpenEdge is not running in an open DOS window, and that the current directory is not any OpenEdge-related directory.
  3. Stop all OpenEdge processes, including your web server, and close all OpenEdge help files. Use the Task Manager to ensure that you stop all processes and close all help files.
  4. Using the OpenEdge Management, shut down all OpenEdge services, including database servers.
  5. If you have installed OpenEdge Management, stop the OpenEdge Management Trend Database.

    You can use OpenEdge Management or the following command:

    dbman -stop FathomTrendDatabase

    The AdminServer must be running to stop the OpenEdge Management Trend Database.

    If you receive a warning during the uninstall that fathom.db is in use, the OpenEdge Management Trend Database has not been stopped.

  6. From the Windows desktop, select Start > Settings > Control Panel > Administrative > Services > Tools.
  7. Highlight the Progress OpenEdge AdminServer Service , and choose Stop. Change the startup from Automatic to Manual, and choose OK.
    Note: If these same services will be required for a new installation, be sure to note any configuration settings, agent parameters, and so on.
  8. Choose the Uninstall icon in the OpenEdge Program Group. Choose Yes.
  9. Choose OK when the deletion process is complete. If the uninstall is successful, you are done.
Note: The OpenEdge uninstall does not remove the Microsoft .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.

For additional details about uninstalling OpenEdge, see the Progress Content Portal.