Clean uninstall? 1

[RawheadRex]

Are there any instructions for doing a clean uninstall of Inventor 9? I.e. after uninstalling via Add/Remove Programs which registry entries and directories can/should be deleted? Thanks!

Chris Gervais

 

[mcgyvr]

I just uninstall, then run something like ccleaner which will delete most of the unused registry entries.

 

[Standing]

Our IT will not let us run 3rd party programs like ccleaner.
Is a clean reinstall really required with Inventor?


Bradley
SolidWorks Pro 2009 x64, SP2.0EV
PDMWorks Workgroup, SolidWorks BOM,
HP xw8600,
64-bit Windows Vista Business
Service Pack 1
Intel Xeon CPU, 3.00 GHz, 16 GB RAM, Virtual memory 166682 MB,
nVidia Quadro FX 4600 Driver 7.15.11.6956

 

[mcgyvr]

IMO a clean un/reinstall is not necessary.

 

[bagarbilla]

Get revocleaner .. it is simple program which uninstall applications installed or not properly installed from ur comp as well as registry entries and remaining files .. The best i found yet .. and its free !

http://www.revouninstaller.com/windows_cleaner_recent_files_cleaner.html

 

[Standing]

Our IT department will not let us install unapproved 3rd party programs.

Bradley
SolidWorks Pro 2009 x64, SP2.0
PDMWorks Workgroup, SolidWorks BOM,
HP xw8600,
64-bit Windows Vista Business
Service Pack 1
Intel Xeon CPU, 3.00 GHz, 16 GB RAM, Virtual memory 166682 MB,
nVidia Quadro FX 4600 Driver 7.15.11.6956

 

[jkgdesign]

A clean uninstall should not be necessary as different versions can co-exist on the same workstation. I believe that it is just a preferred methon for some users. I would only go through the cleaning process if i was having problems getting Inventor to install or was experiencing severe crashing or performance problems on the new installation.

Jason

 

[Standing]

Thanks Jason, a Star for you.

Bradley
SolidWorks Pro 2009 x64, SP2.0
PDMWorks Workgroup, SolidWorks BOM,
HP xw8600,
64-bit Windows Vista Business
Service Pack 1
Intel Xeon CPU, 3.00 GHz, 16 GB RAM, Virtual memory 166682 MB,
nVidia Quadro FX 4600 Driver 7.15.11.6956

 

[bagarbilla]

To clean with uninstalling is just a safe bet for not getting unknown error msgs with left behind registry entries.
And Bradley u can give ur IT depart the program fr review. and then install if they allow.

 

[rollupswx]

A clean uninstall should not be necessary as different versions can co-exist on the same workstation.

I had both r2008 and r2009 running fine on a machine for several months. Then I began having trouble. I unistalled r2008 and still experieced trouble with r2009. It was an all day effort to get a clean uninstall of r2009 and reinstall. (I came very close to just doing a reformat.) There is a page somewhere on the Autodesk site on how to get a clean uninstall including instructions on a couple of registry keys. (search Google)

My r2009 reinstall is now running fine again.