FAQ000247779
23 January 2023
SUMMARY:This Tech Note provides the procedure to uninstall all components of AVEVA Plant SCADA 2020 R2
SITUATION:Plant SCADA 2020 R2
ACTION:Step 1: Use Control Panel to Uninstall a Program
- Type control panel in the search box of Windows 10 and then click this app from the search result.
- Go to Programs (viewed by category) > Programs and Features.
- Right-click on the program you want to remove and click Uninstall or Uninstall/Change.
Step 2: Delete the Remaining Files and FoldersCheck the program files and app data to remove them. Here, you should check these folders for leftovers:
%programfiles% and
%appdata%.
- Input each folder in the search bar and press Enter to directly open the folder.
- If there is a folder with the name of the program that you have removed, delete it.
Confirm the following folders are removed:
- C:\Program Files (x86)\ArchestrA
- C:\Program Files (x86)\AVEVA
- C:\Program Files (x86)\AVEVA Plant SCADA
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\ArchestrA
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\AVEVA Plant SCADA
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\SafeNet Sentinel
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Schneider Electric Shared
- C:\Program Files\AVEVA
- C:\Program Files\Common Files\ArchestrA
- C:\Program Files\Schneider Electric
- C:\ProgramData\ArchestrA
- C:\ProgramData\AVEVA
- C:\ProgramData\AVEVA Plant SCADA 2020 R2
- C:\ProgramData\FDT
- C:\ProgramData\FLEXnet
- C:\ProgramData\Schneider Electric
- C:\Program Files\AVEVA
- C:\Program Files\Common Files\ArchestrA
- C:\Program Files\Schneider Electric
Step 3: Remove App Keys from Windows RegistryUninstalling a program doesn’t remove the program from Windows Registry
Confirm following Registry folders are deleted. If they exist, delete the folders:
- For 32-Bit operating system:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ArchestrA
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wonderware
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Schneider Electric
- For 64-Bit operating system:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\ArchestrA
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\AVEVA
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Wonderware
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Schneider Electric
- Delete HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ArchestrA.
- Delete HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AVEVA.
- Delete HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wonderware.
- Search for the key word "AVEVA" under the following registry keys and delete the registry keys/folders.
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products\
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
Reboot the computer after completing the above steps.