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Uninstalling AVEVA Plant SCADA 2020 R2 Completely

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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
  1. Type control panel in the search box of Windows 10 and then click this app from the search result.
  2. Go to Programs (viewed by category) > Programs and Features.
  3. Right-click on the program you want to remove and click Uninstall or Uninstall/Change.
                  Uninstall App.PNG

Step 2: Delete the Remaining Files and Folders
Check the program files and app data to remove them. Here, you should check these folders for leftovers: %programfiles% and %appdata%.
  1. Input each folder in the search bar and press Enter to directly open the folder.
  2. 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 Registry

Uninstalling 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.