Uninstalling Adabas

You uninstall Adabas using the Software AG Uninstaller. For detailed information on how to use the uninstaller, see the Using the Software AG Installer guide.

This document covers the following topics:


Uninstalling The Adabas Environment

In short: to uninstall Adabas, proceed as follows:

  1. Ensure that all databases and processes, which use the directory that is to be removed, have been terminated.

  2. Deactivate the Adabas installation that is to be removed. Use the Start menu: All Programs > Software AG > Administration > Adabas 6.4 > Deactivate Installation

  3. Uninstall Adabas using the standard uninstall functionality of Windows. The Control Panel offers the following entry: Software AG Products: <installation-directory>. When you choose to uninstall this entry, the Software AG Uninstaller is invoked.

The following files are not removed:

  • All files created by the user.

Uninstalling The Adabas Client Environment

If the global Adabas Client environment has been set, the Uninstall will be rejected.

Unset the global Adabas Client environment or use silent mode see Software AG Uninstaller/Advanced Options/Silent).

In silent mode, an unset of the global Adabas Client environment will be done automatically.