Uninstalling a PowerBuilder Product

This topic describes how to uninstall PowerBuilder products.

Use one of these methods to run the PowerBuilder setup maintenance program for each product that you want to uninstall:

Add or Remove Programs dialog box
1. Make a backup copy of any files you might want to reuse (such as DB, INI, and PBL files) if you plan to reinstall.
2. Open the Control Panel from the Start menu and double-click the Add/Remove Programs button.
3. On the Install/Uninstall tab page, select the product to uninstall, click Add/Remove, and click Yes when prompted to confirm that you want to uninstall the tool.
4. If you are prompted to delete a shared file, click the appropriate response.
  If the usage count for a system file in the registry indicates that the file is no longer being used, the setup maintenance program asks if you want to delete the file. Some applications do not increment the usage count; therefore, do not delete a file unless you are sure it is not being used by another application.
Silent uninstallation
See Silent Install and Uninstall for PowerBuilder Products or Silent Install and Uninstall for the PBVM.

The PowerBuilder setup maintenance program removes:

Shared and standard program files
Folder items
Program folders
Program directories
Program registry entries

The setup maintenance program deletes file and icon groups, as well as system and user path settings in the registry and INI files. Simply deleting directories does not fully uninstall these products.

Removing Shared DLLs: The setup program increments the usage count in the registry for each shared Sybase DLL and each shared system DLL. The setup maintenance program decrements that count. The setup maintenance program does not try to delete a shared DLL until the usage count reaches zero.

Stopping the Setup Maintenance Program: Unlike the setup program, the setup maintenance program has no Back or Cancel button. Once you click Yes in the procedure below, the program cannot be stopped.