topic ArcGIS 10 clean uninstallation in ArcMap Questions

ArcGIS 10 clean uninstallation

GlennParaiso — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 01:54:51 GMT

Hello my dear experts,

May i know how to make a clean uninstallation of ArcGIS version 10? Upon installation of newer version, a warning always popped up that there is an older verson of ArcGIS installed. But when i go to my control panel, none of the ArcGIS instances exist.

Thanks.

Best regards,

Glenn

Re: ArcGIS 10 clean uninstallation

DanPatterson_Retired — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 02:15:24 GMT

check Stuart's post https://community.esri.com/thread/15549#comment-155352

he has 2 links there that may be of use

Re: ArcGIS 10 clean uninstallation

GlennParaiso — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 02:55:09 GMT

Thanks for the link. I tried using msi commands but nothing change. here's the error that always popped up in my screen.

Re: ArcGIS 10 clean uninstallation

DanPatterson_Retired — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 03:25:06 GMT

Windows, Control Panel, Add Remove Programs... remove any Arc* stuff... is there a chance that just the folders were deleted and not uninstalled? If so, then there will be a load of registry issues. Those links were for 10... not specifically 10.2

Re: ArcGIS 10 clean uninstallation

JayantaPoddar — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 05:36:49 GMT

Maybe you could try the following.

Note: Paths may vary according to operating system. Also uninstall any third-party GIS programs that you may have installed.

Rename or delete following folders:

Rename: C:\Program Files (x86)\ArcGIS

Rename: C:\Program Files (x86)\Esri

Rename: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\ArcGIS

Rename: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Esri

Rename: C:\Program Files\ArcGIS

Rename: C:\Program Files\Esri

Rename: C:\Program Files\Common Files\ArcGIS

Rename: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Esri

Rename: C:\Program Data\Esri

Rename: C:\Program Data\ArcGIS

Rename: C:\Program Data\FLEXnet

Rename: C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Local\ESRI

Rename: C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Local\ArcGIS

Rename: C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Roaming\ESRI

Rename: C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Roaming\ArcGIS

Rename: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\ArcGIS

Rename: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Esri

Go to regedit and rename/delete the following (if they exist):

Rename/Delete HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ESRI

Rename/Delete HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\ESRI

Rename/Delete HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Flex LM License Manager

Rename/Delete HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\<Delete Any Folder that contains ArcGIS or Esri>

Rename/Delete HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\ArcGIS Server

Rename/Delete HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\<Delete Any Folder that contains ArcGIS or Esri within>

Rename/Delete HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\FLEXnet Licensing Service

Rename/Delete HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products\<Delete Any Folder that contains ArcGIS or Esri within>

Rename/Delete HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\<Delete Any Folder that contains ArcGIS or Esri within>

Rename/Delete HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\<Delete and Folder that contains ArcGIS or Esri within>

Rename/Delete HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\Global\<Delete all Keys beginning with ESRI or ArcGIS>

Reboot your system before installing the new product.

Re: ArcGIS 10 clean uninstallation

RebeccaStrauch__GISP — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 15:35:26 GMT

What sometimes helps, especially if you had 3rd party extensions that were not deleted prior to uninstalling 10...reinstall 10, go to add/remove programs and remove the third party extensions....a reboot doesn't hurt....then use add/remove to remove ArcGIS. This sometimes is easier than messing with the registry.

Re: ArcGIS 10 clean uninstallation

RichardDaniels — Fri, 15 Dec 2017 23:53:54 GMT

Since you are at ArcGIS Desktop 10.2 you should run the 102UninstallUtility.exe that came with your software and see what you have installed. There is also a ArcGIS 10.3.1 Uninstall Utility as well that does the same thing and would allow you to remove any pre 10.3 software.