C Uninstalling the Desktop Client Software

This section covers these topics:

Section C.1, "Uninstalling the Desktop Client Software Completely"
Section C.2, "Uninstalling Individual Desktop Components"

C.1 Uninstalling the Desktop Client Software Completely

Perform these steps to completely uninstall the Desktop client software:

Note:

Make sure that you hide the WebCenter Content Servers hierarchy in Lotus Notes prior to uninstalling the Desktop client software (see Section 5.5, "Showing or Hiding the WebCenter Content Servers Hierarchy"). If you do not, you will continue to see the WebCenter Content Servers hierarchy in your e-mail application and clicking it will result in an error message.

Open Windows Control Panel.
Click the following link, depending on your operating system:
- Windows XP: Add or Remove Programs
- Windows Vista and Windows 7 (category view): Uninstall a program (under Programs)
- Windows Vista and Windows 7 (icon view): Programs and Features
Select Oracle WebCenter Content: Desktop.
Do the following, depending on your operating system:
- Windows XP: Click Remove.
- Windows Vista and Windows 7: Right-click and choose Uninstall.
The Desktop uninstall wizard is launched.
Click Yes when asked if you are sure that you want to remove the Desktop client software from your computer.

The software is removed from the client computer.
Restart your computer.

Considerations

Please note the following:

If you reinstall the Desktop client software (for example, during an upgrade), any server connections that you set up earlier will continue to be available after reinstalling the software.
Uninstalling the Desktop client software from your computer will not remove any Oracle WebCenter Content search providers from your web browsers.

C.2 Uninstalling Individual Desktop Components

Perform these steps to uninstall individual Desktop components:

Note:

Open Windows Control Panel.
Click the following link, depending on your operating system:
- Windows XP: Add or Remove Programs
- Windows Vista and Windows 7 (category view): Uninstall a program (under Programs)
- Windows Vista and Windows 7 (icon view): Programs and Features
Select Oracle WebCenter Content: Desktop.
Click Change to start the Desktop install wizard.
Go through the installation procedure (see Section 2.5, "Installing the Latest Version of the Desktop Client Software") and unselect the application(s) that you no longer want to integrate with Content Server.
Restart your computer.