Uninstalling GENESIS Version 10

This topic explains how to uninstall GENESIS64™ version 10.97. It is important to correctly uninstall any previous versions of GENESIS and other ICONICS products before installing a new version. If you start the GENESIS version 11 installation with another ICONICS product still present, you will be prompted to uninstall it before the installation process can continue. However, you can save and reuse your GENESIS64 version 10 project data and configurations.

Before you uninstall GENESIS64, kill (deactivate) your license so that you can reactivate it after installing the new version.

To uninstall GENESIS64:

  1. In the Windows search box, enter add or remove and open Add or Remove Programs with administrator privileges.
  2. In the list of installed applications, select ICONICS Suite and click Uninstall, and then click Uninstall again to confirm the action. If a Windows dialog appears, click Yes.

  3. Click Yes to start uninstalling GENESIS64.

  4. When the uninstallation process finishes, do one of the following:

    1. Select No, I will restart my computer later, and then repeat step 2 with ICONICS GenDemo and any other ICONICS products installed on your computer. Remember to restart your machine when you are done.

    2. Select Yes, I want to restart my computer now, and then click Finish if there are no more ICONICS products installed on your computer.

  5. After the restart, go to the GENESIS64 installation folder (the default location is C:\Program Files) and delete the ICONICS folder if it has not been automatically removed.

  6. (Optional) Connect to the SQL Server and permanently delete the databases.

    This is an irreversible step so make sure that you do not want to use the databases anymore. We recommend that you back up each database before deleting it.

    1. In the Windows search box, enter ssms and open SQL Server Management Studio with administrator privileges. If a Windows dialog appears, click Yes.

    2. In the SQL Server dialog, select the desired server and user, and then click Connect.

    3. In the left pane in Object Explorer, expand the Databases node and do the following steps for the IcoSetup database, and then for the IcoUnifiedConfig database.
    4. (Optional) Create the database backup.
      1. Right-click the desired database, hover over Tasks, and select Back Up.

      2. In the Destination section of the Back Up Database dialog, confirm that the path for your backup is correct. If you need to change the path, select Remove to remove the existing path, and then Add to select a new path. In the Select Backup Destination dialog, click to navigate to the desired location, and then click OK.

      3. Click OK to back up your database. For more details about the backup options, click the Help menu to access the Microsoft SQL Server Help.
    5. Right-click the desired database and select Delete, and then click OK to permanently delete the database.
    6. Delete the C:\ProgramData\ICONICS folder to prevent possible issues during the next GENESIS installation.
  7. Restart the machine.

Uninstalling GENESIS64 does not remove the Microsoft SQL Server that was installed with it. If needed, you must uninstall it separately. To remove SQLEXPRESS2019, go to Add or Remove Programs, click Microsoft SQL Server 2019 (64-bit), and then click Uninstall and follow the prompts. When you get to the Select Instance dialog, make sure the SQLEXPRESS2019 instance is selected. If your version of GENESIS64 was installed with a different version of SQL Server, uninstall that version.

What's Next?

Installing GENESIS Version 11