Secure Disposal Guidelines

  • GENESIS can be removed from the user system by running the GENESIS installation in Uninstall mode.

  • GENESIS uninstallations do not remove the following components.

    Some of these items might be used by other products.

    • Installed third-party prerequisites:
      • Microsoft ASP.NET Core 8.0.10 - Shared Framework (x64)
      • Microsoft .NET 8.0.10 - Windows Server Hosting
      • Microsoft Windows Desktop Runtime - 8.0.10 (x64)
      • Microsoft Windows Desktop Runtime - 8.0.10 (x86)
      • Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x64) - 14.42.34433
      • Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x86) - 14.42.34433
      • Microsoft SQL Server 2022  Express
      • Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio - 20.1
      • PowerShell 7-x64
      • Internet Information Services
      • Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL Server v19
      • OPC UA Local Discovery Server 1.04.411.487
      • OPC Core Components Redistributable (x64) 3.0.108.41
      • OPC Core Components Redistributable (x86) 3.0.108.41
      • Microsoft IIS URL Rewrite Module 2, v7.2.1993
      • Microsoft Application Request Routing, v3.0.0.5311
      • Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime, 1.3.195.39
    • MELCO Easysocket and EZSocketGOT installations—Contact MELCO for more details.
      • [ProgramFiles(x86)\MELSOFT
      • [ProgramFiles(x86)\EZSocket
    • Windows features:
      • IIS-ApplicationDevelopment
      • IIS-CommonHttpFeatures
      • IIS-DefaultDocument
      • IIS-DirectoryBrowsing
      • IIS-HealthAndDiagnostics
      • IIS-HttpCompressionStatic
      • IIS-HttpErrors
      • IIS-HttpLogging
      • IIS-HttpRedirect
      • IIS-ISAPIExtensions
      • IIS-ISAPIFilter
      • IIS-ManagementConsole
      • IIS-Performance
      • IIS-RequestFiltering
      • IIS-Security
      • IIS-StaticContent
      • IIS-WebServer
      • IIS-WebServerManagementTools
      • IIS-WebServerRole
      • IIS-WebSockets
      • IIS-WindowsAuthentication
      • WAS-ConfigurationAPI
      • WAS-ProcessModel
      • WAS-WindowsActivationService
      • WCF-Services45
      • WCF-TCP-PortSharing45
      • WCF-TCP-Activation45
      • WCF-Pipe-Activation45
      • WCF-TCP-PortSharing45
      • IIS-WebDAV
      • IIS-WebSockets
      • IIS-HttpCompressionDynamic
      • IIS-HttpCompressionStatic
    • Server certificates:
      • IcoSelfSigned
      • FrameWorX
      • HyperHistorian
    • Internet Information Services:
      • MIME types
      • Output caching
      • URL rewrite rules
      • ReverseProxyInboundRuleIco1
      • ReverseProxyInboundRuleIco2
    • GENESIS databases in the selected SQL Server instance

    • A wide variety of GENESIS run-time data stored under isolated storage. Some examples include, but are not limited to, display resolutions for graphics, report settings, user profile settings, and data browser settings. Windows typically stores these settings for each user (<myAccount>) in the following location:

      C:\Users\<myAccount>\AppData\Local\IsolatedStorage

    • Configuration files:
      • [ProgramData]\ICONICS\11
      • [ProgramFiles]\ICONICS\GENESIS64
    • Default folders:
      • [SystemDrive]\ProgramData\ICONICS\11
      • [SystemDrive]\Program Files\ICONICS