To remove Process Engine interactively
from a Windows® platform,
you use the Add or Remove Programs tool.
To remove the Process Engine software
interactively:
- If the user pe_install_user who installed Process Engine is not a member of the
local Administrators group:
- Log on as a member of the local Administrator group.
- Stop all the following components that are running:
Component |
Server |
Process Simulator |
Process Simulator |
Case Analyzer |
Case Analyzer |
Component Manager |
Application Engine |
Application Engine |
Application Engine |
Content Engine |
Content Engine |
Process Service |
Process Engine |
Process Task Manager |
Process Engine or Application Engine |
- Run the following commands to stop all process services
and remove the Process Engine Manager
service.
cd pe_program_files_install_path\ProcessEngine\installer\
RemoveVWServicesPE.bat
- Log on as user pe_install_user.
- Uninstall Process Engine by
running the following command:
cd pe_program_files_install_path\_uninstaller
pe_uninstall.exe
- Reboot if prompted.
- If the user pe_install_user who installed Process Engine is a member of the local
Administrators group:
- Log on as user pe_install_user.
- Uninstall Process Engine by
either of the following two methods:
- In the uninstallation program, stop the BPM software
components.
- Reboot if prompted.
- If errors occur during the uninstallation, check the following
files in the Temp directory (as identified by the TEMP or TMP environment
variable):
- pe500_uninstall_stderr.txt
- pe500_uninstall_stdout.txt
Important: (Microsoft® SQL
Server only) If you plan to
reinstall Process Engine and
will configure Process Engine to
use a different SQL Server database,
you must remove the database that was configured for the Process Engine installation. In addition,
you must remove the pe_db_user from the SQL Server Security folder before
you reinstall Process Engine software.