When attempting to uninstall Solid Edge, the uninstall fails and Solid Edge is not fully uninstalled. How to clean up and manually finish uninstalling Solid Edge after a failed uninstall?
Solution
If you have issues with uninstalling Solid Edge through "Add and Remove Programs" then you will need to perform a manual uninstall using the following steps:
1. Manually delete the Solid Edge program folders in the Solid Edge install locations, typically found under "C:\Program Files\Siemens\" e.g. "C:\Program Files\Siemens\Solid Edge 2019\".
2. Manually delete the Solid Edge user preference folder under %APPDATA% e.g. "%APPDATA%\Siemens\Solid Edge".
3. Manually clean up the registry by deleting any Solid Edge registry entries in the following locations:
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Siemens\Solid Edge
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Unigraphics Solutions\Solid Edge
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Siemens\Solid Edge
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Unigraphics Solutions\Solid Edge
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Siemens\Solid Edge
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Unigraphics Solutions\Solid Edge
Note: There are still registry entries created with Solid Edge 2019 that refer to the previous pre- Solid Edge 2019 nomenclature of "Unigraphics Solutions".
4. Reboot the workstation.
Solid Edge should now be completely uninstalled and ready to reinstall Solid Edge.
Hardware/Software Configuration
Platform: INTL64
OS: window
OS Version: 1064
Product: SOLID_EDGE
Application: SETUP
Version: V219.0
Function: INSTALL
Ref: 002-8014233