Manual uninstall of Rad Studio/Delphi/C++Builder XE2

RAD Studio XE2 Manual Uninstall

Under your Control Panel's Program and Features Add/Remove Program uninstall the following entries:

• Embarcadero Delphi and C++Builder XE2 Help System
• Boost Libraries for C++Builder XE2
• Embarcadero Rad Studio XE2

Please follow these instructions to remove any leftover files:

1. Remove the %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Rad_Studio_XE2_Downloads folder
2. Remove the %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Rad_Studio_XE2_Help_Downloads folder
3. Remove the C:\Program Files\Embarcadero\RAD Studio\9.0 directory
4. Remove the C:\Users\Public\Documents\RAD Studio\9.0 directory
5. Remove the C:\ProgramData\Embarcadero\RAD Studio\9.0 directory
6. Remove the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Embarcadero\BDS\9.0 registry key
7. Remove the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Embarcadero\BDS\9.0 registry key
8. Remove the following folders (if they exist) with a GUID name in C:\ProgramData\
   1. {EDA307AA-B5A4-4524-B840-2914497A9C3C} (help 1)
   2. {B95E9F66-C84C-4690-B1BC-2AA8CD2C56FE} (help 2)
   3. {35EE5E86-AC52-4478-8471-0F555B0FB415} (boost 1)
   4. {B0A6C550-7640-4BB9-A44C-C9A7B5257584} (boost 2)
   5. {05500BA0-5731-46FD-9326-FA79A36E6D46} (main installer)
9. Remove the following files from Windows\System32:
   1. BDEAdmin.*
   2. CC32*.DLL
   3. Midas.*
   4. Xerces*.DLL

Field testers should also do the following (and others may want to as well):

• Delete sample files from %PUBLIC%\Public Documents\RAD Studio\9.0
• Delete DBExpress connection files from %PUBLIC%\Public Documents\RAD Studio\dbExpress\9.0

On 64-bit machines:

• Program Files = C:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\RAD Studio\9.0
• Registry keys = HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Embarcadero\BDS\9.0
• Windows\System32 = C:\Windows\SysWOW64

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Archive of https://support.embarcadero.com/article/43283