Uninstall desktop search

Monday, May 26, AM. Thursday, June 5, PM. WDS 4 release version has trashed the database that the WDS beta created , documents , I could live with that if it I could rebuild the database, but I can't.

I just want to uninstall it, delete the physical database and start over. Saturday, June 7, PM. I solved my immediate problem by going into Safe and deleting the half baked search database, it seemed to be only part of an empty database.

I considered restoring from backup, but I dont know whether the structure changed between WDS4 Preview and WDS4 Release and the indices would have been out of wack with the data anyway because of file additions, deletions and changes.

It has indexed 80, docs, only another couple of hundred thousand to go, I have noticed that initial index creation under WDS4 is considerably slower that it was under WDS3. Sunday, June 8, PM. Perhaps I have to "undelete" the update. If so, I need the "KB" number. Phantom Retired Trusted Advisor. Joined Mar 9, Messages 34, Do you wish to continue? This is a due to the fact that WDS is installed using an update.

Some products updates are dependant on previous updates and if one is removed, it may cause issues. Although Windows Desktop Search does create a system restore point as part of the installation it is not the recommended method of removing the product from users systems.

To uninstall Windows Desktop Search, use the Uninstaller package from the following locations for the following versions: Version Location 2.

Uninstaller prompts for restart at the end. Uninstaller prompts for restart displaying the wait time in seconds for automatic restart. Uninstalling versions 2. X will not install properly on a system currently running version You must first uninstall the older version then install the newer version.

Use the Msiexec. Below are two suggested methods for uninstalling these packages. For example version 2. Execute the following command line, listing the product code with in brackets. For Version 2. Please see msiexec. Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Geethu B Moderator. Hi, Thank you for contacting Microsoft Community. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. Hope that helps. This site in other languages x. To convert the setup information from update.

To run spuninst. This is a working method, I used it successfully whe this WDS 3. BUT it's for your own risk! There is a common way: 1.

Unpack the distributive f. Create folder to store the uninstall information, f. Get as a template any "spuninst. This file contains the common uninstall information structure for spuinist. But the contents depends on the appliaction to uninstall! By analysing this template "spuninst. It's not so difficult, but at the end of this post I'll quote such an example of spuininst. At the end restart your system!