XFOR: Surgically Removing LinkAge Connectors and Dirsync Components

ID: Q170376

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IMPORTANT: This article contains information about editing the registry. Before you edit the registry, make sure you understand how to restore it if a problem occurs. For information about how to do this, view the "Restoring the Registry" Help topic in Regedit.exe or the "Restoring a Registry Key" Help topic in Regedt32.exe.

SUMMARY

This article describes how to surgically remove the Linkage Message Exchange (LME) connectors, Linkage Directory Exchange (LDE) manager, and Linkage Directory Exchange agents. To do this, perform the following steps:

WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

For information about how to edit the registry, view the "Changing Keys And Values" Help topic in Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) or the "Add and Delete Information in the Registry" and "Edit Registry Data" Help topics in Regedt32.exe. Note that you should back up the registry before you edit it.

  1. Run Uninstall from LinkAge Setup.


  2. Manually delete the LinkAge directory (using Explorer, or from a Command Prompt).


  3. In the Registry Editor, remove the LinkAge entries from the following: 
    
      HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Linkage
      HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\*-LME-*


  4. Reboot the computer.



Keywords          : XFOR 
Version           : winnt:5.0
Platform          : winnt 
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: May 13, 1999