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If a previous attempt to install or uninstall an Autodesk® product failed and now you are
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• Back up custom files and configurations: The following procedures are intended to
completely remove Autodesk products and related support files from your computer,
including customization files such as menus, AutoLISP, PGP files, etc. If you wish to
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For most Windows-based Autodesk products, the process of uninstallation can be handled
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1. Open the Control Panel.The process may be different, depending on your Windows
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2. Select Uninstall a program (Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10) or
Add or Remove Programs (Windows XP).

3. Uninstall peripheral applications from smallest to largest. Select a program and click
Uninstall/Change.
Example: Before you uninstall 3DS Max Design, you should first uninstall the FBX add-in
for 3DS Max Design and any other related add-ins. This also applies to modules such as
the VBA enabler, Subscription Advantage packs, and Autodesk material libraries.

Note about Material Libraries: These libraries are shared across all Autodesk products and
should not be removed unless you are removing all Autodesk products from the system.
Uninstall from largest to smallest. Uninstall the medium resolution image library followed
by the base resolution image library and then the Autodesk material library.
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5. Click Uninstall/Change (Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10) or Change/Remove

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6. Click Uninstall and click Next to confirm that you want to remove the product from your
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7. After the Uninstall is complete, click Finish to close the installer.

Note: The uninstall procedure for some Autodesk products may require you to restart the
computer when the uninstall has completed. If this is the case, restart the computer as
instructed and return to the Control Panel to continue removing any remaining Autodesk
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Warning: The following steps instruct you to delete folders at locations that would affect all
installed Autodesk products. These steps assume you have previously uninstalled all
Autodesk products and related peripherals and that it is safe to remove those folders.

1. In Windows Explorer, locate and delete the installation folder for each Autodesk product
that was uninstalled in the previous procedures. For example:

1. C:\Program Files\AutoCAD 2015

2. C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2016

2. Delete the following folder:

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3. Delete the following user profile folders (substitute your login name for %username%):

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1. C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk
2. C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Autodesk

3. C:\Users\Public\Documents\Autodesk

4. C:\ProgramData\Autodesk

Windows XP

1. C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\ Application Data\Autodesk

2. C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Local Settings\Application Data\Autodesk
3. C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Autodesk

Windows 7: Depending on your system settings, Windows Explorer may not automatically
display all the subfolders under the Users folder. If you cannot find these folders, copy and
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Warning: Improperly editing the Windows registry could render your operating system
unusable. Use the Microsoft® Registry Editor at your own risk and only after backing up the
registry. Microsoft provides critical information about the registry in the Microsoft Knowledge
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3. In the Run dialog, enter REGEDIT in the Open edit field and click OK.
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4. In the Registry Editor, locate and delete the following subkeys:

- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Autodesk

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5. Close the Registry Editor.

6. Restart the computer.

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At this point, each of the previously installed Autodesk products—along with residual files,
folders, and registry settings—should be gone from the system. Before you begin installing or
reinstalling products, we recommend you perform the following tasks to help ensure a
successful installation:

1. Reboot your computer.

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slow down the installation process, but it can actually introduce corruption. So make sure
that your virus checking software is turned off before you install, and make sure to turn it
back on afterwards.
Several anti-virus programs can be disabled by right-clicking the system tray icon and
selecting Disable from the shortcut menu. (For more information about disabling your
anti-virus software, refer to the vendor of that software). In some cases, you may need to
use the task manager to end the process for the anti-virus software that is still running.

To verify that an anti-virus program is not still running in the background

1. Press Ctrl + Alt + Delete.

2. Click Task Manager.

3. On the Processes tab of the Task Manager, select the process for the anti-virus program
and then click "End Process".

You are now ready to install your Autodesk products on your computer.

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