Removing or modifying installations (Windows)

You can remove a database server and the Informix® client products or remove only the database server. You can remove a database server in GUI mode or in silent mode.

You must have Windows™ administrator privileges to remove or modify the installation.

If you have multiple installations of the product on the computer, the uninstallation application affects only the database server installation that is in the %INFORMIXDIR% path that you specify in the command. After Informix® products are removed, you can manually delete the %INFORMIXDIR% directory. It is not deleted automatically.

Removing an Informix® software bundle installation

To remove the database server and all client products, start the uninstallation application by using one of the following methods:

  • From the installation directory, run the uninstallids.exe executable file. For example, %INFORMIXDIR%\uninstall\uninstall_ids\uninstallids.exe.
  • Select the program name in the Control Panel Programs and Features window and use the Uninstall or Change a Program utility to uninstall. For example, select HCL Informix® Bundle Version, where Version is the database server version number, and then click Uninstall.

Removing a database server

To remove the database server:

  1. Start the uninstallation application by using one of the following methods:
    • Select Start > Programs > HCL Informix® Version > uninstallserver, where Version is the database server version number.
    • Double-click the program name in the Control Panel Programs and Features window and run the Uninstall or Change a Program utility.
  2. Follow the prompts in the uninstallation application.

Removing a database server in silent mode

You can create a response file by recording a GUI-based, interactive uninstallation of the database server from one location by using settings in the GUI application that you want to replicate. Then you run the silent uninstallation command, specifying the response file. A response file is not necessary if you do not have a customized installation.

To create the response file, you must have an installation that you can uninstall in a way that you plan to reuse for removal of other installations. It is not possible to do a silent uninstallation of Informix® and any of the client products simultaneously.

To uninstall Informix® in silent mode with a response file:

  1. On a command line, start a GUI uninstallation of the database server with the -r option in the script:
    uninstall\uninstall_server\uninstallserver -i gui -r response_file_name
    Substitute response_file_name with full name and path of the response file. Append .properties at the end of the file name.
  2. Copy the response file to the location where you want to uninstall the database server.
  3. Run the silent uninstallation command, with the full path name of the response file:
    uninstall\uninstall_server\uninstallserver -i silent -f response_file_name