How to completley remove Daz from a PC?

Virtual Media

Have installed numerous versions of Studio, Carrara, including betas... also have content scattered over multiple drives. I want to completely remove and reinstall Studio / CMS... and start over.

I Uninstalled Carrara and Studio and started to remove the CMS and got the WARNING! I'm fine with starting over, but don't want to format my drive.

I did try the Database reset and CMS rebuild tutorials but they created more problems than it solved. Is it possible to do this or am I heading further up the creek without a paddle?

Running WIN 7 Pro

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

jestmart

Revo Uninstaller. The pro version is very good price though the free version has worked well enough for me.

http://www.revouninstaller.com/revo_uninstaller_free_download.html

Virtual Media

Thanks for the tip, I'll give it a go.

Bejaymac

It depends on just how much of it you want to remove as to how drastic you have to get, uninstallers will only remove the files listed in it, so 3rd party shaders/plugins will still be there, then there's all of the settings, some of which are stored in Appdata a hidden directory while the rest is in the registry.

So for a completely clean slate you have a lot of editing to do.

Jaderail

Dont forget on Win7 Pro the Hidden Programs Data folder, it also holds DAZ files.

Virtual Media

Bejaymac said:

It depends on just how much of it you want to remove as to how drastic you have to get, uninstallers will only remove the files listed in it, so 3rd party shaders/plugins will still be there, then there's all of the settings, some of which are stored in Appdata a hidden directory while the rest is in the registry.

So for a completely clean slate you have a lot of editing to do.

It depends on how much I want to remove

Honestly, I want to remove as little as possible. The bulk of my problems is with the CMS. Although it has a lot of promise it's a nightmare wants it's a mess. If I could just remove the CMS and rebuild the database from ground zero I would be a happy camper.

Removing everything Daz is an attempt to rid my system of the CMS and any cruft left behind from numerous Studio and Carrara installs.

I did run the Revo uninstaller and ran it's registry scan and removed as much of the Daz programs and its entries as possible. This hoping that it will help with a clean start.

Is it me or would it not make sense for Daz to make removal of the CMS and it's remnants a straight forward process?

Virtual Media

Jaderail said:

Dont forget on Win7 Pro the Hidden Programs Data folder, it also holds DAZ files.

I got access to the Hidden Programs Data folder so anything Daz in that directory will be sent to the digital graveyard. Is there anything lurking in that directory that may not be labeled under the Daz monicker?

Jaderail

Nope all in one DAZ 3D folder nice and neat like.

Jaderail

Virtual Media said:

Honestly, I want to remove as little as possible. The bulk of my problems is with the CMS. Although it has a lot of promise it's a nightmare wants it's a mess. If I could just remove the CMS and rebuild the database from ground zero I would be a happy camper.

Removing everything Daz is an attempt to rid my system of the CMS and any cruft left behind from numerous Studio and Carrara installs.

The Top part is Doable, just uninstall the CMS and in Program Data form the DAZ 3D folder remove the CMS folder. After installing DAZ again the New CMS will be installed. Then rebuild your Database.