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FactoryTalk View Studio: Manually Removing an Application from Existing

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24950 | Date Created: 05/07/2003 | Last Updated: 02/14/2018
Access Level: TechConnect

Question
How do I manually delete or remove an application from the Project List if you are having
trouble removing it with the Application Manager?
Unable to delete FactoryTalk View Site Edition application using the Application Manager.

Environment
FactoryTalk View SE
FactoryTalk View ME

Answer
Do the following steps:

Note: Version 8.0 FactoryTalk View ME and greater requires only step 3.

1. Navigate to the Services and find the Rockwell Application Services

2. Right click and select Properties and change the Startup Type to Disabled and reboot the
computer.
Note: You may also have to disable Rockwell Directory Multiplexer and Rockwell
Directory Server if the above service does not stop.

3. Delete the project folder (application folder) from the following directory - Depending on if it is
ME or SE:

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In Windows 7

ME: C:\Users\Public\Public Documents\RSView

Enterprise\ME\HMI Projects\ProjectName
SE: C:\Users\Public\Public Documents\RSView
Enterprise\SE\HMI Projects\ProjectName

In Windows XP

ME: C:\Documents and Settings\Shared Documents\RSView

Enterprise\ME\HMI Projects\ProjectName
SE: C:\Documents and Settings\Shared Documents\RSView
Enterprise\SE\HMI Projects\ProjectName

4. Then delete the <ApplicationName>.RnaD files from the following directories - Note: The file
will not be in all of them:

In Windows 7
Note: ProgramData is a normally hidden folder in Windows 7.
C:\ProgramData\Rockwell\RNAClient\Local
C:\ProgramData\Rockwell\RNAClient\Local\RNAStore
C:\ProgramData\Rockwell\RNAServer\Local
C:\ProgramData\Rockwell\RNAServer\Local\RNAStore

In Windows XP

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application

Data\Rockwell\RNAClient\Local
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\Rockwell\RNAClient\Local\RNAStore
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\Rockwell\RNAServer\Local
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\Rockwell\RNAServer\Local\RNAStore

5. Once done, ensure that you set the startup types of the services that were disabled in step 2
back are set back to Automatic then, reboot the PC.

Notes:

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Replace \Local with \Global in file path for SE Networked applications

The procedure can be done in Safe Mode (F8 at start of WINDOWS), in place of stopping the
services in step 1 and 2

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