Uninstall on Windows
Use these steps to uninstall the license server service on Windows.
To uninstall the license server service on Windows
| 1. | As an administrator, open a command prompt and navigate to the license server’s installation directory. |
| 2. | Execute the command flexnetls.bat -stop to stop the service. |
| 3. | Execute the command flexnetls.bat -uninstall to uninstall the license server service. (If you attempt to uninstall the service before stopping it, a message appears indicating that you need to stop the service first.) |
| 4. | To ensure there are no hanging instances or services, execute sc delete FNLS-producer_name as an administrator. |
Either the command will fail with the message The specified service does not exist as an installed service, or it will succeed with the message [SC] DeleteService SUCCESS. Both outcomes indicate that the service is no longer present.
| 5. | Delete the license server component files from the installation folder. |
| 6. | Optionally, delete these files (listed here with their default locations): |
| • | The trusted storage files in C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\flexnetls\producer_name (the .ks, .db, and .0 files) |
| • | The log files in C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\flexnetls\producer_name\logs |
Trusted storage and log locations are defined by the license server policies server.trustedStorageDir and logging.directory, respectively, the defaults for which are based on ${bases.dir}. Depending on the values set for these policies on your server, your trusted storage and log files might be in locations different from those mentioned in this step. See Reference: License Server Policy Settings.