Uninstalling Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold

To uninstall Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold:

1. Click Start > Control Panel > Programs and Features > Uninstall a Program.
2. Select Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold.
3. Select Uninstall.

You can also run the Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold installation program, then select Remove WhatsUp Gold.

Select one of the following dialog options:

• Keep my configuration data but uninstall WhatsUp Gold. This uninstalls the WhatsUp Gold program but keeps all your WhatsUp configuration data as well as the monitoring data you have collected. SQL Server 2005 Express will not be uninstalled.
• Remove my configuation data and uninstall WhatsUp Gold. This uninstalls the WhatsUp program and removes all of your WhatsUp configuration and monitoring data.
• Also remove the WHATSUP instance of SQL Server Express Edition. This also removes the "WhatsUp" SQL Server Express Edition instance that was created during the installation. Select this option to remove ALL WhatsUp components from the system.

  Note: When this option is selected, WhatsUp Gold leaves SOME data behind, such as the \HTML directory and the \Data directory for situations where there may be user-modified or user-created files in those directories.

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