Uninstall Procedure of Load Runner

Uninstall Procedure:

1. Make sure that all running LoadRunner processes (including the Controller, VuGen, Analysis and the Remote Command Launcher (for 6.x) or the LoadRunner Agent Process/Service (for 7.x & 8.x)) are closed.

2. Back up any existing scripts that may have been saved in the LoadRunner installation folder. (The scripts are sometimes saved in a “scripts” subdirectory under the LoadRunner installation folder.)

3. Run the uninstall program from the LoadRunner program group (or) use the Windows Add/Remove Programs from the Control Panel. If any prompt is given about removing shared files, remove all the shared DLLs that are reported as no longer being in use. In the very rare instance this causes a problem for some other application it may be necessary to reinstall that other application. This is not generally a problem because every application should have registered which DLLs it needs to run.

4. Reboot the machine after the Uninstall wizard is complete. This will complete the basic uninstall procedure.

5. Delete all LoadRunner folders (including the ones in the Startup menu for the Remote Command Launcher (LoadRunner 6.x) or Agent Process (LoadRunner 7.x & 8.x)).

6. If the installation is LoadRunner 6.x, delete the Borland folder (usually under C:\Borland or C:\BDE).

7. Do a search for the following files and remove them from all locations — they will be replaced during the reinstall.
a. wlrun.*
b. vugen.*

8. Open the registry editor (Start ïƒ Run ïƒ regedit).

9. Delete the following keys:

a. For LoadRunner 6.x only:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\BORLAND
b. Go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mercury Interactive
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Mercury Interactive
Delete all the folders under Loadrunner or anything related to LoadRunner except “License2” and/or “License” under LoadRunner..

10. Empty the Recycle Bin.