Clean reinstall

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Clean reinstall

Sage 50 Clean reinstall Guide

Sometimes even a reinstall is not enough. Sometimes you just have to do a clean reinstall.

Using the Control panel uninstall Sage 50

Using the Control panel uninstall .net (all versions 2+)

Delete the following directories

C:\Program Files\Sage\Accounts\
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Sage Line50
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Sage Report Designer 2007
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Sage SBD
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Sage SData
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Sage Shared

If you are using a 64 bit operating system then the above paths will be \Program Files (x86)\

If you are on Vista or newer

C:\ProgramData\Sage

If you are using XP or older

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Sage

Note: As these are areas that users would not normally go into the folder C:\ProgramData\ (or on XP and earlier C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\) is hidden. You can make "hidden folders visible" by opening Windows Explorer and going to Tools>Folder Options>View>Hidden Files and Folders>Show Hidden Files and Folders You need to press the "Alt" button to see the menu in some versions of Windows.

You are now ready to reinstall

Let Sage install .net as part of it's reinstall rather than manually installing it.