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Cadence Allegro and OrCAD 17.2-2016 Installation Guide for Windows
Installation Overview
April 2016 21 Product Version 17.2-2016
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Uninstalling License Manager, Products, and Libraries
You can uninstall Cadence products, libraries, or license manager using Programs and
Features from Control Panel of Window:
1. Open Programs and Features from the Control Panel of Windows.
2. Navigate to the item to uninstall:
❑ Cadence OrCAD and Allegro (Inlc ADW) 17.2 to uninstall products or client
❑ Cadence License Manager 12.05, to uninstall license manager
❑ Cadence Allegro 17.2 Library to uninstall Design Entry HDL-AMS libraries
3. Click Uninstall and follow the instructions to uninstall.
Note: If you perform a series of installations, un-installations, and re-installations, you run the
risk of corrupting the CDS_LIC_FILE environment variable on the file server or on the remote
client computer. If this variable is corrupted, you may be unable to run any products that are
still installed. For example, if you had a previous Cadence release installed, then installed and
un-installed a new release, you may be unable to run any products from the previous
Cadence release. Once the CDS_LIC_FILE environment variable is corrupted, the only
remedy is to manually edit the environment variable and reset its value to reflect the license
server information, in the form of