Uninstall Machine Learning Server for Windows

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Important

This content is being retired and may not be updated in the future. The support for Machine Learning Server will end on July 1, 2022. For more information, see What's happening to Machine Learning Server?

Applies to: Machine Learning Server 9.2.1 | 9.3 | 9.4

You can re-run the Windows installer to remove Machine Learning Server for Windows. Clearing the checkbox for an option in the Configuration page removes that component from your computer. Redistributable components, such as the Analysis Services OLE DB provider, are not removed because doing so might break other applications using those components.

If you have ServerSetup.exe in the Downloads folder, double-click the file to start it. Clear the options. Click Install.

You can also use Add and Remove programs in Windows to uninstall the software.

Manual uninstall

If Setup fails to install all of the components, you can run a VB Script that forces uninstall and cleans up residual components.

  1. Run a script that produces a list of all installed products and saves it in a log.
  2. Review log output for Microsoft Machine Learning Server, Microsoft R Server, or Microsoft R Client.
  3. For either product, find the value for LocalPackage. For example: C:\windows\Installer\222d19.msi
  4. Run the package at an elevated command prompt with this syntax: Msiexec /x {LocalPackage.msi} /L*v uninstall.log, where local package is the value from the previous step.
  5. Review the uninstall log to confirm the software was removed. You can repeat steps 1 and 2 for further verification.

If the script contains no evidence of the program, but the program folder still exists, you can safely delete it. Program files are located at \Program Files\Microsoft.

VBScript listing installers for all installed products

Copy the following script and save it as msi_lister.vbs.

Dim objInstaller : Set objInstaller = Wscript.CreateObject("WindowsInstaller.Installer")
Set objProdSet = objInstaller.Products

On Error Resume Next

For Each objProd In objProdSet

  Dim s
  s = vbNewLine & vbNewLine & "===========================================" & vbNewLine
  s = s & "InstalledProductCode: " & vbTab & objInstaller.ProductInfo(objProd, "InstalledProductCode") & vbNewLine
  s = s & "InstalledProductName: " & vbTab & objInstaller.ProductInfo(objProd, "InstalledProductName") & vbNewLine
  s = s & "===========================================" & vbNewLine

  s = s & "ProductInfo for: "   & vbTab & objProd & vbNewLine
  s = s & "VersionString: "     & vbTab & objInstaller.ProductInfo(objProd, "VersionString") & vbNewLine
  s = s & "HelpLink:      "     & vbTab & objInstaller.ProductInfo(objProd, "HelpLink") & vbNewLine
  s = s & "HelpTelephone: "     & vbTab & objInstaller.ProductInfo(objProd, "HelpTelephone") & vbNewLine
  s = s & "InstallLocation: "   & vbTab & objInstaller.ProductInfo(objProd, "InstallLocation") & vbNewLine
  s = s & "InstallSource: "     & vbTab & objInstaller.ProductInfo(objProd, "InstallSource") & vbNewLine
  s = s & "InstallDate: "           & vbTab & objInstaller.ProductInfo(objProd, "InstallDate") & vbNewLine
  s = s & "Publisher: "             & vbTab & objInstaller.ProductInfo(objProd, "Publisher") & vbNewLine
  s = s & "LocalPackage: "          & vbTab & objInstaller.ProductInfo(objProd, "LocalPackage") & vbNewLine
  s = s & "URLInfoAbout: "          & vbTab & objInstaller.ProductInfo(objProd, "URLInfoAbout") & vbNewLine
  s = s & "URLUpdateInfo: "     & vbTab & objInstaller.ProductInfo(objProd, "URLUpdateInfo") & vbNewLine
  s = s & "VersionMinor: "      & vbTab & objInstaller.ProductInfo(objProd, "VersionMinor") & vbNewLine
  s = s & "VersionMajor: "      & vbTab & objInstaller.ProductInfo(objProd, "VersionMajor") & vbNewLine
  s = s & vbNewLine
  s = s & "Transforms: "        & vbTab & objInstaller.ProductInfo(objProd, "Transforms") & vbNewLine
  s = s & "Language: "          & vbTab & objInstaller.ProductInfo(objProd, "Language") & vbNewLine
  s = s & "ProductName: "       & vbTab & objInstaller.ProductInfo(objProd, "ProductName") & vbNewLine
  s = s & "AssignmentType: "    & vbTab & objInstaller.ProductInfo(objProd, "AssignmentType") & vbNewLine
  s = s & "PackageCode: "       & vbTab & objInstaller.ProductInfo(objProd, "PackageCode") & vbNewLine
  s = s & "Version:        "    & vbTab & objInstaller.ProductInfo(objProd, "Version") & vbNewLine
  s = s & "ProductIcon: "       & vbTab & objInstaller.ProductInfo(objProd, "ProductIcon") & vbNewLine
 
  Wscript.StdOut.WriteLine(s)

Next

Wscript.Quit 0

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