Microsoft KB Archive/170376

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XFOR: Surgically Removing LinkAge Connectors and Dirsync Components

Article ID: 170376

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006



APPLIES TO

  • Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0 Standard Edition



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IMPORTANT: This article contains information about modifying the registry. Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry


SUMMARY

This article describes how to surgically remove the Linkage Message Exchange (LME) connectors, Linkage Directory Exchange (LDE) manager, and Linkage Directory Exchange agents. To do this, perform the following steps:

WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

  1. Run Uninstall from LinkAge Setup.
  2. Manually delete the LinkAge directory (using Explorer, or from a Command Prompt).
  3. In the Registry Editor, remove the LinkAge entries from the following:

          HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Linkage
          HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\*-LME-*
                            
  4. Reboot the computer.


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