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| * [Automatic Removal|#remove_auto]
* [Manual Removal|#remove_manual]
** [Remove OfficeWriter for .NET|#remove_net]
** [Remove OfficeWriter for SSRS|#remove_ssrs]
** [Remove OfficeWriter Designer|#remove_owd]|

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h1. Automatic Removal

{note}These instructions work for OfficeWriter for .NET, OfficeWriter for SSRS, and the OfficeWriter Designer{note}

If OfficeWriter was installed with the automatic installer, use *Add/Remove Programs* to remove OfficeWriter and all of its associated installation files:

1.From the *Start* menu, select *Settings -> Control Panel*. 

2.Double-click *Add/Remove Programs*. 

3.Select *SoftArtisans OfficeWriter* or *SoftArtisans OfficeWriter Designer*. 

4.Click the *Change/Remove* button to remove the old copy of OfficeWriter.

{note} If you want to keep copies of the old install files, just copy them to a new directory outside of SoftArtisans/OfficeWriter{note}

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h1. Manual Removal

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h3. OfficeWriter for .NET

1. Run *LicenseManager.exe* to remove the license keys from the registry.

2. Remove all copies of *SoftArtisans.OfficeWriter.ExcelWriter.dll* and *SoftArtisans.OfficeWriter.WordWriter.dll* from your machine. 

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h3. OfficeWriter for SSRS

1. Remove the {{SoftArtisans_OfficeWriter_Strong_Name}} security trust codegroup from *rssrvpolicy.config*.

2. Remove the {{XLTemplate}} and {{WordTemplate}} rendering extensions from *rsreportserver.config*. 

3. Remove *SoftArtisans.OfficeWriter.RS2008.dll* or *SoftArtisans.OfficeWriter.RS2005.dll*, *SoftArtisans.OfficeWriter.ExcelWriter.dll* and *SoftArtisans.OfficeWriter.WordWriter.dll*  from *<MSSQL Directory>\Reporting Services\Report Server\bin*. 

4. Stop and start Reporting Services (if 2008 or later) or restart IIS (if 2005) for the changes to take affect.
 
5. Run *LicenseManager.exe* to remove the license keys from the registry.

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h3. OfficeWriter Designer

1. Remove all registry keys listed under *HKEY_Current_USER\Software\SoftArtisans\OfficeWriter\Designer*.

2. Remove *SAWordTemplateAddIn.dotm* from *%appdata%\Microsoft\Word\STARTUP* and *SAExcelTemplateAddIn.xlam* from *%appdata%\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART*. 

3.  Open a command prompt window and move to the directory *OfficeWriter\Designer* or to the directory where the installation files are stored. 

4. Enter {{regsvr32 /u SARS8CLT.dll}} to unregister SARS8CLT.dll.

5. Enter {{regsvr32 /u OWAssist.dll}} to unregister OWAssist.dll.

6. Enter {{regsvr32 /u XFClient.dll}} to unregister XFClient.dll.

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