Question

How to delete FineReader Server 14 completely?

Answer

To delete FineReader Server 14 completely from the computer and also, clear out the instances you might use follow these steps:

1. Run cmd, as a user (the one used to run the server service),
   run the command: 
   sqllocaldb d "FineReaderServer"

2. Run cmd as System (there are various ways to do this, for example, Process Hacker third-party software):
   
   run the command: 
   sqllocaldb d "FineReaderServer"

3. Delete following registry branches:
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server Local DB\Shared Instances\FineReaderServer
   Search through HKEY_USERS branch using the keyword: UserInstances
   
   Check that found instances are related to localdb (there should be a reference:
   
   Found branches may look like this:
   HKEY_USERS \.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\UserInstances  or HKEY_USERS\<<User under which service server is running>>\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\UserInstances Delete all instances of this kind.
   
   

4. Delete all files from the following folders:
   %SYSTEMROOT%\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server Local DB\Instances\FineReaderServer
   %SYSTEMROOT%\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server Local DB\Instances\FineReaderServer
   %localappdata%\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server Local DB\Instances\FineReaderServer
   
   

5. Delete all files from %programdata%/ABBYY FineReader Server 14.0\Database\