It is not necessary to uninstall Intel Visual Fortran when upgrading from version 10
to version 11, or when installing minor updates. However in some circumstances it may be
desirable to remove the installation and start again. We have found a couple of tricks
that may be helpful when uninstalling Intel Visual Fortran.
We assume that you are starting from a fairly standard situation such as might result
from following our installation instructions. The advice given here, if followed, will
result in complete removal of all Intel Fortran components and will quite likely break
all versions of Microsoft Visual Studio (MSVS). Do not follow this advice if you use MSVS
for other development work.
First perform a normal Windows uninstall. Open the Control Panel and use the "Add and
remove programs" tool for Windows XP, or in Windows Vista switch to classic mode and open
"Programs and Features". Remove all the Intel Visual Fortran components, including
MSVSPPE if it is listed. Exactly which components will be listed depends on which
version, 10 or 11, of the Intel Fortran compiler you installed and also on which
operating system 32-bit or 64-bit you are using.
Download and install
msicuu.exe from Microsoft, the Windows Installer CleanUp Utility. Run
"Windows Install Clean Up" from the Programs menu, select and remove Microsoft Visual
Studio Premier Partner Edition.
In Windows Explorer browse to the folder C:\Program files, or C:\Program Files (x86),
for 32-bit or 64-bit Windows respectively. Find and delete the folder "Microsoft Visual
Studio 8".
Edit the system path and remove all entries that point to Intel Fortran "Bin"
folders, making sure to leave semi-colons separating the remaining entries. The method
for editing the system path can be found in the installation instructions.