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Uninstalling Earlier Versions

Important! You must uninstall all versions of COOL:Gen, Advantage Gen, and AllFusion Gen 6.5, 7, and 7.5.

If you choose to uninstall a version of CA Gen, back up or archive your customized files before uninstalling the software. After installing CA Gen Release 8.5, migrate the archived customized files to the CA Gen Release 8.5 versions of the files.

Note: Generated applications that rely on the earlier version of CA Gen no longer execute after you uninstall the earlier versions.

While uninstalling CA Gen, you may see a dialog reporting that other programs are using files that are shared with CA Gen. The dialog identifies the programs and offers the following options:

Since the file causing the conflict is a system file that the installation process would not remove, it is safe to ignore the conflict and continue with the uninstall process. It is also safe to save work associated with the programs causing the conflict and retry the un-install process.