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Sage 50 Clean reinstall Guide

Sometimes even a reinstall is not enough. Sometimes you just have to do a clean reinstall.

Using the Control panel uninstall Sage 50

Using the Control panel uninstall .net (all versions 2+)

Delete the following directories

C:\Program Files\Sage\Accounts\  
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Sage Line50
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Sage Report Designer 2007
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Sage SBD
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Sage SData
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Sage Shared

If you are using a 64 bit operating system then the above paths will be \Program Files (x86)\

If you are on Vista or newer

C:\ProgramData\Sage

If you are using XP or older 

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Sage

Note: As these are areas that users would not normally go into the folder C:\ProgramData\ (or on XP and earlier C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\) is hidden.  You can make "hidden folders visible" by opening Windows Explorer and going to Tools>Folder Options>View>Hidden Files and Folders>Show Hidden Files and Folders You need to press the "Alt" button to see the menu in some versions of Windows.

You are now ready to reinstall